2001 YB5

The asteroid was small enough to only be discovered after a close flyby later than year on the 26th of December 2002 by NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program (NEAT).^[3][4][5]

The nearest proximity it has reached Earth by was 830,000 kilometres which is approximately twice the distance to the Moon.^[5] The findings of David Morrison of the NASA Ames Research Center claim that although a object the size of 2001 YB5 in space commonly fly and orbit the Earth's proximity at such close distances annually, there are no indications of a collision on Earth as their predicted impact spans from about once every 20,000 to 30,000 years.^[5]

• 2001 YB5 at NeoDyS-2, Near Earth Objects—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemerides · Observation prediction · Orbital info · MOID · Proper elements · Observational info · Close approaches · Physical info · Orbit animation
• 2001 YB5 at ESA–space situational awareness
  • Ephemerides · Observations · Orbit · Physical properties · Summary
• 2001 YB5 at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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