List of Mars-crossing minor planets
A Mars-crossing asteroid (MCA, also Mars-crosser, MC) is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. Some Mars-crossers numbered below 100000 are listed here. They include the two numbered Mars trojans 5261 Eureka and (101429) 1998 VF31.
Many databases, for instance the JPL Small-Body Database (JPL SBDB), only list asteroids with a perihelion greater than 1.3 AU as Mars-crossers. An asteroid with a perihelion less than this is classed as a near-Earth object even though it is crossing the orbit of Mars as well as crossing (or coming near to) that of Earth. Nevertheless, these objects are listed on this page. A grazer is an object with a perihelion below the aphelion of Mars (1.67 AU) but above the Martian perihelion (1.38 AU).[1] The JPL SBDB lists 13,500 Mars-crossing asteroids. Only 18 MCAs are brighter than absolute magnitude (H) 12.5,[2] which typically makes these asteroids with H<12.5 more than 13 km in diameter depending on the albedo. The smallest known MCAs have an absolute magnitude (H) of around 24 and are typically less than 100 meters in diameter. There are over 21,600 known Mars-crossers[3] of which only 5751 have received a MPC number.
Earth having more gravity and surface area than Mars attracts more impactors than Mars. Earth is impacted about 20 times more than the Moon,[4] and Mars only gets impacted about 3 to 5 times more than the Moon.[5]
Co-orbital[]
L4 (leading cloud):
- (121514) 1999 UJ7
L5 (trailing cloud):
- 5261 Eureka—the only named Mars trojan
- (101429) 1998 VF31
- (311999) 2007 NS2
- (385250) 2001 DH47
- 2011 SC191
- 2011 UN63
Candidates
- 2011 SL25
Inner grazers[]
- 1951 Lick
- 4947 Ninkasi
- (10302) 1989 ML
- 15817 Lucianotesi
- (21374) 1997 WS22
- 52387 Huitzilopochtli
- (85236) 1993 KH
- (85989) 1999 JD6
Inner grazers that are also Earth-crossers or grazers[]
- 1620 Geographos
- 1865 Cerberus
- 2063 Bacchus
- 3361 Orpheus
- 3362 Khufu
- 3753 Cruithne
- 4034 Vishnu
- 4581 Asclepius
- 4769 Castalia
- 6239 Minos
- (10115) 1992 SK
- 11500 Tomaiyowit
- 12711 Tukmit
- (17511) 1992 QN
- (68950) 2002 QF15
Mars-crossers that are also Earth-crossers or grazers[]
These objects are not catalogued as Mars-crossers in databases such as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's online Small-body Database Browser. Instead, they are categorized as Near Earth Objects (NEOs).
- 1566 Icarus
- 1685 Toro
- 1862 Apollo
- 1863 Antinous
- 1864 Daedalus
- 1866 Sisyphus
- 1981 Midas
- 2101 Adonis
- 2102 Tantalus
- 2135 Aristaeus
- 2201 Oljato
- 2212 Hephaistos
- 2329 Orthos
- 3103 Eger
- 3200 Phaethon
- 3360 Syrinx
- 3671 Dionysus
- 3752 Camillo
- 3838 Epona
- 4015 Wilson-Harrington
- 4179 Toutatis
- 4183 Cuno
- 4197 Morpheus
- 4257 Ubasti
- 4341 Poseidon
- 4450 Pan
- 4486 Mithra
- 4660 Nereus
- (4953) 1990 MU
- 5011 Ptah
