Apollo asteroid records
Encyclopedia
Size records
- Largest: 1866 Sisyphus1866 Sisyphus1866 Sisyphus is a binary Apollo asteroid which, at approximately 10 km in diameter, is the largest of the Earth-crossing asteroids. It is comparable in size to the Chicxulub object whose impact may have killed off the dinosaurs....
- Smallest: 2008 TC32008 TC3thumb|right|300px|Ground path of the meteoroid; red line is the path, terminating where it would have hit the ground; green line is the infrasound detection of the explosion; orange crosshairs show METEOSAT IR fireball location; predicted altitudes are listed; exact path and fireball altitude not...
(destroyed in Earth's atmosphere), 2003 SQ222
Orbit element records
- Smallest Perihelion: 2004 FN8
- Smallest Semi-Major Axis: 2004 GU9
- Smallest Aphelion: 1991 VG1991 VG1991 VG is a Near-Earth object discovered by James Scotti. Due to its unusual orbit and rapid variation in brightness, there was early speculation that it could be a man-made spacecraft or rocket. In recent years, however, it has been discovered that most small objects with diameters less than...
- Largest Perihelion: 2002 PD43
- Largest Semi-Major Axis: 1999 XS35
- Largest Aphelion: 1999 XS35
- Lowest Inclination: 1998 MZ
- Highest Inclination: (5496) 1973 NA(5496) 1973 NA1973 NA is an Apollo-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on July 4, 1973.-External links:*...
- Lowest Eccentricity: 1991 VG1991 VG1991 VG is a Near-Earth object discovered by James Scotti. Due to its unusual orbit and rapid variation in brightness, there was early speculation that it could be a man-made spacecraft or rocket. In recent years, however, it has been discovered that most small objects with diameters less than...
- Highest Eccentricity: 2002 PD43