asteroid_number float64 1.57k 527k β | name large_stringlengths 3 15 | name_flag large_stringclasses 7
values | semimajor_axis_au float64 0.64 2.68 | eccentricity float64 0.03 0.91 | diameter_flag large_stringclasses 2
values | diameter_km float64 0.01 8.48 | n_optical_observations int64 126 12.1k | n_radar_observations int64 0 51 | drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr float64 -381.69 56 | drift_orbit_fit_uncertainty_au_per_myr float64 0.4 169 | drift_orbit_fit_pvalue float64 0 1 | drift_resampled_au_per_myr float64 -319.58 48.6 β | drift_resampled_uncertainty_au_per_myr float64 0.1 157 β | drift_resampled_pvalue float64 0 0.05 β | drift_significance_sigma float64 -1 40 | yarkovsky_efficiency float64 0.01 3.47 | first_observation_year int64 1.93k 2.01k | last_observation_year int64 2k 2.02k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1,566 | Icarus | null | 1.08 | 0.83 | null | 1 | 2,372 | 16 | -4.47 | 0.4 | 0 | -4.84 | 0.4 | 0 | 37.1 | 0.03 | 1,949 | 2,019 |
1,620 | Geographos | null | 1.25 | 0.34 | null | 2.56 | 8,890 | 7 | -0.68 | 0.5 | 0.003 | -1.02 | 0.5 | 0.000002 | 18.7 | 0.05 | 1,951 | 2,019 |
1,685 | Toro | null | 1.37 | 0.44 | null | 3.4 | 5,050 | 9 | -1.52 | 0.4 | 0 | -1.57 | 0.4 | 0 | 33 | 0.1 | 1,948 | 2,019 |
1,864 | Daedalus | S | 1.46 | 0.61 | null | 3.7 | 4,368 | 1 | -11.29 | 5.9 | 0.00006 | -11.67 | 5.8 | 0.00003 | 3 | 0.56 | 1,971 | 2,019 |
1,865 | Cerberus | null | 1.08 | 0.47 | null | 1.2 | 3,396 | 0 | -3.75 | 1.8 | 0.000003 | null | null | null | 11.5 | 0.07 | 1,971 | 2,019 |
1,866 | Sisyphus | B | 1.89 | 0.54 | null | 8.48 | 7,796 | 1 | -2.26 | 2.5 | 0.02 | -2.26 | 2.5 | 0.02 | 4.3 | 0.35 | 1,955 | 2,019 |
1,916 | Boreas | null | 2.27 | 0.45 | null | 3.5 | 2,892 | 0 | -4.86 | 2.4 | 0.000007 | null | null | null | 7.7 | 0.39 | 1,953 | 2,019 |
2,062 | Aten | null | 0.97 | 0.18 | null | 1.1 | 1,922 | 7 | -6.06 | 0.9 | 0 | -5.34 | 0.7 | 0 | 24.1 | 0.1 | 1,955 | 2,019 |
2,063 | Bacchus | null | 1.08 | 0.35 | null | 1.02 | 1,292 | 12 | -6.97 | 2.1 | 0 | -6.22 | 1.9 | 0 | 17.3 | 0.14 | 1,977 | 2,016 |
2,100 | Ra-Shalom | null | 0.83 | 0.44 | null | 2.3 | 3,724 | 9 | -3.27 | 0.9 | 0 | -2.04 | 0.6 | 0 | 24.8 | 0.12 | 1,975 | 2,019 |
2,101 | Adonis | null | 1.87 | 0.76 | null | 0.6 | 238 | 5 | -25.43 | 10.7 | 0.001 | -17.51 | 9.3 | 0.01 | 6.5 | 0.1 | 1,936 | 2,018 |
2,201 | Oljato | null | 2.17 | 0.71 | null | 1.8 | 1,950 | 5 | 16.28 | 8.5 | 0.0001 | 15.11 | 7.2 | 0.00003 | 2.8 | 0.47 | 1,931 | 2,019 |
2,202 | Pele | S | 2.29 | 0.51 | * | 1.35 | 500 | 0 | 25.07 | 14.3 | 0.0003 | null | null | null | 3.5 | 0.65 | 1,972 | 2,018 |
