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2013 RH74

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Discovered by
  
Catalina Sky Survey

Minor planet category
  
Apollo NEO

Semi-major axis
  
2.2847 AU (341.79 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
20.9

Discoverer
  
Catalina Sky Survey

Discovery date
  
September 2013

Aphelion
  
3.6416 AU (544.78 Gm)

Discovered
  
September 2013

Asteroid group
  
Apollo asteroid

Perihelion
  
0.92775 AU (138.789 Gm)

2013 RH74 is an Apollo asteroid and a near-Earth object discovered in September 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey. The asteroid is roughly 300 meters in diameter. It was listed on the Sentry Risk Table in September 2013. It was detected by radar soon after discovery. On 2013-Oct-17 the asteroid passed 0.05258 AU (7,866,000 km; 4,888,000 mi) from Earth.

References

2013 RH74 Wikipedia