1863 Antinous is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid discovered in 1948 by Carl A. Wirtanen. It was named after Antinous of Greek mythology.In the 20th century Antinous passed within 30 Gm of the Earth five times; it will do so only once in the 21st. The nearest distance increases each time from 26 to 29 Gm.
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "1863 Antinous"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.