- (5131) 1990 BG
- 5143 Heracles
- (5189) 1990 UQ
- (5496) 1973 NA
- (5645) 1990 SP
- (5660) 1974 MA
- (5693) 1993 EA
- 5731 Zeus
- 5786 Talos
- (5828) 1991 AM
- (6037) 1988 EG
- (6047) 1991 TB1
- (6053) 1993 BW3
- 6063 Jason
- (6455) 1992 HE
- 6489 Golevka
- (6611) 1993 VW
- (7025) 1993 QA
- 7092 Cadmus
- (7335) 1989 JA
- (7341) 1991 VK
- (7350) 1993 VA
- (7482) 1994 PC1
- (7753) 1988 XB
- (7888) 1993 UC
- (8014) 1990 MF
- (8035) 1992 TB
- (8176) 1991 WA
- (8201) 1994 AH2
- (8507) 1991 CB1
- (9058) 1992 JB
- 9162 Kwiila
- (10165) 1995 BL2
- 11066 Sigurd
- 11311 Peleus
- 11885 Summanus
- (12538) 1998 OH
- 12923 Zephyr
- (13651) 1997 BR
- 14827 Hypnos
- (16960) 1998 QS52
- 24761 Ahau
- 25143 Itokawa
- (25330) 1999 KV4
- (29075) 1950 DA
- (31669) 1999 JT6
- (35396) 1997 XF11
- (37638) 1993 VB
- 37655 Illapa
- 38086 Beowulf
- (52340) 1992 SY
- (52760) 1998 ML14
- (53319) 1999 JM8
- (53550) 2000 BF19
- (65690) 1991 DG
- (65717) 1993 BX3
- 65803 Didymos
- (66063) 1998 RO1
- 69230 Hermes
- (85640) 1998 OX4
- (374158) 2004 UL
- (386454) 2008 XM
- 2007 WD5
- 2003 BR47
- 2005 HC4
- (394130) 2006 HY51
- 2008 FF5
Outer grazers[]
- 132 Aethra
- 323 Brucia
- 391 Ingeborg
- 475 Ocllo
- 512 Taurinensis
- 699 Hela
- 1009 Sirene
- 1011 Laodamia
- 1065 Amundsenia
- 1131 Porzia
- 1134 Kepler
- 1139 Atami
- 1170 Siva
- 1198 Atlantis
- 1204 Renzia
- 1235 Schorria
- 1293 Sonja
- 1310 Villigera
- 1316 Kasan
- 1374 Isora
- 1468 Zomba
- 1474 Beira
- 1508 Kemi
- 1565 Lemaître
- 1593 Fagnes
- 1640 Nemo
- 1656 Suomi
- 1727 Mette
- 1747 Wright
- 1750 Eckert
- 2035 Stearns
- 2044 Wirt
- 2055 Dvořák
- 2064 Thomsen
- 2074 Shoemaker
- 2077 Kiangsu
- 2078 Nanking
- 2099 Öpik
- 2204 Lyyli
- 2253 Espinette
- 2423 Ibarruri
- 2449 Kenos
- 2577 Litva
- 2744 Birgitta
- 2937 Gibbs
- 2968 Iliya
- 3040 Kozai
- 3163 Randi
- 3198 Wallonia
- 3216 Harrington
- 3255 Tholen
- 3267 Glo
- 3270 Dudley
- 3287 Olmstead
- 3343 Nedzel
- 3392 Setouchi
- 3397 Leyla
- 3401 Vanphilos
- 3402 Wisdom
- 3416 Dorrit
- 3443 Leetsungdao
- 3496 Arieso
- 3581 Alvarez
- 3635 Kreutz
- 3674 Erbisbühl
- 3737 Beckman
- 3800 Karayusuf
- 3854 George
- 3858 Dorchester
- 3873 Roddy
- 3920 Aubignan
- 4142 Dersu-Uzala
- 4205 David Hughes
- 4276 Clifford
- 4435 Holt
- 4451 Grieve
- 4558 Janesick
- 4910 Kawasato
- 4995 Griffin
- 5038 Overbeek
- 5066 Garradd
- 5201 Ferraz-Mello
- 5230 Asahina
- 5246 Migliorini
- 5251 Bradwood
- 5253 Fredclifford
- 5275 Zdislava
- 5335 Damocles
- 5349 Paulharris
- 5392 Parker
- (5510) 1988 RF7
- 5585 Parks
- 5621 Erb
- 5641 McCleese
- 5642 Bobbywilliams
- 5649 Donnashirley
- 5682 Beresford
- 5720 Halweaver
- 5738 Billpickering
- 5817 Robertfrazer
- 5870 Baltimore
- 5892 Milesdavis
- 5929 Manzano
- 5999 Plescia
- 6041 Juterkilian
- 6042 Cheshirecat
- 6141 Durda
- 6170 Levasseur
- 6172 Prokofeana
- 6183 Viscome
- 6249 Jennifer
- 6261 Chione
