3360 Syrinx
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3360 Syrinx (originally designated 1981 VA) is an Apollo and Mars crosser asteroid discovered in 1981. It approaches Earth to within Template:Convert three times in the 21st century: Template:Convert in 2039, 40 Gm in 2070, and Template:Convert in 2085.
On 20 September 2012, it closely encountered Earth at a distance of Template:Convert,[1] peaking in brightness at an apparent magnitude of 17.0.[2] In opposition on 23 November 2012, it brightened to magnitude 16.0.[2]
It is a member of the Alinda group of asteroids with a 3:1 resonance with Jupiter that has excited the eccentricity of the orbit over the eons.[3] As an Alinda asteroid it makes approaches to Jupiter, Earth, and Venus.[1]
For a time, it was the lowest numbered asteroid that had not been named. In November 2006, this distinction passed to 3708 Socus, and in May 2021 to (4596) 1981 QB.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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