NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Apollo asteroid records

Orbit Element Records:
Smallest Perihelion: 2004 FN₈
Smallest Semi-Major Axis: 2004 GU₉
Smallest Aphelion: 1991 VG
Largest Perihelion: 2002 PD₄₃
Largest Semi-Major Axis: 1999 XS₃₅
Largest Aphelion: 1999 XS₃₅
Lowest Inclination: 1998 MZ
Highest Inclination: (5496) 1973 NA
Lowest Eccentricity: 1991 VG
Highest Eccentricity: 2002 PD₄₃

External links

List of Apollo minor planets (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Apollos.html)

The Minor Planets

Vulcanoids | Main belt | Groups and Families | Near_Earth objects | Jupiter Trojans

(For other objects and regions, see: Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar system)

(For a complete listing, see: List of asteroids)

Categories: Asteroid records

Results from FactBites:

ESA Selects Targets For Asteroid-Deflecting Mission Don Quijote (1316 words)
	It is the Apollo asteroids that cross Earth's orbit.
	Asteroids come in all sort of flavours, but as far as composition is concerned two main types dominate.
	The surface properties of the target asteroid -and in particular the percentage of light that it reflects - are a critical factor in the final phase of the impactor spacecraft navigation.

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