List of notable asteroids

Vesta is the brightest and second-most-massive asteroid. It suffered a crust-penetrating impact approximately one billion years ago.^[1]

The following is a collection of lists of notable asteroids in the Solar System. For the purposes of this article 'asteroid' means minor planet inside the orbit of Neptune, including the dwarf planet Ceres. For a complete list of minor planets in numerical order, see List of minor planets.

Note: each asteroid is given a unique sequential identifying number after its orbit is precisely determined. Prior to this, asteroids are known only by their systematic name or provisional designation, such as "1950 DA".

Largest by diameter

Estimating the sizes of asteroids from observations is difficult due to their irregular shapes, varying albedo (reflectivity), and small angular diameter. For example pure C-type asteroids are much darker than most. Asteroids with only one or two axes measured may have a falsely inflated geometric mean diameter if the unknown second and/or third axis is noticeably smaller than the primary axis.

Rank	Name	Diameter(km) (geometric mean)	Dimensions (km)	Mean Distance from Sun (in AU)	Date Discovered	Discoverer	Class
1	Ceres, 11 Ceres	952	975×975×909	2.766	01801-01-01 January 1, 1801	Piazzi, G.	G
2	Pallas, 22 Pallas	544	582×556×500	2.773	01802-03-28 March 28, 1802	Olbers, H. W.	B
3	Vesta, 44 Vesta	529	578×560×458	2.362	01807-03-29 March 29, 1807	Olbers, H. W.	V
4	Hygiea, 1010 Hygiea	431	530×407×370	3.139	01849-04-12 April 12, 1849	de Gasparis, A.	C
5	Interamnia, 704704 Interamnia	326	350×304	3.062	01910-10-02 October 2, 1910	Cerulli, V.	F
6	Europa, 5252 Europa	301	360×315×240	3.095	01858-02-04 February 4, 1858	Goldschmidt, H.	C
7	Davida, 511511 Davida	289	357×294×231	3.168	01903-05-30 May 30, 1903	Dugan, R. S.	C
8	Sylvia, 8787 Sylvia	286	385×265×230	3.485	01866-05-16 May 16, 1866	Pogson, N. R.	X
9	Cybele, 6565 Cybele	273	302×290×232	3.439	01861-03-08 March 8, 1861	Tempel, E. W.	C
10	Eunomia, 1515 Eunomia	268	357×255×212	2.643	01851-07-29 July 29, 1851	de Gasparis, A.	S
11	Juno, 33 Juno	258	320×267×200	2.672	01804-09-01 September 1, 1804	Harding, K. L.	S
11	Chariklo, 1019910199 Chariklo	258		15.79	01997-02-15 February 15, 1997	Scotti, J. V., Spacewatch	Centaur
13	Euphrosyne, 3131 Euphrosyne	256		3.149	01854-09-01 September 1, 1854	Ferguson, J.	C
14	Hektor, 624624 Hektor	241	370×195(×195)	5.235	01854-02-10 February 10, 1854	Kopff, A.	D
15	Chiron, 20602060 Chiron	233		13.70	01977-10-18 October 18, 1977	Kowal, C. T.	Centaur
16	Thisbe, 8888 Thisbe	232	221×201×168	2.769	01866-06-15 June 15, 1866	Peters, C. H. F.	B
17	Bamberga, 324324 Bamberga	229		2.684	01892-02-25 February 25, 1892	Palisa, J.	C
18	Fortuna, 1919 Fortuna	225	225×205×195	2.442	01852-08-22 August 22, 1852	Hind, J. R.	G
19	Herculina, 532532 Herculina	222		2.772	01904-04-20 April 20, 1904	Wolf, M.	S
20	Patientia, 451451 Patientia	225		3.059	01899-12-04 December 4, 1899	Charlois, A.
21	Doris, 4848 Doris	222	278×142	3.108	01857-09-19 September 19, 1857	Goldschmidt, H.	C
22	Ursula, 375375 Ursula	216		3.126	01893-09-18 September 18, 1893	Charlois, A.
23	Camilla, 107107 Camilla	215	285×205×170	3.476	01868-11-17 November 17, 1868	Pogson, N. R.	C
24	Eugenia, 4545 Eugenia	213	305×220×145	2.720	01857-06-27 June 27, 1857	Goldschmidt, H.	F
24	Iris, 77 Iris	213	240×200×200	2.386	01847-08-13 August 13, 1847	Hind, J. R.	S
26	Amphitrite, 2929 Amphitrite	212	233×212×193	2.554	01854-03-01 March 1, 1854	Marth, A.	S
27	Diotima, 423423 Diotima	209	171×138	3.065	01896-12-07 December 7, 1896	Charlois, A.	C
28	Egeria, 1313 Egeria	206	217×196	2.576	01850-11-02 November 2, 1850	de Gasparis, A.	G
29	Aurora, 9494 Aurora	197	225×173	3.160	01867-09-06 September 6, 1867	Watson, J. C.	C
30	Hermione, 121121 Hermione	190	268×186×183	3.457	01872-05-12 May 12, 1872	Watson, J. C.	C
31	Psyche, 1616 Psyche	186	240×185×145	2.924	01852-03-17 March 17, 1852	de Gasparis, A.	M