2,340 | Hathor | null | 0.84 | 0.45 | null | 0.3 | 902 | 7 | -17.39 | 0.7 | 0 | -17.61 | 0.6 | 0 | 40 | 0.09 | 1,976 | 2,019 |
3,103 | Eger | null | 1.4 | 0.35 | null | 1.5 | 6,534 | 4 | -0.76 | 2.3 | 0.5 | -2.83 | 2.2 | 0.004 | 5.2 | 0.08 | 1,982 | 2,019 |
3,200 | Phaethon | null | 1.27 | 0.89 | null | 6.25 | 10,590 | 8 | -9.01 | 2.8 | 0 | -9.57 | 2.1 | 0 | 4.6 | 0.23 | 1,983 | 2,019 |
3,361 | Orpheus | null | 1.21 | 0.32 | null | 0.3 | 1,692 | 0 | 7.74 | 1.2 | 0 | null | null | null | 22.3 | 0.04 | 1,982 | 2,018 |
3,362 | Khufu | null | 0.99 | 0.47 | null | 0.7 | 518 | 0 | -17.87 | 11.8 | 0.01 | null | null | null | 2.9 | 0.17 | 1,984 | 2,004 |
3,551 | Verenia | null | 2.09 | 0.49 | null | 0.9 | 928 | 0 | -13.11 | 9.4 | 0.02 | null | null | null | 3.8 | 0.22 | 1,983 | 2,019 |
3,753 | Cruithne | null | 1 | 0.51 | null | 2.07 | 1,500 | 0 | -5.14 | 3.4 | 0.001 | null | null | null | 7.7 | 0.13 | 1,973 | 2,019 |
3,908 | Nyx | null | 1.93 | 0.46 | null | 1 | 3,408 | 16 | 6.59 | 2.6 | 0 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 1,980 | 2,019 |
4,034 | Vishnu | null | 1.06 | 0.44 | null | 0.42 | 960 | 1 | -38.61 | 9.2 | 0 | -33.04 | 7.9 | 0 | 4.9 | 0.2 | 1,986 | 2,015 |
4,179 | Toutatis | null | 2.54 | 0.63 | null | 5.4 | 12,070 | 51 | -9.52 | 4 | 0 | -2.15 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | 1,934 | 2,019 |
4,197 | Morpheus | null | 2.3 | 0.77 | null | 1.8 | 1,584 | 6 | 12.81 | 8 | 0.003 | 13.35 | 8 | 0.002 | 3.2 | 0.35 | 1,954 | 2,019 |
4,581 | Asclepius | null | 1.02 | 0.36 | * | 0.26 | 660 | 4 | -29.91 | 11.6 | 0 | -20.37 | 5.4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0.08 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
4,660 | Nereus | null | 1.49 | 0.36 | null | 0.33 | 1,338 | 32 | 4.26 | 5 | 0.08 | 7.68 | 3.4 | 0.000003 | 7.3 | 0.05 | 1,981 | 2,019 |
4,688 | 1980 WF | null | 2.24 | 0.51 | null | 0.6 | 416 | 0 | -7 | 5.5 | 0.05 | null | null | null | 9.6 | 0.06 | 1,980 | 2,011 |
4,769 | Castalia | null | 1.06 | 0.48 | null | 1.4 | 574 | 15 | -5.1 | 3 | 0.008 | -6.14 | 2.8 | 0.0008 | 10.5 | 0.12 | 1,989 | 2,016 |
5,011 | Ptah | null | 1.64 | 0.5 | * | 1.86 | 1,198 | 0 | -14.72 | 6.4 | 0.00005 | null | null | null | 6.3 | 0.45 | 1,960 | 2,018 |
5,131 | 1990 BG | S | 1.49 | 0.57 | T | 3.44 | 3,024 | 0 | -16.21 | 6.5 | 0.000001 | null | null | null | 2 | 0.87 | 1,978 | 2,019 |
5,189 | 1990 UQ | null | 1.55 | 0.48 | * | 0.98 | 1,874 | 1 | -12.22 | 9.4 | 0.002 | -12.25 | 9.4 | 0.002 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 1,990 | 2,019 |
