List of Mercury-crossing minor planets

A Mercury crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mercury. The Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU), whereas those listed here as outer grazers have perihelia within Mercury's aphelion but not within its perihelion. All have semi-major axes larger than Mercury's, and hence there are no inner grazers.

Mercury crossers

Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU). As of 2 February 2016, there are 255 Mercury crossers known.[1] Most values have been rounded to three decimals.

Designation
number		 Name Perihelion
(AU)		 Semi-major
axis (AU)		 Aphelion
(AU)		 Inclination
(°)		 Eccentricity Absolute
magnitude (H)		 Orbit
class		 Notes
2005 HC4 0.071 1.816 3.562 8.383 0.9609 20.7 Apollo Has the smallest perihelion of any known asteroid.[1]
2008 FF5 0.079 2.283 4.487 2.626 0.9653 23.1 Apollo Has the second-smallest perihelion of any known asteroid.[1]
2015 EV 0.080 2.052 4.024 11.453 0.9610 22.5 Apollo Has the third-smallest perihelion of any known asteroid.[1]
394130 2006 HY51 0.081 2.600 5.118 30.515 0.9688 17.2 Apollo Has the smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.[1]
137924 2000 BD19 0.092 0.876 1.661 25.689 0.8950 17.2 Aten Has the second-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.[1]
374158 2004 UL 0.093 1.266 2.440 23.766 0.9267 18.8 Apollo Has the third-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.[1]
394932 2007 EP88 0.096 0.837 1.579 20.770 0.8858 18.5 Apollo Has the fourth-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.[1]
2011 KE 0.100 2.226 4.352 5.900 0.9550 19.8 Apollo
465402 2008 HW1 0.102 2.582 5.062 10.589 0.9606 17.4 Apollo
2015 HG 0.105 2.105 4.105 17.756 0.9502 21.0 Apollo
2012 US68 0.106 2.501 4.897 25.801 0.9576 18.3 Apollo
2011 XA3 0.109 1.467 2.825 27.993 0.9260 20.5 Apollo
399457 2002 PD43 0.110 2.509 4.907 26.105 0.9560 19.1 Apollo Has the fifth-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.[1]
386454 2008 XM 0.111 1.222 2.334 5.452 0.9092 20.0 Apollo
431760 2008 HE 0.113 2.264 4.415 9.774 0.9499 18.1 Apollo
2007 EB26 0.116 0.548 0.980 8.478 0.7880 19.6 Atira Has the second-smallest semi-major axis of any known object in the Solar System, after Mercury.
276033 2002 AJ129 0.117 1.371 2.625 15.494 0.9149 18.7 Apollo
2000 LK 0.118 2.179 4.240 17.018 0.9459 18.4 Apollo
425755 2011 CP4 0.118 0.911 1.705 9.450 0.8704 21.2 Aten
1995 CR 0.119 0.907 1.695 4.065 0.8685 21.7 Aten
2007 GT3 0.121 1.994 3.867 25.432 0.9394 19.7 Apollo
2004 QX2 0.125 1.287 2.450 19.095 0.9029 21.7 Apollo
2011 BT59 0.130 2.477 4.823 3.572 0.9476 21.0 Apollo
289277 2004 XY60 0.130 0.640 1.150 23.764 0.7967 18.9 Aten
2015 KO120 0.131 1.768 3.404 2.081 0.9258 22.0 Apollo
2007 PR10 0.132 1.233 2.334 20.995 0.8926 20.7 Apollo
2006 TC 0.136 1.538 2.941 19.624 0.9118 18.8 Apollo
2013 JA36 0.138 2.671 5.206 42.535 0.9485 21.0 Apollo
2008 MG1 0.139 0.783 1.428 5.716 0.8227 19.9 Aten