The number of bodies grows rapidly as the size decreases. For a more complete list, see List of Solar System objects by size.

The inner asteroid belt (defined as the region interior to the 3:1 Kirkwood gap at 2.50 AU) has few large asteroids. Of those in the above list, only 4 Vesta, 19 Fortuna, and 7 Iris orbit there.

Largest by mass

Below are the eighteen most-massive measured asteroids.^[2] The masses of asteroids are calculated from perturbations caused by Mars and other asteroids. Different sets of astrometric observations lead to different mass determinations; the biggest problem is accounting for all the perturbations of the smaller asteroid.^[3]

The relative masses of the top twelve asteroids known,^[2] compared to the remaining mass of the asteroid belt.^[4]

Ceres   4 Vesta   2 Pallas   10 Hygiea   31 Euphrosyne   704 Interamnia

511 Davida   532 Herculina   15 Eunomia   3 Juno   16 Psyche   52 Europa   all others

Name	Mass (×1018 kg)	Precision
1 Ceres	946	0.15% (945–947)
4 Vesta	259	0.4% (258–260)
2 Pallas	201	6.4% (188–214)
10 Hygiea	86.7	1.7% (85.2–88.4)
31 Euphrosyne	58.1	34% (38.4–77.8)
704 Interamnia	38.8	4.6% (37.0–40.6)
511 Davida	37.7	5.2% (35.7–39.7)
15 Eunomia	31.8	0.9% (31.5–32.1)
3 Juno	28.6	16% (24.0–33.2)
532 Herculina	22.9	Unknown
16 Psyche	22.7	3.7% (21.9–23.5)
52 Europa	22.7	6.9% (21.1–24.3)
65 Cybele	17.8	Unknown
48 Doris	17.0	Unknown
13 Egeria	16.3	Unknown
7 Iris	16.2	5.6% (15.3-17.1)
423 Diotima	16.0	Unknown
87 Sylvia	14.78	0.4% (14.72-14.84)

(All the data above are from Baer et al. 2011, apart from 532 Herculina, which is Kochetova (2004).)

Significant uncertainties remain. For example, the uncertainty in the estimate of 31 Euphrosyne is enough for its low end to overlap with both 704 Interamnia and 511 Davida, which overlap each other and also with 532 Herculina, which overlaps with 15 Eunomia and 3 Juno. Juno barely overlaps 52 Europa, which in turn overlaps with 16 Psyche. That is, outside the top four, the order of all the asteroids is uncertain. However, none of the lesser asteroids, of which the most massive are thought to be 88 Thisbe (at 17–19×10¹⁸ kg), also 7 Iris, 13 Egeria, and 29 Amphitrite (all in the range of ≈16×10¹⁸ kg), overlap with Europa or Psyche, so the asteroids in the chart above are likely to be the top dozen unless a hitherto unmeasured asteroid proves to be unexpectedly massive.

The largest asteroid with an accurately measured mass, due to the fact that it has a moon, is 87 Sylvia at 14.78±0.06×10¹⁸ kg. As of 2011, a precise mass of Vesta is being measured by the Dawn probe, which is scheduled to investigate Ceres in 2015.

