2002 NY40

Summary

2002 NY40 is a potentially hazardous asteroid^[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).^[2]

Key Facts

• 2002 NY40's image is recorded as 2002 NY40 Radar.jpg^[3].
• 2002 NY40's instance of is recorded as potentially hazardous asteroid^[4].
• 2002 NY40's instance of is recorded as near-Earth object^[5].
• 2002 NY40's instance of is recorded as near-Earth asteroid^[6].
• 2002 NY40's minor planet group is recorded as Apollo asteroid^[7].
• 2002 NY40's Commons category is recorded as 2002 NY40^[8].
• 2002 NY40's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 2002 NY40's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 3131063^[10].
• 2002 NY40's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.7080616046625974'}^[11].
• 2002 NY40's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.0'}^[12].
• 2002 NY40's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.894048782500948'}^[13].
• 2002 NY40's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1072.265738740231'}^[14].
• 2002 NY40's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+19.98'}^[15].
• 2002 NY40's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+145.2529228599865'}^[16].
• 2002 NY40's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.050230398449145'}^[17].
• 2002 NY40's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.501919824303084'}^[18].
• 2002 NY40's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.598540972595207'}^[19].
• 2002 NY40's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+269.934426046612'}^[20].
• 2002 NY40's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+317.2113039401643'}^[21].
• 2002 NY40's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122kz8mg^[22].
• 2002 NY40's Minor Planet Center body ID is recorded as 2002 NY40^[23].
• 2002 NY40's epoch is recorded as November 21, 2025^[24].
• 2002 NY40's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461127.9468133063'}^[25].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include potentially hazardous asteroid^[4], near-Earth object^[5], and near-Earth asteroid^[6].

Why It Matters

2002 NY40 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (potentially_hazardous_asteroid category, ranking #30 of 147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]