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Key facts
- Discovered by
- K. Reinmuth
- Discovery site
- Heidelberg Obs.
- Discovery date
- 24 April 1932
- Pronunciation
- / ə ˈ p ɒ l oʊ /
- Named after
- Apollo , (Greek mythology)
- Alternative designations
- 1932 HA 24px (astrological)
- Minor planet category
- NEO · PHA , Venus-crosser , Mars-crosser , Apollo asteroids
- Observation arc
- 95.27 yr (34796 days)
- Earliest precovery date
- 24 April 1932
- Aphelion
- 2.2945 AU (343.25 Gm )
- Perihelion
- 0.64733 AU (96.839 Gm)
- Semi major axis
- 1.4709 AU (220.04 Gm)
- Orbital period sidereal
- 1.7840 yr (651.60 d )
- Mean anomaly
- 113.88 °
- Mean motion
- 0° 33 8.928 / day
- Inclination
- 6.3514°
- Longitude of ascending node
- 35.542°
- Argument of perihelion
- 286.05°
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Encyclopedic overview
Spectral type Q (Tholen, SMASS) B–V = 0.819 U–B = 0.481 Absolute magnitude (H) 16.09
1862 Apollo /əˈpɒloʊ/ 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 was lost and not recovered until 1973.
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