For a more complete list, see List of Solar System objects by size. Other large asteroids such as 48 Doris and 423 Diotima currently only have assumed masses.^[5][6]

Brightest from Earth

Only Vesta regularly attains a brightness sufficient to be visible to the naked eye. The following asteroids can all reach a magnitude higher or equal to the maximum 8.3 attained by Saturn's moon Titan, which was, owing to its closeness to easily visible Saturn, discovered 145 years before the first asteroid was found.

None of the asteroids in the outer part of the asteroid belt can ever attain this brightness. Even Hygiea and Interamnia rarely reach magnitudes of above 10.0. This is due to the different distribution of spectral types within different sections of the asteroid belt being such that the highest-albedo asteroids are all concentrated closer to Mars, and much lower albedo C and D types being common in the outer belt.

Those asteroids with very high eccentricities will only reach their maximum magnitude on unusual occasions when their perihelion is very close to a heliocentric conjunction with Earth, or (in the case of 99942 Apophis) when the asteroid passes very close to the Earth.

Asteroid	Magnitude when brightest	Mean Distance from Sun (in AU)	Eccentricity of orbit	Diameter (km)	Year of discovery
99942 Apophis	3.4*	0.922	0.191	0.27	2004
4 Vesta	5.1	2.361	0.089172	529	1807
2 Pallas	6.4	2.773	0.230725	544	1802
1 Ceres	6.7	2.766	0.079905	952	1801
7 Iris	6.7	2.385	0.231422	200	1847
433 Eros	6.8	1.458	0.222725	34 × 11 × 11	1898
6 Hebe	7.5	2.425	0.201726	186	1847
3 Juno	7.5	2.668	0.258194	233	1804
18 Melpomene	7.5	2.296	0.218708	141	1852
15 Eunomia	7.9	2.643	0.187181	268	1851
8 Flora	7.9	2.202	0.156207	128	1847
324 Bamberga	8.0	2.682	0.338252	229	1892
1036 Ganymed	8.1	2.6657	0.533710	32	1924
9 Metis	8.1	2.387	0.121441	190	1848
192 Nausikaa	8.2	2.404	0.246216	103	1879
20 Massalia	8.3	2.409	0.142880	145	1852

* Apophis will only achieve that brightness on April 13, 2029.^[7] It typically has an apparent magnitude of 20–22.

Retrograde and highly inclined

Minor planets with orbital inclinations greater than 90° and less than 270° orbit in a retrograde direction. As of February 2011^[update], of the 540,000+ minor planets known, there are only 36 retrograde minor planets, only two of which are numbered, and none of them are confined to the asteroid belt. In comparison, there are over 1850 comets with retrograde orbits. This makes retrograde minor planets the rarest group of all. High-inclination asteroids are either Mars-crossers (possibly in the process of being ejected from the Solar System) or damocloids.