5,693 | 1993 EA | null | 1.27 | 0.59 | * | 1.7 | 3,242 | 0 | -6.35 | 4.3 | 0.004 | null | null | null | 3.4 | 0.14 | 1,984 | 2,019 |
5,869 | Tanith | S | 1.81 | 0.32 | * | 1.29 | 1,176 | 0 | -19.22 | 14.5 | 0.008 | null | null | null | 2.1 | 0.51 | 1,977 | 2,019 |
6,239 | Minos | null | 1.15 | 0.41 | * | 0.71 | 1,762 | 3 | 6.79 | 3.7 | 0.0003 | 7.98 | 3.5 | 0.00001 | 7 | 0.09 | 1,983 | 2,015 |
6,456 | Golombek | S | 2.19 | 0.41 | * | 2.35 | 2,340 | 0 | -14.08 | 4.9 | 0 | null | null | null | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1,979 | 2,019 |
6,489 | Golevka | null | 2.49 | 0.61 | null | 0.53 | 1,934 | 20 | -13.44 | 12.1 | 0.06 | -5.17 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.05 | 1,991 | 2,015 |
7,336 | Saunders | null | 2.31 | 0.48 | T | 0.52 | 1,786 | 0 | 12.44 | 3.3 | 0 | null | null | null | 6.8 | 0.18 | 1,982 | 2,018 |
7,341 | 1991 VK | null | 1.84 | 0.51 | null | 0.98 | 3,040 | 13 | -1.21 | 3.3 | 0.4 | -2.57 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | 0.06 | 1,981 | 2,018 |
7,482 | 1994 PC1 | null | 1.35 | 0.33 | null | 1.05 | 1,350 | 1 | 12.75 | 8.4 | 0.005 | 13.12 | 8.4 | 0.003 | 3.4 | 0.27 | 1,974 | 2,019 |
7,822 | 1991 CS | null | 1.12 | 0.16 | null | 1.6 | 2,272 | 4 | 8.03 | 5.6 | 0.004 | 6.57 | 5.5 | 0.02 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 1,991 | 2,016 |
7,888 | 1993 UC | B, S | 2.44 | 0.66 | null | 2.3 | 2,330 | 5 | -37.71 | 26.6 | 0.005 | -37.79 | 26.5 | 0.005 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
7,889 | 1994 LX | null | 1.26 | 0.35 | null | 1.68 | 3,596 | 4 | -3.92 | 5.3 | 0.1 | -6.15 | 5.2 | 0.01 | 2.3 | 0.14 | 1,977 | 2,019 |
8,176 | 1991 WA | null | 1.57 | 0.64 | T | 1.48 | 1,304 | 0 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 0.05 | null | null | null | 2.8 | 0.16 | 1,991 | 2,019 |
9,162 | Kwiila | null | 1.5 | 0.6 | null | 1.13 | 1,012 | 0 | -7.06 | 7.2 | 0.05 | null | null | null | 5.6 | 0.11 | 1,987 | 2,019 |
9,856 | 1991 EE | null | 2.24 | 0.63 | null | 1 | 1,536 | 4 | 11.84 | 10.2 | 0.005 | 11.46 | 10.1 | 0.006 | 2.2 | 0.18 | 1,991 | 2,019 |
10,302 | 1989 ML | null | 1.27 | 0.14 | T | 0.49 | 1,026 | 0 | 19.49 | 3.7 | 0 | null | null | null | 4.4 | 0.14 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
10,563 | Izhdubar | null | 1.01 | 0.27 | T | 1.55 | 1,092 | 0 | 17.09 | 7.7 | 0.0004 | null | null | null | 3.4 | 0.42 | 1,991 | 2,019 |
11,398 | 1998 YP11 | null | 1.72 | 0.39 | null | 1.32 | 5,716 | 0 | -5.17 | 3.6 | 0.0008 | null | null | null | 3 | 0.13 | 1,983 | 2,019 |
