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Asclepius (minor planet 4581)
A small asteroid of the Apollo group that can approach Earth's orbit to within 600,000 km. Asclepius was discovered in 1989 by the American astronomers Henry Holt (1929-) and Norman Thomas (1930-).
| diameter | several hundred meters |
| semimajor axis | 1.023 AU |
| perihelion | 0.66 AU |
| aphelion | 1.39 AU |
| inclination | 4.9° |
| period | 1.03 years |
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• NOTABLE ASTEROIDS, CENTAURS, AND KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
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