Retrograde
Name	Inclination	Discovery date	Comment
20461 Dioretsa	160.400°	June 8, 1999	This outer-planet crosser is a damocloid and centaur; Jupiter- and Saturn-crossing minor planet.[8]
Neptune. Came within 0.03 AU of Ceres in 1930.[9]
20461 Dioretsa.
2005 VD	172.911°	November 1, 2005	Centaur with a Halley-like orbit. It has the lowest eccentricity and highest inclination of the retrograde orbits
NEO that has the highest relative velocity to the Earth (282,900 km/hr) of objects that come within 0.5 AU of the Earth.
Semi-major axis of 408 AU with perihelion at 6.1 AU in April 2012 (1 year data arc)
Inclination	Discovery date	Comment
1373 Cincinnati	38.949°	August 8, 1935	First main-belt asteroid discovered to have an inclination greater than 2 Pallas.
(5496) 1973 NA	67.999°	July 4, 1973	A Mars-crosser and near-Earth object.
Mars-crosser and near-Earth object.
Uranus outer-grazer.
2003 EH1	70.790°	March 6, 2003	A Mars-crosser, near-Earth object and Jupiter inner-grazer.
2004 LG	70.725°	June 9, 2004	A Mercury- through Mars-crosser and near-Earth object.
edit] Landmark asteroids Name Diameter (km) Discovered Comment 5 Astraea 117 December 8, 1845 First asteroid discovered after original four (38 years later) 87 Sylvia 261 May 16, 1866 First asteroid known to have more than one moon (determined in 2005) 90 Antiope 80×80 October 1, 1866 Double asteroid with two nearly equal components; its double nature was discovered using adaptive optics in 2000 92 Undina 126 1867 July 7 Created in one of the largest asteroid-on-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years 216 Kleopatra 217×94 April 10, 1880 Metallic asteroid with "dog-bone" shape and 2 satellites 243 Ida 56×24×21 September 29, 1884 First asteroid known to have a moon (determined in 1993) 243 Ida I Dactyl 1.4 February 17, 1994 Moon of 243 Ida, first confirmed satellite of an asteroid 279 Thule 127 October 25, 1888 Orbits in the asteroid belt's outermost edge in a 3:4 orbital resonance with Jupiter 288 Glauke 32 February 20, 1890 Exceptionally slow rotation period of about 1200 hours (2 months) 323 Brucia 36 December 22, 1891 First asteroid discovered by means of astrophotography rather than visual observation 433 Eros 13×13×33 August 13, 1898 First near-Earth asteroid discovered and the second largest; first asteroid to be detected by radar 490 Veritas 115 1902 September 3 Created in one of the largest asteroid-on-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years 624 Hektor 370×195 February 10, 1907 Largest Jovian trojan asteroid discovered 719 Albert 2.4 October 3, 1911 Last numbered asteroid to be lost then recovered 944 Hidalgo 38 October 31, 1920 Longest orbital period of any traditional asteroid, but with a semi-major axis beyond Jupiter, can be thought of as a centaur. 1125 China   October 30, 1957 First asteroid discovery to be credited to an institution rather than a person 1566 Icarus 1.4 June 27, 1949 Apollo class asteroid; perihelion is closer to the Sun than Mercury 2060 Chiron 95P/Chiron October 18, 1977 The first minor planet discovered among the outer planets, establishing the class of centaurs. Later found to display cometary behavior 2063 Bacchus 1.1×1.1×2.6 April 24, 1977   3200 Phaethon 5 October 11, 1983 First asteroid discovered from space; source of Geminids meteor shower. 3753 Cruithne 5 October 10, 1986 Unusual Earth-associated orbit 4179 Toutatis 4.5×2.4×1.9 January 4, 1989 Closely approached Earth on September 29, 2004 4769 Castalia 1.8×0.8 August 9, 1989 First asteroid to be radar-imaged in sufficient detail for 3D modeling[11] 5261 Eureka ~2–4 June 20, 1990 First Martian trojan asteroid (Lagrangian point L5) discovered (11885) 1990 SS   September 25, 1990 First automated discovery of a near-Earth object (NEO) (29075) 1950 DA 1.1 February 23, 1950 Will approach Earth very closely in 2880, collision possibility 99942 Apophis 0.3 June 19, 2004 First asteroid to rank greater than one on the Torino Scale (it was ranked at 2, then 4; now down to 0). Previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4. 1997 XR2 0.23 December 4, 1997 First asteroid to rank greater than zero on the impact-risk Torino Scale (it was ranked 1; now at 0) 1998 KY26 0.030 June 2, 1998 Approached within 800,000 km of Earth 2002 AA29 0.1 January 9, 2002 Unusual Earth-associated orbit 2004 FH 0.030 March 15, 2004 Discovered before it approached within 43,000 km of Earth on March 18, 2004. 