is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object. It has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of 10 years and an Uncertainty Parameter of 1. It was removed from the Sentry Risk Table on 10 May 2002. was discovered on 6 May 2002 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project using a Reflecting telescope; at the time of discovery, the asteroid possessed an apparent magnitude of 19.1.
The asteroid has an estimated diameter of about based on an absolute magnitude of 21.3. is considered significant due to having previously passed closer to the Earth; on 11 April 1971, it passed Earth at a distance of . is one of the largest objects known to have passed inside the orbit of the moon. During the close approach in 1971 the asteroid reached about apparent magnitude 10, about the same brightness as Saturn's moon Iapetus.
The asteroid will pass from Venus on 25 November 2021.
+H < 22 asteroids passing less than 1 LD from EarthAsteroidDateNominal approach distance (LD)Min. distance (LD)Max. distance (LD)Absolute magnitude (H)Size (meters) 1914-12-31 0.606 0.604 0.608 19.4 279–900 1918-09-17 0.911 0.909 0.913 17.9 556–1795 1925-08-30 0.903 0.901 0.905 18.5 443–477 1971-04-11 0.616 0.587 0.651 21.2 122–393 1981-11-04 0.818 0.813 0.823 21.4 111–358 2001-11-08 0.454 0.318 3.436 20.7 153–494 2011-11-08 0.845 0.845 0.845 21.9 320–400 2028-06-26 0.647 0.647 0.647 18.2 921–94399942 Apophis 2029-04-13 0.0981 0.0963 0.1000 19.7 310–340 2065-05-28 0.865 0.856 0.874 20.7 153–494 2075-11-08 0.592 0.499 0.752 21.9 320–400 2101-01-02 0.621 0.615 0.628 21.0 133–431101955 Bennu 2135-09-25 0.780 0.308 1.406 20.19 472–512 2140-12-01 0.634 0.631 0.637 19.3 427–593 2148-01-22 0.771 0.770 0.771 21.1 127–411 2156-12-16 0.998 0.955 1.215 21.6 101–327
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