11,405 | 1999 CV3 | S | 1.46 | 0.39 | null | 3.62 | 4,692 | 0 | 7.54 | 5.3 | 0.004 | null | null | null | 2.6 | 0.66 | 1,978 | 2,019 |
11,500 | Tomaiyowit | null | 1.08 | 0.36 | null | 0.74 | 2,010 | 1 | -5.18 | 2.3 | 0.000004 | -5.45 | 2.3 | 0.000001 | 8 | 0.07 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
11,885 | Summanus | null | 1.7 | 0.47 | null | 1.3 | 542 | 0 | -17.82 | 10.5 | 0.00002 | null | null | null | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1,990 | 2,019 |
14,402 | 1991 DB | null | 1.71 | 0.4 | null | 0.6 | 1,214 | 0 | -6.65 | 3.1 | 0.00002 | null | null | null | 9.3 | 0.04 | 1,991 | 2,019 |
15,745 | Yuliya | null | 1.72 | 0.26 | T | 1.04 | 2,144 | 0 | -6 | 4.8 | 0.01 | null | null | null | 5 | 0.14 | 1,982 | 2,019 |
17,511 | 1992 QN | null | 1.19 | 0.36 | T | 1.23 | 2,526 | 1 | 3.36 | 3.4 | 0.03 | 3.36 | 3.4 | 0.03 | 4.7 | 0.05 | 1,992 | 2,019 |
18,736 | 1998 NU | S | 2.35 | 0.49 | T | 2.46 | 3,124 | 0 | -15.42 | 8.3 | 0.000008 | null | null | null | 4.2 | 0.76 | 1,954 | 2,019 |
31,221 | 1998 BP26 | null | 1.72 | 0.26 | * | 1.29 | 1,912 | 0 | -17.06 | 6.1 | 0 | null | null | null | 2.5 | 0.46 | 1,998 | 2,019 |
33,342 | 1998 WT24 | null | 0.72 | 0.42 | null | 0.43 | 3,528 | 16 | -10.03 | 8.3 | 0.006 | -16.02 | 2.4 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.08 | 1,998 | 2,019 |
37,655 | Illapa | null | 1.48 | 0.75 | * | 0.93 | 1,088 | 2 | -11.67 | 3.6 | 0 | -10.87 | 3.4 | 0 | 9 | 0.09 | 1,994 | 2,019 |
41,429 | 2000 GE2 | null | 1.59 | 0.56 | null | 0.2 | 670 | 0 | -31.29 | 14.9 | 0.0008 | null | null | null | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1,998 | 2,018 |
52,387 | Huitzilopochtli | null | 1.28 | 0.19 | null | 0.89 | 1,086 | 3 | -22.51 | 16.4 | 0.006 | -22.18 | 16.3 | 0.006 | 3.3 | 0.37 | 1,993 | 2,019 |
54,509 | YORP | D | 1 | 0.23 | * | 0.1 | 1,084 | 5 | -19.97 | 47.6 | 0.3 | -33.85 | 13.3 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.06 | 2,000 | 2,005 |
65,679 | 1989 UQ | null | 0.92 | 0.26 | null | 0.92 | 1,382 | 0 | -19.16 | 4.9 | 0 | null | null | null | 5.9 | 0.26 | 1,954 | 2,017 |
65,690 | 1991 DG | null | 1.43 | 0.36 | * | 0.56 | 518 | 0 | -32.45 | 13.1 | 0.00003 | null | null | null | 3.7 | 0.32 | 1,991 | 2,018 |
65,706 | 1992 NA | null | 2.4 | 0.56 | T | 2.92 | 1,066 | 0 | 11.29 | 10 | 0.03 | null | null | null | 2.5 | 0.33 | 1,992 | 2,019 |
65,733 | 1993 PC | null | 1.15 | 0.47 | * | 0.78 | 1,394 | 0 | -6.71 | 4.9 | 0.005 | null | null | null | 4.4 | 0.07 | 1,992 | 2,019 |
66,146 | 1998 TU3 | null | 0.79 | 0.48 | null | 2.86 | 2,270 | 1 | -1.6 | 4.5 | 0.4 | -5.6 | 3.9 | 0.002 | 4.1 | 0.19 | 1,982 | 2,019 |