2008 HJ .024x.012 April 24, 2008 Asteroid with fastest rotation: 42.7 seconds 2008 TC3 ~0.003 October 6, 2008 First Earth-impactor to be spotted before impact (on October 7, 2008) 2010 TK7 ~0.3 October 2010 First Earth trojan asteroid to be discovered Spacecraft targets The following table lists asteroids that have been visited by spacecraft. Name Diameter (km) Discovered Spacecraft Year(s) Closest Approach (km) Notes Vesta, 44 Vesta 529 01807-03-29 March 29, 1807 Dawn 2011–2012 &10000000000000200000000approx. 200 Orbiting; planned to break orbit in July 2012 Lutetia, 2121 Lutetia 120×100×80 01852-11-15 November 15, 1852 Rosetta 2010 &100000000000031620000003,162 Flyby Ida, 243243 Ida 56×24×21 01884-09-29 September 29, 1884 Galileo 1993 &100000000000023900000002,390 Flyby; discovered Dactyl (moon) Mathilde, 253253 Mathilde 66×48×46 01885-11-12 November 12, 1885 NEAR Shoemaker 1997 &100000000000012120000001,212 Flyby Eros, 433433 Eros 13×13×33 01898-08-13 August 13, 1898 NEAR Shoemaker 1998 &100000000000038270000003,827 Flyby Eros, 433433 Eros 13×13×33 01898-08-13 August 13, 1898 NEAR Shoemaker 2000 &1000000000000003500000035 Orbited; first asteroid studied from orbit Eros, 433433 Eros 13×13×33 01898-08-13 August 13, 1898 NEAR Shoemaker 2001 &100000000000000000000000 Landed Gaspra, 951951 Gaspra 18.2×10.5×8.9 01916-07-30 July 30, 1916 Galileo 1991 &100000000000016000000001,600 Flyby; first asteroid visited by a spacecraft Masursky, 26852685 Masursky 15-20 01981-05-03 May 3, 1981 Cassini 2000 &100000000016000000000001,600,000 Distant flyby Šteins, 28672867 Šteins 4.6 01969-11-04 November 4, 1969 Rosetta 2008 &10000000000000800000000800 Flyby Annefrank, 55355535 Annefrank 4.0 01942-03-23 March 23, 1942 Stardust 2002 &100000000000030790000003,079 Flyby Braille, 99699969 Braille 2.2×0.6 01992-05-27 May 27, 1992 Deep Space 1 1999 &1000000000000002600000026 Flyby; followed by flyby of Comet Borrelly Itokawa, 2514325143 Itokawa ~1 01998-09-26 September 26, 1998 Hayabusa 2005 &100000000000000000000000 Landed; returned samples to Earth APL, 132524132524 APL ~2.5 02002-05-09 May 9, 2002 New Horizons 2006 &10000000000101867000000101,867 Distant flyby The following table lists asteroids that are planned to be visited by spacecraft, or were at one time proposed as a target. Name Diameter (km) Discovered Spacecraft Year(s) Notes 1 Ceres 959×933 01801-01-01 January 1, 1801 Dawn 2015 Future; to be orbited Siwa, 140140 Siwa 103 01874-10-13 October 13, 1874 Rosetta Abandoned target Geographos, 16201620 Geographos 5.1×1.8 01951-09-14 September 14, 1951 Clementine Abandoned target Shipka, 25302530 Shipka   01978-07-09 July 9, 1978 Rosetta Abandoned target Rodari, 27032703 Rodari   01979-03-29 March 29, 1979 Rosetta Abandoned target McAuliffe, 33523352 McAuliffe 2–5 01981-02-06 February 6, 1981 Deep Space 1 Abandoned target Mimistrobell, 38403840 Mimistrobell   01980-10-09 October 9, 1980 Rosetta Abandoned target Nereus, 46604660 Nereus ~1 01982-02-28 February 28, 1982 NEAP; Hayabusa Target; probe cancelled Abandoned target Otawara, 49794979 Otawara 5.5 01949-08-02 August 2, 1949 Rosetta Abandoned target (101955) 1999 RQ36 ~0.5 01999-09-11 September 11, 1999 OSIRIS 2020 Future planned landing Numbered minor planets that are also comets Name Cometary name Comment 2060 Chiron 95P/Chiron Discovered in 1977 as the first centaur, later found to display cometary behavior (including a coma) 4015 Wilson–Harrington 107P/Wilson–Harrington In 1992, it was realized that asteroid 1979 VA's orbit matched it with the positions of the lost comet Wilson-Harrington (1949 III) 7968 Elst–Pizarro 133P/Elst–Pizarro Discovered in 1996 as a comet, but orbitally matched to asteroid 1979 OW7 60558 Echeclus 174P/Echeclus Second centaur found to have a coma 118401 LINEAR 176P/LINEAR (LINEAR 52) Main-belt comet-asteroid discovered to have a coma on November 26, 2005 Note there are quite a few other cases where a non-numbered asteroid with only a systematic designation (such as C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)). The above table lists only numbered asteroids that are also comets. Minor planets that were misnamed and renamed In earlier times, before the modern numbering and naming rules were in effect, asteroids were sometimes given numbers and names before their orbits were precisely known. And in a few cases duplicate names were given to the same object (with modern use of computers to calculate and compare orbits with old recorded positions, this type of error no longer occurs). This led to a few cases where asteroids had to be renamed.