PIA22560: Trajectory of Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)
Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
 Target Name:  Asteroid
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Product Size:  1041 x 586 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA22560.tif (705.2 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA22560.jpg (557.1 kB)  

Click on image above for all movie download options

Original Caption Released with Image:

Click here for full animation of PIA22560
Click on the image for the full animation

View the movie

Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.

More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2018-07-12