66,391 | Moshup | B | 0.64 | 0.69 | null | 1.32 | 7,770 | 37 | -5.23 | 2.9 | 0.000001 | -5.73 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.7 | 0.04 | 1,998 | 2,019 |
66,400 | 1999 LT7 | null | 0.86 | 0.57 | null | 0.41 | 602 | 0 | -38.25 | 5.3 | 0 | null | null | null | 5.4 | 0.17 | 1,987 | 2,018 |
68,950 | 2002 QF15 | null | 1.06 | 0.34 | null | 1.65 | 5,124 | 13 | -6.18 | 5 | 0.006 | -4.72 | 1.1 | 0 | 3 | 0.12 | 1,955 | 2,019 |
85,770 | 1998 UP1 | null | 1 | 0.35 | * | 0.28 | 976 | 0 | -16.56 | 5.6 | 0.000001 | null | null | null | 5.2 | 0.07 | 1,990 | 2,016 |
85,774 | 1998 UT18 | null | 1.4 | 0.33 | null | 0.94 | 1,338 | 8 | -3.21 | 3.8 | 0.1 | -2.39 | 0.6 | 0 | 5.7 | 0.02 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
85,953 | 1999 FK21 | null | 0.74 | 0.7 | null | 0.59 | 2,272 | 0 | -11.64 | 2.1 | 0 | null | null | null | 5.6 | 0.06 | 1,971 | 2,018 |
85,989 | 1999 JD6 | null | 0.88 | 0.63 | null | 1.46 | 5,412 | 15 | -6.97 | 3.7 | 0.00001 | -5.98 | 3.6 | 0.0002 | 3.8 | 0.12 | 1,990 | 2,019 |
85,990 | 1999 JV6 | null | 1.01 | 0.31 | null | 0.45 | 2,096 | 15 | -11.4 | 3.9 | 0 | -14.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.17 | 1,999 | 2,019 |
87,684 | 2000 SY2 | null | 0.86 | 0.64 | * | 2.14 | 1,310 | 0 | -14.35 | 7.1 | 0.0003 | null | null | null | 4.5 | 0.29 | 1,977 | 2,019 |
88,254 | 2001 FM129 | null | 1.18 | 0.63 | null | 0.8 | 1,400 | 2 | -10.55 | 5.8 | 0.0004 | -11.1 | 5.6 | 0.0001 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 1,978 | 2,019 |
88,959 | 2001 TZ44 | S | 1.72 | 0.56 | * | 1.18 | 764 | 0 | -29.45 | 15.1 | 0.0004 | null | null | null | 2.1 | 0.53 | 2,001 | 2,019 |
96,590 | 1998 XB | null | 0.91 | 0.35 | null | 0.88 | 4,764 | 15 | -0.05 | 4.2 | 1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.000008 | 2.7 | 0.03 | 1,992 | 2,019 |
99,907 | 1989 VA | null | 0.73 | 0.59 | null | 1.4 | 1,546 | 0 | 12.01 | 2.5 | 0 | null | null | null | 9 | 0.22 | 1,989 | 2,019 |
101,955 | Bennu | null | 1.13 | 0.2 | null | 0.49 | 1,148 | 29 | -12.17 | 4.2 | 0 | -19.03 | 0.1 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.08 | 1,999 | 2,018 |
136,582 | 1992 BA | null | 1.34 | 0.07 | * | 0.37 | 460 | 0 | -20.4 | 5.9 | 0 | null | null | null | 5.3 | 0.15 | 1,992 | 2,017 |
136,617 | 1994 CC | B | 1.64 | 0.42 | * | 1.02 | 1,294 | 27 | -10.92 | 14.2 | 0.2 | -13.95 | 13.3 | 0.05 | 2.1 | 0.26 | 1,988 | 2,019 |
136,793 | 1997 AQ18 | null | 1.15 | 0.47 | T | 1.22 | 740 | 0 | -22.79 | 5.3 | 0 | null | null | null | 3.8 | 0.21 | 1,997 | 2,019 |
