(7341) 1991 VK is a near-Earth minor planet in the

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. It was discovered by

Eleanor F. Helin Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin (née Francis, 19 November 1932 – 25 January 2009) was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (Some sources gi ...

and

Kenneth J. Lawrence Kenneth J. Lawrence (born 1964) is an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. Credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 32 numbered asteroids between 1989 and 1994, he has also co-discovered 152P/Helin-Lawrence, a ...

at the

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in California on 1 November 1991. It is listed as a

potentially hazardous object A potentially hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make close approaches to the Earth and is large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact. They ar ...

. Every 5 years (from 1946 through 2091) the asteroid makes a close approach to the Earth. The most recent close approach to Earth was on Jan 25, 2017; the next close approach will be on Jan 25, 2022 at a distance of .

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