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== List == The largest known Apollo asteroid is [[1866 Sisyphus]], with a diameter of about 8.5 km. Examples of known Apollo asteroids include: <!-- Note: REVERSE NUMERICAL ORDER, to match authoritative external link below, for easy comparison --> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! [[Minor planet designation|Designation]] ! Year ! Discoverer/First observed <sup>(A)</sup> ! Ref |- | {{mpl|2024 PT|5}} || align=center | 2024 || [[Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System|ATLAS-SAAO]] || {{MPC|2024+PT5}} |- |- | {{mpl|2019 SU|3}} || align=center | 2019 || [[Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System|ATLAS-HKO]] || {{MPC|2019+SU3}} |- | {{mpl|2016 WF|9}} || align=center | 2016 || [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer#NEOWISE (pre-hibernation)|NEOWISE]] || {{MPC|2016+WF9}} |- | {{mpl|(671294) 2014 JO|25}} || align=center | 2014 || [[Catalina Sky Survey|CSS]] || {{MPC|2014+JO25}} |- | {{mpl|2013 FW|13}} || align=center | 2013 || CSS || {{MPC|2013+FW13}} |- | {{mpl|2013 RH|74}} || align=center | 2013 || CSS || {{MPC|2013+RH74}} |- | {{mpl|2011 MD}} || align=center | 2011 || [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR]] || {{MPC|2011+MD}}<sup>(B)</sup> |- | {{mpl|2011 EO|40}} || align=center | 2011 || CSS–[[Mount Lemmon Survey]] || {{MPC|2011+EO40}} |- | {{mpl|2010 AL|30}} || align=center | 2010 || LINEAR || {{MPC|2010+AL30}} |- | {{mpl|(529366) 2009 WM|1}} || align=center | 2009 || CSS || {{MPC|2009+WM1}} |- | {{mpl|2009 DD|45}} || align=center | 2009 || Siding Spring Observatory, Australia || {{MPC|2009+DD45}} |- | {{mpl|(386454) 2008 XM}} || align=center | 2008 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|386454|List}} |- | {{mpl|2008 TC|3}} || align=center | 2008 || CSS || {{MPC|2008+TC3}} |- | {{mpl|2008 FF|5}} || align=center | 2008 || CSS–[[Mount Lemmon Survey]] || {{MPC|2008+TC3}} |- | {{mpl|2007 VK|184}} || align=center | 2007 || [[Catalina Sky Survey|CSS]] || {{MPC|2007+VK184}} |- | {{mpl|2007 TU|24}} || align=center | 2007 || CSS || {{MPC|2007+TU24}} |- | {{mpl|2007 WD|5}} || align=center | 2007 || CSS || {{MPC|2007+WD5}} |- | {{mpl|2007 OX}} || align=center | 2007 || CSS–[[Mount Lemmon Survey]] || {{MPC|2007+OX}} |- | {{mpl|(277810) 2006 FV|35}} || align=center | 2006 || [[Spacewatch]] || {{LoMP|277810|List}} |- | {{mpl|(394130) 2006 HY|51}} || align=center | 2006 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|394130|List}} |- | {{mpl|(292220) 2006 SU|49}} || align=center | 2006 || Spacewatch || {{LoMP|292220|List}} |- | {{mpl|(308635) 2005 YU|55}} || align=center | 2005 || R. S. McMillan, Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak, USA || {{LoMP|308635|List}} |- | {{mpl|2005 WY|55}} || align=center | 2005 || [[Mount Lemmon Survey]] || {{MPC|2005+WY55}} |- | {{mpl|2005 HC|4}} || align=center | 2005 || [[LONEOS]] || {{MPC|2005+HC4}} |- | {{mpl|(612901) 2004 XP|14}} || align=center | 2004 || LINEAR || {{MPC|2004+XP14}} |- | {{mpl|(374158) 2004 UL}} || align=center | 2004 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|374158|List}} |- | {{mpl|(357439) 2004 BL|86}} || align=center | 2004 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|357439|List}} |- | {{mpl|(444004) 2004 AS|1}} || align=center | 2004 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|444004|List}} |- | {{mpl|2003 RW|11}} || align=center | 2003 || [[James Whitney Young]] || {{MPC|2003+RW11}} |- | {{mpl|2003 BV|35}} || align=center | 2003 || James Whitney Young || {{MPC|2003+BV35}} |- | {{mpl|(89958) 2002 LY|45}} || align=center | 2002 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|89958|List}} |- | {{mpl|(179806) 2002 TD|66}} || align=center | 2002 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|179806|List}} |- | [[54509 YORP]] || align=center | 2000 || [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR]] || {{LoMP|54509|List}} |- | [[162173 Ryugu]] || align=center | 1999 ||[[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR]] || {{LoMP|162173|List}} |- | {{mpl|(137108) 