136,818 | Selqet | null | 0.94 | 0.35 | * | 0.59 | 1,274 | 0 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 0.000006 | null | null | null | 8.3 | 0.07 | 1,997 | 2,018 |
136,993 | 1998 ST49 | B | 2.31 | 0.6 | T | 1.02 | 1,050 | 7 | 26.08 | 10.1 | 0.000001 | 27.22 | 9.9 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.47 | 1,998 | 2,019 |
137,084 | 1998 XS16 | null | 1.21 | 0.5 | null | 1.23 | 3,110 | 0 | -17.79 | 7 | 0 | null | null | null | 2.2 | 0.31 | 1,994 | 2,019 |
137,125 | 1999 CT3 | S | 1.43 | 0.13 | * | 0.65 | 434 | 0 | -56.44 | 20.9 | 0.000001 | null | null | null | 2.2 | 0.73 | 1,999 | 2,018 |
137,805 | 1999 YK5 | null | 0.83 | 0.56 | null | 2.24 | 2,188 | 0 | -6.27 | 5.3 | 0.01 | null | null | null | 3.1 | 0.11 | 1,999 | 2,019 |
137,924 | 2000 BD19 | null | 0.88 | 0.89 | null | 0.97 | 1,304 | 5 | -22.1 | 13.5 | 0.0003 | -26.17 | 10.4 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.08 | 1,997 | 2,019 |
138,175 | 2000 EE104 | null | 1 | 0.29 | * | 0.31 | 1,870 | 3 | -33.84 | 7.2 | 0 | -34.59 | 7.1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0.17 | 1,999 | 2,019 |
138,404 | 2000 HA24 | null | 1.14 | 0.32 | * | 0.54 | 632 | 0 | 12.19 | 2.8 | 0 | null | null | null | 13.2 | 0.11 | 1,982 | 2,017 |
138,852 | 2000 WN10 | null | 1 | 0.3 | * | 0.32 | 1,920 | 0 | 16.25 | 3.7 | 0 | null | null | null | 5.6 | 0.08 | 2,000 | 2,019 |
138,911 | 2001 AE2 | null | 1.35 | 0.08 | T | 0.51 | 1,134 | 0 | -12.3 | 5.8 | 0.0002 | null | null | null | 5.5 | 0.13 | 1,984 | 2,017 |
139,622 | 2001 QQ142 | S | 1.42 | 0.31 | T | 0.66 | 938 | 0 | -31.92 | 14.4 | 0.000002 | null | null | null | 2.5 | 0.54 | 2,001 | 2,019 |
141,018 | 2001 WC47 | null | 1.4 | 0.24 | * | 0.59 | 2,962 | 4 | -5.41 | 7.4 | 0.07 | -7.49 | 7 | 0.007 | 2 | 0.08 | 1,991 | 2,019 |
141,498 | 2002 EZ16 | null | 0.92 | 0.57 | * | 0.74 | 624 | 0 | -12.01 | 11.2 | 0.03 | null | null | null | 3.3 | 0.1 | 1,995 | 2,019 |
141,531 | 2002 GB | null | 0.99 | 0.53 | null | 0.3 | 1,396 | 0 | 23.5 | 12.5 | 0.001 | null | null | null | 2.1 | 0.09 | 2,002 | 2,019 |
152,563 | 1992 BF | null | 0.91 | 0.27 | null | 0.27 | 712 | 0 | -13.99 | 1.3 | 0 | null | null | null | 20.3 | 0.11 | 1,953 | 2,018 |
152,671 | 1998 HL3 | null | 1.13 | 0.37 | null | 0.3 | 632 | 0 | -31.92 | 9.3 | 0 | null | null | null | 3.9 | 0.15 | 1,998 | 2,018 |
152,742 | 1998 XE12 | null | 0.88 | 0.74 | null | 0.41 | 666 | 0 | 14.11 | 10.9 | 0.03 | null | null | null | 2.6 | 0.04 | 1,995 | 2,019 |
Yarkovsky Drift Catalog for Near-Earth Asteroids
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL
Part of a dataset collection on Hugging Face.
