Discovery date 4 November 1981 Perihelion 0.62791 AU (93.934 Gm) Discovered 4 November 1981 | Alternative names 1981 VA Orbital period 1,417 days Orbits Sun Discovery site Palomar Observatory | |
Discovered by Eleanor F. HelinR. Scott Dunbar Aphelion 4.30603 AU (644.173 Gm) Similar 3362 Khufu, Solar System, 1865 Cerberus | ||
(3360) Syrinx (originally designated 1981 VA) is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid discovered in 1981. It approaches Earth to within 40 Gm three times in the 21st century: 33 Gm in 2039, 40 Gm in 2070, and 24 Gm in 2085.
On 2012-Sep-20 it will pass 0.4192 AU (62,710,000 km; 38,970,000 mi) from the Earth at apparent magnitude 17.0. By opposition on 23 Nov 2012, it will have brightened to magnitude 16.0.
For a time, it was the lowest numbered asteroid that had not been named. Since November 2006, this distinction has been held by (3708) 1974 FV1.
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