1999 AN|10}} || align=center | 1999 || [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR]] || {{LoMP|137108|List}} |- | [[101955 Bennu]] || align=center | 1999 || LINEAR (Bennu is the target of the [[OSIRIS-REx]] mission) || {{LoMP|101955|List}} |- | {{mpl|1998 KY|26}} || align=center | 1998 || Spacewatch || {{MPC|1998+KY26}} |- | {{mpl|(433953) 1997 XR|2}} || align=center | 1997 || [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR]] || {{LoMP|433953|List}} |- | [[65803 Didymos]] || align=center | 1996 || [[Spacewatch]] || {{LoMP|65803|List}} |- | [[69230 Hermes]] || align=center | 1937 || [[Karl Reinmuth]] || {{LoMP|69230|List}} |- | {{mpl|(53319) 1999 JM|8}} || align=center | 1999 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|53319|List}} |- | {{mpl|(52760) 1998 ML|14}} || align=center | 1998 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|52760|List}} |- | {{mpl|(35396) 1997 XF|11}} || align=center | 1997 || Spacewatch || {{LoMP|35396|List}} |- | [[25143 Itokawa]] || align=center | 1998 || LINEAR || {{LoMP|25143|List}} |- | [[(136617) 1994 CC]] || align=center | 1994 || [[Spacewatch]] || {{LoMP|136617|List}} |- | {{mpl|(175706) 1996 FG|3}} || align=center | 1996 || R. H. McNaught, Siding Spring Observatory, Australia || {{LoMP|175706|List}} |- | [[6489 Golevka]] || align=center | 1991 || [[Eleanor F. Helin]] || {{LoMP|6489|List}} |- | [[4769 Castalia]] || align=center | 1989 || Eleanor F. Helin || {{LoMP|4769|List}} |- | [[4660 Nereus]] || align=center | 1982 || Eleanor F. Helin || {{LoMP|4660|List}} |- | [[4581 Asclepius]] || align=center | 1989 || [[Henry E. Holt]], [[Norman G. Thomas]] || {{LoMP|4581|List}} |- | [[4486 Mithra]] || align=center | 1987 || [[Eric Elst]], [[Vladimir Shkodrov]] || {{LoMP|4486|List}} |- | [[14827 Hypnos]] || align=center | 1986 || [[Carolyn S. Shoemaker]], [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker]] || {{LoMP|14827|List}} |- | [[4197 Morpheus]] || align=center | 1982 || [[Eleanor F. Helin]], [[Eugene Merle Shoemaker]] || {{LoMP|4197|List}} |- | [[4183 Cuno]] || align=center | 1959 || [[Cuno Hoffmeister]] || {{LoMP|4183|List}} |- | [[4179 Toutatis]] || align=center | 1989 || [[Christian Pollas]] || {{LoMP|4179|List}} |- | [[4015 Wilson–Harrington]] || align=center | 1979 || [[Eleanor F. Helin]] || {{LoMP|4015|List}} |- | [[3200 Phaethon]] || align=center | 1983 || [[Simon F. Green]], [[John K. Davies (astronomer)|John K.Davies]] / [[IRAS]] || {{LoMP|3200|List}} |- | [[2063 Bacchus]] || align=center | 1977 || [[Charles T. Kowal]] || {{LoMP|2063|List}} |- | [[1866 Sisyphus]] || align=center | 1972 || [[Paul Wild (Swiss astronomer)|Paul Wild]] || {{LoMP|1866|List}} |- | [[1620 Geographos]] || align=center | 1951 || [[Albert George Wilson]], [[Rudolph Minkowski]] || {{LoMP|1620|List}} |- | [[(29075) 1950 DA]] || align=center | 1950 || [[Carl A. Wirtanen]] || {{LoMP|29075|List}} |- | [[1566 Icarus]] || align=center | 1949 || [[Walter Baade]] || {{LoMP|1566|List}} |- | [[1685 Toro]] || align=center | 1948 || [[Carl A. Wirtanen]] || {{LoMP|1685|List}} |- | [[2101 Adonis]] || align=center | 1936 || [[Eugène Joseph Delporte]] || {{LoMP|2101|List}} |- | [[1862 Apollo]] || align=center | 1932 || [[Karl Reinmuth]] || {{LoMP|1862|List}} |- ! colspan=4 style="font-size: 0.85em; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 6px;" |<sup>(A)</sup> '''Discoverer''':<br /> : A discoverer is determined by the [[Minor Planet Center|MPC]] when the object is numbered. For unnumbered bodies, the table gives the "first observer". : LINEAR: [[Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research]] : CSS : [[Catalina Sky Survey]] : [[Spacewatch]], on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona<ref>{{citation |url=http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/ |title=The Spacewatch Project |publisher=Arizona Board of Regents |year=2010}}</ref> <sup>(B)</sup> '''Classification''':<br /> : [[2011 MD]] is classified as Amor, not Apollo asteroid by the MPC |}
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