Dataset description
Direct measurements of the Yarkovsky semimajor-axis drift for 247 Near-Earth Asteroids β VizieR J/AJ/159/92 from Greenberg et al. (2020), AJ 159, 92.
The Yarkovsky effect is a thermal radiation force that slowly modifies an asteroid's orbit: sunlight absorbed on the dayside and reradiated from the rotating afternoon side produces a small net thrust. Over millions of years this drift accumulates to many millions of kilometers, delivering main-belt asteroids onto Earth-crossing orbits, dispersing collisional families, and shifting impact-probability calculations for hazardous NEAs (Bennu, Apophis, and 1950 DA are the canonical operationally critical cases). Direct detection requires high-precision orbit fits over decades of optical astrometry, ideally anchored by radar ranging at multiple apparitions; only a few hundred NEAs currently meet this threshold.
Each row in this dataset records one NEA with its orbital elements, diameter, observation count (optical + radar), and two independent drift estimates β a direct least-squares orbit fit and a bootstrap-resampled fit that cross-checks against systematic astrometric bias β together with their uncertainties, p-values, detection significance, and an empirical Yarkovsky efficiency parameter that flags physically implausible solutions.
This dataset complements juliensimon/jpl-small-body-database (orbital elements for the full small-body population), juliensimon/sentry-impact-risk (NEAs with non-zero Earth impact probability where Yarkovsky drift matters most), juliensimon/neowise-asteroid-properties (NEOWISE thermal-IR diameters that anchor Yarkovsky efficiency estimates), and juliensimon/nesvorny-asteroid-families (Yarkovsky-driven family dispersion).
This dataset is suitable for tabular classification, tabular regression tasks.
Schema
| Column | Type | Description | Sample | Null % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
asteroid_number |
float64 | Permanent IAU minor-planet number (e.g. 1566 for Icarus, 1620 for Geographos); only numbered NEAs are included since orbit determination requires long-baseline astrometry | 1566.0 | 1.2% |
name |
str | Asteroid name where assigned (e.g. 'Icarus', 'Geographos', 'Bennu'); blank for numbered-but-unnamed objects | Icarus | 0.0% |
name_flag |
str | Reference flag indicating the source of the name designation | S | 74.5% |
semimajor_axis_au |
float64 | Heliocentric semimajor axis (au); osculating orbital element at the epoch of the underlying orbit solution | 1.08 | 0.0% |
eccentricity |
float64 | Orbital eccentricity (dimensionless, 0 to <1); the population includes the Apollo, Amor, Aten, and Atira NEA classes | 0.83 | 0.0% |
diameter_flag |
str | Reference flag indicating the source of the diameter estimate | * | 44.1% |
diameter_km |
float64 | Equivalent spherical diameter (km); compiled from albedo-corrected absolute magnitudes or direct radar/IR measurements where available | 1.0 | 0.0% |
n_optical_observations |
int64 | Number of optical astrometric observations used in the orbit fit | 2372 | 0.0% |
n_radar_observations |
int64 | Number of radar astrometric observations used in the orbit fit; radar measurements anchor the orbit at the 10-meter range-precision level | 16 | 0.0% |
drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr |
float64 | Yarkovsky semimajor-axis drift rate da/dt from the direct orbit fit (10^-4 au per million years); negative for retrograde rotators (drift inward), positive for prograde (drift outward) | -4.47 | 0.0% |
drift_orbit_fit_uncertainty_au_per_myr |
float64 | 1-sigma uncertainty on the orbit-fit drift rate (10^-4 au/Myr) | 0.4 | 0.0% |
