(1862) Apollo Apollo
Discovered on 24 April 1932 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.
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Where Apollo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Apollo is 1.57 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1862 |
| Provisional designation | 1932 HA |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth · potentially hazardous |
| Diameter | 1.50 km (#17,347 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Rotation period | 3.06 hours |
| Spectral type | Q |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.09 |
| Orbital period | 1.78 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.647 – 2.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.560 |
| Inclination | 6.35° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0263 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.