2000 YA

Discoverer

Lowell Observatory - 2000

Diameter (km)

0.05 - 0.12

Mass (kg)

?

Rotation period (hrs)

1.330

Orbital period (yrs)

3.65782

Semimajor axis (AU)

2.37549

Orbital eccentricity

0.65144

Orbital Inclination (deg)

2.79040

Albedo

?

Type

?

 

Images of 2000 YA

2000 YA The figure shows a sequence of delay-Doppler images from Dec. 21. 2000. Each image has about 10 looks and is the sum of about 10 runs. The images establish a lower bound on its maximum range extent of about 60 meters. If YA is spheroidal, then its true range extent is about 120 meters, making this object one of the smallest asteroids ever resolved in range.
 

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Last updated: March 15, 2002.

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