drift_orbit_fit_pvalue |
float64 | Two-tailed p-value for the orbit-fit drift detection; lower values indicate higher detection significance | 1e-16 | 0.0% |
drift_resampled_au_per_myr |
float64 | Yarkovsky drift rate from the bootstrap-resampled orbit fit (10^-4 au/Myr); cross-check against orbit-fit value to mitigate astrometric bias | -4.84 | 63.2% |
drift_resampled_uncertainty_au_per_myr |
float64 | 1-sigma uncertainty on the resampled drift rate (10^-4 au/Myr) | 0.4 | 63.2% |
drift_resampled_pvalue |
float64 | Two-tailed p-value for the resampled drift detection | 1e-16 | 63.2% |
drift_significance_sigma |
float64 | Detection significance of the Yarkovsky drift in standard deviations; values >= 3 are considered confident detections | 37.1 | 0.0% |
yarkovsky_efficiency |
float64 | Empirical Yarkovsky efficiency xi (dimensionless), the ratio of observed drift to the maximum drift achievable by a perfectly absorbing-and-reradiating asteroid of the same size; xi values >> 1 are unphysical and flag candidate non-Yarkovsky perturbations | 0.03 | 0.0% |
first_observation_year |
int64 | Year of the earliest astrometric observation used in the fit; longer baselines yield more precise drift estimates | 1949 | 0.0% |
last_observation_year |
int64 | Year of the latest astrometric observation used in the fit | 2019 | 0.0% |
Quick stats
- 247 Near-Earth Asteroids with direct Yarkovsky drift measurements
- 167 confident detections at >= 3 sigma (88 at >= 5 sigma)
- 175 retrograde rotators (inward-drifting) + 72 prograde rotators (outward-drifting)
- Diameter span: 0.01 to 8.5 km
- Observation baselines extend up to 88 years β necessary for unambiguous Yarkovsky detection
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("juliensimon/yarkovsky-nea-drifts", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()
from datasets import load_dataset
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
df = load_dataset("juliensimon/yarkovsky-nea-drifts", split="train").to_pandas()
# Drift rate vs diameter β Yarkovsky scales as 1/diameter for spherical bodies
mask = (df["diameter_km"].notna()
& df["drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr"].notna()
& (df["drift_significance_sigma"] >= 3))
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 6))
ax.errorbar(df.loc[mask, "diameter_km"],
df.loc[mask, "drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr"],
yerr=df.loc[mask, "drift_orbit_fit_uncertainty_au_per_myr"],
fmt="o", alpha=0.6)
ax.axhline(0, color="grey", linestyle="--")
ax.set_xscale("log")
ax.set_xlabel("Diameter (km)")
ax.set_ylabel("da/dt (10$^{-4}$ au / Myr)")
ax.set_title("Yarkovsky drift inversely scales with NEA size")
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
# Highest-confidence inward drifters β most relevant to long-term impact risk
top = df[df["drift_significance_sigma"] >= 5].nsmallest(15, "drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr")
print(top[["asteroid_number", "name", "diameter_km",
"drift_orbit_fit_au_per_myr", "drift_significance_sigma"]])
Data source
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/159/92
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About the author
Created by Julien Simon β AI Operating Partner at Fortino Capital. Part of the Space Datasets collection.
Citation
@dataset{yarkovsky_nea_drifts,
title = {Yarkovsky Drift Catalog for Near-Earth Asteroids},
author = {juliensimon},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/juliensimon/yarkovsky-nea-drifts},
publisher = {Hugging Face}
}
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