2013 HK11 0.139 2.199 4.258 17.710 0.9368 20.7 Apollo
3200 Phaethon 0.140 1.271 2.403 22.210 0.8901 14.6 Apollo Has the smallest perihelion of any named asteroid.
2013 YC 0.141 2.495 4.848 2.837 0.9435 21.3 Apollo
2010 JG87 0.144 2.761 5.378 16.912 0.9477 19.1 Apollo
2015 KP157 0.148 1.652 3.155 22.400 0.9103 19.2 Apollo
2015 DU180 0.152 1.928 3.705 4.812 0.9214 20.8 Apollo
2012 UA34 0.156 0.786 1.416 19.815 0.8016 19.4 Aten
2005 EL70 0.159 2.659 5.158 17.214 0.9402 24.0 Apollo
155140 2005 UD 0.163 1.275 2.387 28.678 0.8722 17.3 Apollo
364136 2006 CJ 0.166 0.677 1.187 10.243 0.7549 20.2 Aten
104150 2000 NL10 0.167 0.914 1.661 32.525 0.8170 15.8 Aten
2011 WN15 0.173 1.217 2.260 33.474 0.8579 19.6 Apollo
2013 WM 0.175 2.079 3.983 4.153 0.9160 23.8 Apollo
302169 2001 TD45 0.177 0.798 1.416 25.398 0.7774 19.9 Aten
2005 RV24 0.178 1.506 2.834 36.286 0.8818 20.6 Apollo
2008 EY68 0.179 0.745 1.311 19.794 0.7599 22.0 Apollo
141851 2002 PM6 0.180 1.198 2.216 19.185 0.8501 17.7 Apollo
267223 2001 DQ8 0.181 1.841 3.501 12.880 0.9015 18.0 Apollo
2015 VQ64 0.181 1.193 2.205 8.526 0.8481 21.5 Apollo
2013 AJ91 0.182 2.532 4.882 33.266 0.9282 19.3 Apollo
259221 2003 BA21 0.184 1.100 2.017 23.730 0.8332 19.1 Apollo
2011 YX62 0.184 2.565 4.946 8.678 0.9282 23.0 Apollo
1566 Icarus 0.187 1.078 1.969 22.828 0.8268 16.9 Apollo First Mercury crosser discovered.
89958 2002 LY45 0.187 1.642 3.097 9.968 0.8864 17.0 Apollo
2009 HU58 0.187 2.066 3.945 35.768 0.9096 19.1 Apollo
5786 Talos 0.187 1.081 1.976 23.235 0.8268 17.1 Apollo
2003 UW29 0.189 1.170 2.150 3.760 0.8384 20.7 Apollo
2015 RD36 0.190 2.543 4.896 0.448 0.9252 22.5 Apollo
387505 1998 KN3 0.195 1.542 2.888 2.301 0.8733 18.4 Apollo
2007 MK6 0.196 1.081 1.966 25.130 0.8188 19.9 Apollo
2015 KJ122 0.196 0.785 1.375 5.069 0.7502 22.0 Aten
2015 DZ53 0.196 1.511 2.825 8.332 0.8700 20.8 Apollo
2010 VA12 0.199 1.269 2.339 37.364 0.8434 19.5 Apollo
1996 BT 0.200 1.121 2.222 12.127 0.8350 23.0 Apollo
153201 2000 WO17 0.200 0.911 1.623 7.771 0.7806 19.3 Aten
139289 2001 KR1 0.200 1.260 2.319 23.229 0.8412 17.6 Apollo
66391 1999 KW4 0.200 0.642 1.084 38.888 0.6884 16.5 Aten Has a moon.
141079 2001 XS30 0.200 1.165 2.129 28.527 0.8281 17.7 Apollo
455426 2003 MT9 0.200 2.538 4.876 6.821 0.9211 18.6 Apollo
2014 UV116 0.201 0.918 1.635 42.402 0.9181 23.6 Aten
143637 2003 LP6 0.203 1.746 3.289 43.593 0.8836 16.3 Apollo
66253 1999 GT3 0.216 1.334 2.452 19.514 0.8378 18.2 Apollo
85953 1999 FK21 0.219 0.739 1.258 12.602 0.7031 18.1 Aten
137052 Tjelvar 0.238 1.248 2.258 14.917 0.8095 16.9 Apollo
40267 1999 GJ4 0.257 1.339 2.421 34.533 0.8082 15.4 Apollo
2013 JX28 0.262 0.6008 0.94 10.76 0.5641 20.1 Atira Has the third-smallest semi-major axis of any known object in the Solar System, after Mercury and 2007 EB26
66063 1998 RO1 0.277 0.991 1.704 22.675 0.7200 18.1 Aten Has a moon.
2013 ND15 0.281 0.7235 1.166 4.794 0.6115 24.1 Aten First Venus trojan discovered.
87684 2000 SY2 0.307 0.859 1.411 19.232 0.6428 16.0 Aten

