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3362 Khufu is a near-Earth asteroid. It was discovered by R. Scott Dunbar and Maria A. Barucci at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County California on August 30 1984. Its provisional designation was 1984 QA. It is named after Khufu an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Khufu was the 4th Aten asteroid to be numbered.Khufu crosses the orbits of Mars Earth and Venus and makes close approaches to Mercury as well.

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apoapsis (km)
2.17366e+11
orbital period (μ)
3.09264e+07
periapsis (km)
7.86735e+10
absolute magnitude
18.3
albedo
0.21

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