3362 Khufu

3362 Khufu
Discovery
Discovered by	R. S. Dunbar, M. Barucci
Discovery site	Palomar
Discovery date	Aug 30, 1984
Orbital characteristics
Aphelion	1.453 AU
Perihelion	0.5259 AU
Semi-major axis	0.989 AU
Eccentricity	0.468
Orbital period (sidereal)	0.98 yr
Inclination	9.9 deg
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	0.7 km
Albedo	0.21
Spectral type	B-type asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)	18.3

3362 Khufu is a near-Earth asteroid. It was discovered by R. Scott Dunbar and Maria A. Barucci at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on August 30, 1984. Its provisional designation was 1984 QA. It is named after Khufu, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

Khufu crosses the orbits of Mars, Earth, and Venus and makes close approaches to Mercury as well. From 1900 to 2100 it drew nearer than 30 Gm (0.2 AU) to Mercury 26, Venus 27, Earth 20, and Mars 11 times.

External links

3362 Khufu at the JPL Small-Body Database
- Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
calculations by SOLEX

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^ Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543
^ based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

[1] Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543

[2] sed on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

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