(3360) Syrinx Apollo

Discovered on 4 November 1981 by Helin, E. F., Dunbar, R. S. at Palomar.

In 1918 the Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) composed the tone poem Pan and Syrinx, based on a story in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Syrinx was a river nymph who was pursued by Pan. The gods, taking pity on her, transformed her into a collection of reeds. The name was suggested by J. Meeus.Naming citation (20061109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Syrinx is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Syrinx is 4.03 au from the Sun and 4.54 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	3360
Provisional designation	1981 VA
Orbit class	Apollo · near-Earth
Diameter	1.80 km (#17,213 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.170
Absolute magnitude (H)	16.03
Orbital period	3.87 years
Semi-major axis	2.47 au
Perihelion – aphelion	0.620 – 4.31 au
Eccentricity	0.748
Inclination	21.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.109 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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