(4450) Pan Apollo
Discovered on 25 September 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
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Where Pan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pan is 2.06 au from the Sun and 1.89 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4450 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 SY |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth · potentially hazardous |
| Rotation period | 56.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.27 |
| Orbital period | 1.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.596 – 2.29 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.587 |
| Inclination | 5.52° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0289 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 September 1987
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