- (6263) 1980 PX
- 6386 Keithnoll[6]
- 6411 Tamaga
- 6446 Lomberg
- 6444 Ryuzin
- (6454) 1991 UG1
- 6485 Wendeesther
- 6487 Tonyspear
- (6490) 1991 NR2
- 6500 Kodaira
- 6523 Clube
- 6585 O'Keefe
- 6847 Kunz-Hallstein
- (6874) 1994 JO1
- 6909 Levison
- 7002 Bronshten
- 7079 Baghdad
- 7267 Victormeen
- 7304 Namiki
- 7330 Annelemaître
- 7345 Happer
- 7369 Gavrilin
- 7445 Trajanus
- (7467) 1989 WQ1
- 7505 Furusho
- (7660) 1993 VM1
- 7723 Lugger
- 7778 Markrobinson
- 7816 Hanoi
- 7818 Muirhead
- (7870) 1987 UP2
- 8251 Isogai
- 8256 Shenzhou
- 8355 Masuo
- 8373 Stephengould
- 8444 Popovich
- 8651 Alineraynal
- 8722 Schirra
- (9068) 1993 OD
- 9082 Leonardmartin
- (9292) 1982 UE2
- 9551 Kazi
- 9564 Jeffwynn
- (9572) 1988 RS6
- 9671 Hemera
- 9767 Midsomer Norton
- (9773) 1993 MG1
- (9881) 1994 SE
- (9992) 1997 TG19
- 10051 Albee
- 10502 Armaghobs
- (10548) 1992 PJ2
- 10737 Brück
- 10984 Gispen
- 11152 Oomine
- 11836 Eileen
- (13091) 1992 PT3
- 13551 Gadsden
- 13920 Montecorvino
- (14017) 1994 NS
- 14223 Dolby
- 14309 Defoy
- 15609 Kosmaczewski
- 15673 Chetaev
- (15700) 1987 QD
- 15790 Keizan
- 16142 Leung
- 16465 Basilrowe
- (16474) 1990 QG3
- 16529 Dangoldin
- 16588 Johngee
- (16591) 1992 SY17
- (16635) 1993 QO
- 16724 Ullilotzmann
- (16851) 1997 YU1
- 16958 Klaasen
- 17435 di Giovanni
- 17493 Wildcat
- (17555) 1993 VC5
- 17640 Mount Stromlo
- 17744 Jodiefoster
- 18284 Tsereteli
- 18398 Bregenz
- 18499 Showalter
- 18751 Yualexandrov
- 19080 Martínfierro
- 19127 Olegefremov
- (19958) 1985 RN4
- 20037 Duke
- 20187 Janapittichova
- (20691) 1999 VY72
- 21001 Trogrlic
- 21104 Sveshnikov
- 21966 Hamadori
- 22168 Weissflog
- 22283 Pytheas
- 22385 Fujimoriboshi
- 22449 Ottijeff
- 24643 MacCready
- 24654 Fossett
- (24819) 1994 XY4
- (24883) 1996 VG9
- 26074 Carlwirtz
- (26120) 1991 VZ2
- 26471 Tracybecker
- 26858 Misterrogers
- 26879 Haines
- 27657 Berkhey
- (30717) 1937 UD
- 30767 Chriskraft
- 30775 Lattu
- 30785 Greeley
- 30786 Karkoschka
- (30800) 1989 ST
- 30963 Mount Banzan
- 31098 Frankhill
- (31180) 1997 YX3
- (32039) 2000 JO23
- 32890 Schwob
- 32897 Curtharris
- 33330 Barèges
- (34706) 2001 OP83
- 34817 Shiominemoto
- 35056 Cullers
- 37596 Cotahuasi
- (38063) 1999 FH
- (39561) 1992 QA
- (39702) 1996 TZ10
- 39741 Komm
- (40271) 1999 JT
- 42531 McKenna
- 42609 Daubechies
- (51356) 2000 RY76
- (52297) 1991 CH2
- (52310) 1991 VJ
- 52384 Elenapanko
- (52439) 1994 QL
- (53432) 1999 UT55
- (54697) 2001 FA70
- (58149) 1987 SX11
- (58175) 1990 SE15
- (58325) 1994 RE11
- (65682) 1990 QU2
- 65784 Naderayama
- 66458 Romaplanetario
- 69260 Tonyjudt
- (69274) 1989 UZ1
- (69307) 1992 ON
- 69311 Russ
- 77971 Donnolo
- (79137) 1991 PD15
- 85119 Hannieschaft
- 85158 Phyllistrapp
- 85185 Lederman
Mars-crossers[]
- 433 Eros
- 719 Albert
- 887 Alinda
- 1036 Ganymed
- 1221 Amor
- 1580 Betulia
- 1627 Ivar
- 1915 Quetzálcoatl
