Apollo Asteroids

Apollo asteroids are Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs)

Apollo asteroids orbit

The largest known Apollo asteroid is 1866 Sisyphus, with a diameter of about 8.5 km. Examples of known Apollo asteroids include:

Designation Year Discoverer/First observed Ref

2016 NEOWISE MPC

2014 CSS MPC

2013 CSS MPC

2011 LINEAR MPC(B)

2011 CSS-Mount Lemmon Survey MPC

2010 LINEAR MPC

2009 CSS MPC

2009 Siding Spring Observatory, Australia MPC

2008 LINEAR

2008 CSS MPC

2008 CSS-Mount Lemmon Survey MPC

2007 CSS MPC

2007 CSS-Mount Lemmon Survey MPC

2006 Spacewatch List

2006 LINEAR List

2006 Spacewatch List

2005 R. S. McMillan, Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, USA List

2005 LONEOS MPC

2005 Mount Lemmon Survey MPC

2004 LINEAR List

2004 LINEAR MPC

2004 LINEAR List

2003 James Whitney Young MPC

2002 LINEAR List

54509 YORP 2000 LINEAR List

162173 Ryugu 1999 LINEAR

1999 LINEAR List

101955 Bennu 1999 LINEAR (Bennu is the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission) List

1998 Spacewatch MPC

1997 LINEAR List

65803 Didymos 1996 Spacewatch List

69230 Hermes 1937 Karl Reinmuth List

1999 LINEAR List

1998 LINEAR List

1997 Spacewatch List

25143 Itokawa 1998 LINEAR List

(136617) 1994 CC 1994 Spacewatch List

1996 R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, Australia List

6489 Golevka 1991 Eleanor F. Helin List

4769 Castalia 1989 Eleanor F. Helin List

4660 Nereus 1982 Eleanor F. Helin List

4581 Asclepius 1989 Henry E. Holt, Norman G. Thomas List

4486 Mithra 1987 Eric Elst, Vladimir Shkodrov List

14827 Hypnos 1986 Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker List

4197 Morpheus 1982 Eleanor F. Helin, Eugene Merle Shoemaker List

4183 Cuno 1959 Cuno Hoffmeister List

4179 Toutatis 1989 Christian Pollas List

4015 Wilson-Harrington 1979 Eleanor F. Helin List

3200 Phaethon 1983 Simon F. Green, John K.Davies / IRAS List

2063 Bacchus 1977 Charles T. Kowal List

1866 Sisyphus 1972 Paul Wild List

1620 Geographos 1951 Albert George Wilson, Rudolph Minkowski List

(29075) 1950 DA 1950 Carl A. Wirtanen List

1566 Icarus 1949 Walter Baade List

1685 Toro 1948 Carl A. Wirtanen List

2101 Adonis 1936 Eugène Joseph Delporte List

1862 Apollo 1932 Karl Reinmuth