[12] 330 Adalberta An object discovered March 18, 1892 by Max Wolf with provisional designation "1892 X" was named 330 Adalberta, but was lost and never recovered. In 1982 it was determined that the observations leading to the designation of 1892 X were stars, and the object never existed. The name and number 330 Adalberta was then reused for another asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on February 2, 1910, which had the provisional designation A910 CB. 525 Adelaide The object A904 EB discovered March 14, 1904 by Max Wolf was named 525 Adelaide and was subsequently lost. Later, the object 1930 TA discovered October 3, 1930 by Sylvain Arend was named 1171 Rusthawelia. In those pre-computer days, it was not realized until 1958 that these were one and the same object. The name Rusthawelia was kept (and discovery credited to Arend); the name 525 Adelaide was reused for the object 1908 EKa discovered October 21, 1908 by Joel Hastings Metcalf. 715 Transvaalia and 933 Susi The object 1911 LX discovered April 22, 1911 by H. E. Wood was named 715 Transvaalia. On April 23, 1920, the object 1920 GZ was discovered and named 933 Susi. In 1928 it was realized that these were one and the same object. The name Transvaalia was kept, and the name and number 933 Susi was reused for the object 1927 CH discovered February 10, 1927 by Karl Reinmuth. 864 Aase and 1078 Mentha The object A917 CB discovered February 13, 1917 by Max Wolf was named 864 Aase, and the object 1926 XB discovered December 7, 1926 by Karl Reinmuth was named 1078 Mentha. In 1958 it was discovered that these were one and the same object. In 1974, this was resolved by keeping the name 1078 Mentha and reusing the name and number 864 Aase for the object 1921 KE, discovered September 30, 1921 by Karl Reinmuth. 1095 Tulipa and 1449 Virtanen The object 1928 DC discovered February 24, 1928 by Karl Reinmuth was named 1095 Tulipa, and the object 1938 DO discovered February 20, 1938 by Yrjö Väisälä was named 1449 Virtanen. In 1966 it was discovered that these were one and the same object. The name 1449 Virtanen was kept and the name and number 1095 Tulipa was reused for the object 1926 GS discovered April 14, 1926 by Karl Reinmuth. 1125 China and 3789 Zhongguo The object 1928 UF discovered October 25, 1928 by Zhang Yuzhe (Y. C. Chang) was named 1125 China, and was later lost. Later, the object 1957 UN1 was discovered on October 30, 1957 at Purple Mountain Observatory and was initially incorrectly believed to be the rediscovery of the object 1928 UF. The name and number 1125 China were then reused for the object 1957 UN1, and 1928 UF remained lost. In 1986, the object 3789 Zhongguo. Note Zhongguo is the Mandarin Chinese word for "China", in pinyin transliteration. Asteroid 1317 The object 1914 UQ discovered April 20, 1914 by G. N. Neujmin was named 787 Moskva (and retains that name to this day). The object 1934 FD discovered on March 19, 1934 by C. Jackson was given the sequence number 1317. In 1938, G. N. Neujmin found that asteroid 1317 and 787 Moskva were one and the same object. The sequence number 1317 was later reused for the object 1935 RC discovered on September 1, 1935 by Karl Reinmuth; that object is now known as 1317 Silvretta. Record-setting close approaches to Earth Trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Only asteroids or meteoroids that break a previous record are included. Note that near-Earth-object detection technology drastically improved around the turn of the 21st century, so objects being detected as of 2004 would have been missed only a decade earlier. By some definitions, an asteroid must be at least 50 meters in diameter; accordingly the table lists objects smaller than this size separately, but this should not be taken as an endorsement of this particular definition of meteoroids vs. asteroids. Also, celestial objects that enter and then leave Earth's atmosphere, so-called 