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Toro (minor planet 1685)
A member of the Apollo group of Earth-crossing asteroids, discovered by Carl Wirtanen in 1948 and rediscovered in 1964, whose closest approach takes it within 0.13 AU of Earth. Radar observations indicate a rocky surface, thinly covered with dust.
| Diameter | 5 × 3 km |
| Albedo | 0.15 |
| Rotational period | 10.18 hours |
| Semimajor axis | 1.37 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.77 AU |
| Aphelion | 1.96 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.44 |
| Period | 584.2 days (8/5 that of Earth) |
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• NOTABLE ASTEROIDS, CENTAURS, AND KUIPER BELT OBJECTS
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