The following is a list of current records for
Apollo asteroid
The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are Earth-crossing asteroids that have an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth ...
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Discovery records
* 1st Discovered:
1862 Apollo
1862 Apollo is a stony asteroid, approximately 1.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object (NEO). It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 24 April 1932, but lost and not recovered until ...
(1932)
Size records
* Largest:
1866 Sisyphus
1866 Sisyphus is a binary stony asteroid, near-Earth object and the largest member of the Apollo group, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 5 December 1972, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near ...
* Smallest:
2008 TC3 (destroyed in Earth's atmosphere),
2003 SQ222
Orbit element records
* Smallest Perihelion:
2004 FN8
* Smallest Semi-Major Axis:
* Smallest Aphelion:
1991 VG
1991 VG is a very small near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter. It was first observed by American astronomer James Scotti on 6 November 1991, using the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucso ...
* Largest Perihelion:
* Largest Semi-Major Axis:
1999 XS35
* Largest Aphelion:
1999 XS35
* Lowest Inclination:
(152685) 1998 MZ
* Highest Inclination:
(5496) 1973 NA
* Lowest Eccentricity:
1991 VG
1991 VG is a very small near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter. It was first observed by American astronomer James Scotti on 6 November 1991, using the Spacewatch telescope on Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucso ...
* Highest Eccentricity:
External links
List of Apollo minor planets
{{Small Solar System bodies
Asteroid records