(3671) Dionysus Apollo
Discovered on 27 May 1984 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Where Dionysus is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Dionysus is 1.07 au from the Sun and 1.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 3671 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 KD |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth · potentially hazardous |
| Diameter | 1.50 km (#17,349 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Rotation period | 2.71 hours |
| Spectral type | Cb |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.5 |
| Orbital period | 3.26 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.00 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.544 |
| Inclination | 13.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0158 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.