Discovery date 1 August 1994 Observation arc 7645 days (20.93 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Apollo asteroid | Alternative names 1994 PM Discovered 1 August 1994 Discovery site Palomar Observatory MPC designation 37655 | |
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker Aphelion 2.5901 AU (387.47 Gm) (Q) Perihelion 0.36604 AU (54.759 Gm) (q) Discoverers Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene Merle Shoemaker Similar 3362 Khufu, Sun, 4183 Cuno, 4544 Xanthus, 2201 Oljato | ||
37655 Illapa (1994 PM) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on August 1, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Illapa has an estimated diameter of 0.8 to 1.8 km. On 2003-Aug-16 Illapa made of close approach to Earth of 0.025037 AU (3,745,500 km; 2,327,300 mi).
Illapa is named for the thunder or weather god of the Incas.
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