- 1916 Boreas
- 1917 Cuyo
- 1943 Anteros
- 1980 Tezcatlipoca
- 2059 Baboquivari
- 2061 Anza
- 2202 Pele
- 2335 James
- 2368 Beltrovata
- 2608 Seneca
- 2629 Rudra
- 3102 Krok
- 3122 Florence
- 3199 Nefertiti
- 3271 Ul
- 3288 Seleucus
- 3352 McAuliffe
- 3551 Verenia
- 3552 Don Quixote
- 3553 Mera
- 3691 Bede
- (3757) Anagolay
- 3833 Calingasta
- 3908 Nyx
- (3988) Huma
- 4055 Magellan
- 4401 Aditi
- 4487 Pocahontas
- 4503 Cleobulus
- 4587 Rees
- (4596) 1981 QB
- (4688) 1980 WF
- 4775 Hansen
- 4954 Eric
- 4957 Brucemurray
- 5324 Lyapunov
- 5332 Davidaguilar
- 5370 Taranis
- (5407) 1992 AX
- (5587) 1990 SB
- 5620 Jasonwheeler
- (5626) 1991 FE
- (5646) 1990 TR
- 5653 Camarillo
- (5732) 1988 WC
- 5751 Zao
- 5797 Bivoj
- (5836) 1993 MF
- 5863 Tara
- (5867) 1988 RE
- 5869 Tanith
- 5879 Almeria
- 6050 Miwablock
- 6130 Hutton
- (6178) 1986 DA
- 6318 Cronkite
- (6322) 1991 CQ
- 6456 Golombek
- (6491) 1991 OA
- 6564 Asher
- 6569 Ondaatje
- 7088 Ishtar
- 7096 Napier
- (7236) 1987 PA
- 7336 Saunders
- 7358 Oze
- (7474) 1992 TC
- 7480 Norwan
- 7604 Kridsadaporn
- (7839) 1994 ND
- (7977) 1977 QQ5
- 8013 Gordonmoore
- 8034 Akka
- (8037) 1993 HO1
- 8709 Kadlu
- 9172 Abhramu
- (9400) 1994 TW1
- 9950 ESA
- 9969 Braille
- 10295 Hippolyta
- 10416 Kottler
- 11284 Belenus
- 12008 Kandrup
- 13553 Masaakikoyama
- (14402) 1991 DB
- 15745 Yuliya
- 16064 Davidharvey
- (16657) 1993 UB
- 16695 Terryhandley
- 16912 Rhiannon
- 18106 Blume
- (18514) 1996 TE11
- (20086) 1994 LW
- 20460 Robwhiteley
- 21088 Chelyabinsk
- (23183) 2000 OY21
- (23548) 1994 EF2
- (23621) 1996 PA
- (31345) 1998 PG
- (31346) 1998 PB1
- (36183) 1999 TX16
- 39557 Gielgud
- (52768) 1998 OR2
- (53110) 1999 AR7
- (65674) 1988 SM
- (65706) 1992 NA
- (68063) 2000 YJ66
- (85182) 1991 AQ
- (85275) 1994 LY
- 85585 Mjolnir
- (85640) 1998 OX4
- (85713) 1998 SS49
- (85774) 1998 UT18
- (85938) 1999 DJ4
- (86039) 1999 NC43
- (86067) 1999 RM28
- (89830) 2002 CE
- (89958) 2002 LY45
- (89959) 2002 NT7
- (90075) 2002 VU94
See also[]
- List of Mercury-crossing minor planets
- List of Venus-crossing minor planets
- List of Earth-crossing minor planets
- List of Jupiter-crossing minor planets
- List of Saturn-crossing minor planets
- List of Uranus-crossing minor planets
- List of Neptune-crossing minor planets
- Near-Mars object
References[]
- ^ "Mars crosser", Encyclopædia Britannica, (2009), retrieved online May 3, 2009.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: orbital class (MCA) and H < 12.5 (mag)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: orbital class (MCA)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ NASA's Moon Data Sheds Light on Earth’s Asteroid Impact History
- ^ How often does Mars get whacked?
- ^ 6386 Keithnoll at the JPL Small-Body Database Browser
External links[]
- Mars-crossing asteroids
- Lists of minor planets