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(456938) 2007 YV56

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Discovered by
  
Catalina Sky Survey

MPC designation
  
2007 YV56

Minor planet category
  
Apollo NEO, PHA

Absolute magnitude
  
21

Discoverer
  
Catalina Sky Survey

Discovery date
  
31 December 2007

Alternative names
  
MPO 303339

Discovered
  
31 December 2007

Asteroid group
  
Apollo asteroid

Discovery site
  
Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, USA

(456938) 2007 YV56 is a small asteroid that is a Near-Earth object and an Apollo asteroid.

Orbit

The orbit of 2007 YV56 makes it a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) that is predicted to pass within 0.001654 AU (247,400 km) of the Earth in the year 2101. For comparison, the distance to the Moon is about 0.0026 AU (384,400 km).

The Jupiter Tisserand invariant, used to distinguish different kinds of orbits, is 4.160.

References

(456938) 2007 YV56 Wikipedia