'Earth-grazers', are separated, as entering the lower atmosphere can constitute an impact event rather than passing close. The distances shown are approximate and from the surface of the Earth. Earth-grazers and fireballs Distance kilometers Size (m) (approximate) Date of closest approach Object 0 Sea level 0 2–5 7 October 2008 2008 TC3 (Almahata Sitta meteorite) 57[13] 3–10 10 August 1972 1972 Earth grazer circa 100 circa 1 between 13 October 1990 and 7 August 2007 three other Earth-grazing fireballs 100 Kármán line Passed by outside of atmosphere Objects with distances >100km are listed here. (There is no agreed-upon end to the upper atmosphere, just consistently thinner air until going up from the stratosphere (~50 km), mesosphere (~85 km), to the thermosphere (~690 km), to the exosphere (~10,000 km). (See also thermopause.)) Meteoroids Smaller than about 50 meters (55 yards):[14]: Distance (AU) Distance[15] (km) Size (m) (approximate) Date of closest approach Object 0.000079 5,500 1 February 4, 2011 2011 CQ1 0.000086 6,500 6 March 31, 2004 2004 FU162 0.000090 7,100 ≈1 October 9, 2008 2011 MD 0.000136 14,000 7 November 6, 2009 2009 VA 0.000328 43,000 30 March 18, 2004 2004 FH 0.000360 47,000 5–10 October 12, 2010 2010 TD54 0.000483 66,000 19 March 2, 2009 2009 DD45 0.000531 73,000 7[16] September 8, 2010 2010 RF12 0.000564 78,000 5 September 27, 2003 Apollo) 0.00072 101,000 15 December 9, 1994 1991 BA 0.00166 242,000 12[17] September 8, 2010 2010 RX30 0.00240 359,000 22 April 9, 2010 2010 GA6 0.00257 384,400 average distance to the Moon[18] Asteroids Larger than about 50 meters (55 yards):[14][19] Distance (AU) Distance (km) Size (m) (approximate) Date of closest approach Object 0.001* 150,000 200 April 11, 1971 2002 JE9 0.00155* 232,000 500 December 31, 1914 (152680) 1998 KJ9 0.002** 300,000 200 December 26-27, 1976 2010 XC15 0.0021720 324,900 400 November 8, 2011 2005 YU55 0.00257 384,400 average distance to the Moon[18] 0.0028906 432,430 500 July 3, 2006 2004 XP14 0.0037043 554,209 250 January 29, 2008 2007 TU24 0.0042415* 634,520 300 & 300 April 26, 1942 69230 Hermes 0.00457 678,000 300 March 22, 1989 4581 Asclepius 0.00495 735,000 300 & 300 October 30, 1937 69230 Hermes * Asteroid approach did NOT occur during an observed apparition. Passage is calculated by integrating the equations of motion. ** Only the nominal (best-fit) orbit shows a passage this close. The uncertainty region is still somewhat large due to a short observation arc. Pass by outside of atmosphere in the future Asteroids larger than about 50 meters (55 yards):[20] Distance (AU) Distance (km) Size (m) (approximate) Date of closest approach Object 0.000238 35,600 ~270 April 13, 2029 99942 Apophis 0.001663 248,800 700-1500 June 26, 2028 (153814) 2001 WN5 0.001663 248,800 170-370 January 2, 2101 average distance to the Moon[18] ** Only the nominal (best-fit) orbit shows a passage this close. The uncertainty region is still somewhat large due to a short observation arc. Exceptionally slow-rotating objects Rotation periods have been determined for only a small fraction of asteroids (from light curves or from radar studies). Most asteroids have rotation periods of less than 24 hours; however, 288 Glauke has a rotation period of about 50 days. Name Rotation period (hours) 288 Glauke 1200 1220 Crocus 737 253 Mathilde 417.7 3691 Bede 226.8 9969 Braille 226.4 Minor Planet Lightcurve Parameters Fastest rotating objects Name Rotation period (seconds) Diameter (m) 2010 WA 31 3 2008 HJ 42.7 24 edit] See also List of Solar System objects by size List of numbered Aten asteroids List of asteroids named after people List of asteroids named after places List of Apollo asteroids List of Amor asteroids List of Centaurs Scattered disk objects List of asteroids with moons List of Mercury-crossing asteroids List of Venus-crossing asteroids List of Earth-crossing asteroids List of Mars-crossing asteroids List of Jupiter-crossing asteroids List of Saturn-crossing asteroids List of Uranus-crossing asteroids List of Neptune-crossing asteroids List of instrument-resolved minor planets Books Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th ed.: Prepared on Behalf of Commission 20 Under the Auspices of the International Astronomical Union, Lutz D. 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