Mercury grazers

All Mercury grazers have semi-major axes larger than Mercury's (0.3871 AU), and hence are outer grazers, i.e. have perihelia within Mercury's aphelion (0.4667 AU) but not within its perihelion (0.3075 AU). As of February 2016, there are 561 Mercury grazers known.[2] Values have been rounded to three decimals.

Designation
number		 Name Perihelion
(AU)		 Semi-major axis
(AU)		 Aphelion
(AU)		 Inclination
(°)		 Eccentricity Absolute magnitude (H) Orbit
class		 Notes
16960 1998 QS52 0.313 2.203 4.093 17.560 0.8577 14.3 Apollo
85989 1999 JD6 0.324 0.883 1.441 17.054 0.6328 17.1 Aten
68348 2001 LO7 0.339 2.152 3.964 25.478 0.8426 14.2 Apollo
86667 2000 FO10 0.348 0.859 1.370 14.286 0.5948 17.4 Aten
2212 Hephaistos 0.358 2.167 3.975 11.741 0.8348 13.87 Apollo
66400 1999 LT7 0.366 0.855 1.345 9.065 0.5725 19.3 Aten
37655 Illapa 0.366 1.478 2.590 17.994 0.7524 17.9 Apollo
88213 2001 AF2 0.386 0.954 1.522 17.812 0.5952 19.7 Aten
2008 UU1 0.401 1.608 2.814 12.057 0.7506 17.6 Apollo
66146 1998 TU3 0.406 0.787 1.168 5.413 0.4839 14.5 Aten
24443 2000 OG 0.411 2.310 4.210 25.822 0.8223 16.3 Apollo
5143 Heracles 0.418 1.834 3.250 9.033 0.7721 13.8 Apollo
33342 1998 WT24 0.418 0.718 1.019 7.343 0.4180 17.9 Aten
5660 1974 MA 0.424 1.786 3.147 38.052 0.7623 15.4 Apollo
322756 2001 CK32 0.448 0.725 1.0003 8.132 0.382 19.2 Aten Temporary horseshoe librator of Venus
2002 VE68 0.427 0.724 1.021 9.006 0.4104 20.5 Aten Temporary quasi-satellite of Venus
2012 XE133 0.410 0.723 1.036 6.711 0.433 23.4 Aten Temporary horseshoe librator of Venus
88254 2001 FM129 0.438 1.182 1.926 1.524 0.6296 17.6 Apollo
2101 Adonis 0.442 1.875 3.307 1.333 0.7641 18.8 Apollo
3838 Epona 0.448 1.505 2.561 29.239 0.7020 15.5 Apollo
87309 2000 QP 0.455 0.847 1.240 34.743 0.4631 17.6 Aten
2340 Hathor 0.464 0.844 1.224 5.856 0.4498 20.1 Aten

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 List of asteroids with q<0.3075 AU generated by the JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine Retrieved 2012-05-30
  2. ↑ List of asteroids with 0.3075 AU<q<0.4667 AU generated by the JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine Retrieved 2012-05-30

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