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The Apollo asteroids are a group of asteroids near Earth named after 1862 Apollo, the first asteroid of this group to be discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. They are asteroids that cross Earth. Some of these asteroids can get very close to the Earth, making them a potential threat to our planet.

Well-known Apollo asteroids include:

Name	Year	Discoverer
Chebarkul	2013	Impacted Earth
2010 AL30	2010	LINEAR
2009 WM₁	2009
2009 DD₄₅	2009
2008 TC₃	2008	Catalina Sky Survey
2007 VK₁₈₄	2007	Catalina Sky Survey
2007 TU₂₄	2007	Catalina Sky Survey
2007 WD₅	2007	Catalina Sky Survey
2006 FV₃₅	2006	Spacewatch
2006 SU₄₉	2006	Spacewatch
2004 XP₁₄	2004	LINEAR
2004 AS₁	2004	LINEAR
2002 TD₆₆	2002	LINEAR
(137108) 1999 AN₁₀	1999	LINEAR
1998 KY₂₆	1998	Spacewatch
1997 XR₂	1997	LINEAR
69230 Hermes	1937	Karl Reinmuth
(53319) 1999 JM₈	1999	LINEAR
(52760) 1998 ML₁₄	1998	LINEAR
(35396) 1997 XF₁₁	1997	Spacewatch
(29075) 1950 DA	1950	Carl A. Wirtanen
25143 Itokawa	1998	LINEAR
1994 CC	1994	Spacewatch
6489 Golevka	1991	Eleanor F. Helin
4769 Castalia	1989	Eleanor F. Helin
4660 Nereus	1982	Eleanor F. Helin
4581 Asclepius	1989	Henry E. Holt, Norman G. Thomas
4486 Mithra	1987	Eric Elst, Vladimir Shkodrov
(4197) 1982 TA	1982	Eleanor F. Helin, Eugene Shoemaker
4183 Cuno	1959	Cuno Hoffmeister
4179 Toutatis	1989	Christian Pollas
4015 Wilson-Harrington	1979	Eleanor F. Helin
3200 Phaethon	1983	Simon F. Green, John K. Davies / IRAS
2101 Adonis	1936	Eugène Joseph Delporte
2063 Bacchus	1977	Charles T. Kowal
1866 Sisyphus	1972	Paul Wild
1862 Apollo	1932	Karl Reinmuth
1685 Toro	1948	Carl A. Wirtanen
1620 Geographos	1951	Albert George Wilson, Rudolph Minkowski
1566 Icarus	1949	Walter Baade

See also

In Spanish: Asteroide Apolo para niños

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