List of Mercury-crossing minor planets
List
Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU). As of 26 January 2018, exactly 300 Mercury crossers were known.

List of Mercury-crossing minor planets

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury's (0.3075 AU). As of 26 January 2018, exactly 300 Mercury crossers were known.

Designation	p (AU)	a (AU)	Q (AU)	i (°)	e	H	Orbit class	Notes

2005 HC4	0.071	1.823	3.575	8.404	0.9613	20.7	Apollo	Has the smallest perihelion of any known asteroid.

2017 TC1	0.076	2.490	4.904	9.288	0.9695	20.8	Apollo	Has the second-smallest perihelion of any known asteroid, and the highest eccentricity of any known asteroid in the inner solar system.

394130	2006 HY51	0.079	2.595	5.111	33.195	0.9695	17.2	Apollo	Has the smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.

2008 FF5	0.079	2.278	4.476	2.622	0.9651	23.1	Apollo

2017 MM5	0.080	2.063	4.046	23.469	0.9614	21.1	Apollo

2015 EV	0.081	2.032	3.983	11.356	0.9603	22.5	Apollo

2016 GU2	0.087	2.054	4.021	10.277	0.9575	24.0	Apollo

137924	2000 BD19	0.092	0.876	1.661	25.716	0.8949	17.2	Aten	Has the second-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.

374158	2004 UL	0.093	1.266	2.440	23.785	0.9267	18.8	Apollo	Has the third-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.

394932	2007 EP88	0.096	0.837	1.579	20.758	0.8859	18.5	Apollo	Has the fourth-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.

2011 KE	0.100	2.214	4.327	5.879	0.9546	19.8	Apollo

465402	2008 HW1	0.102	2.585	5.068	10.547	0.9606	17.4	Apollo

2015 HG	0.105	2.100	4.095	17.734	0.9501	21.0	Apollo

2012 US68	0.105	2.504	4.902	25.844	0.9579	18.2	Apollo

2011 XA3	0.108	1.467	2.825	28.010	0.9260	20.4	Apollo

399457	2002 PD43	0.110	2.509	4.908	26.048	0.9560	19.1	Apollo	Has the fifth-smallest perihelion of any numbered asteroid.

386454	2008 XM	0.111	1.222	2.333	5.448	0.9091	20.0	Apollo

431760	2008 HE	0.112	2.262	4.413	9.844	0.9506	18.1	Apollo

276033	2002 AJ129	0.117	1.371	2.625	15.449	0.9149	18.7	Apollo

2000 LK	0.118	2.182	4.247	17.020	0.9460	18.4	Apollo

2007 EB26	0.118	0.549	0.980	8.442	0.7850	19.6	Atira	Has the second-smallest semi-major axis of any known object in the Solar System, after Mercury.

425755	2011 CP4	0.118	0.911	1.705	9.442	0.8703	21.2	Aten

1995 CR	0.119	0.907	1.694	4.035	0.8684	21.7	Aten

2007 GT3	0.121	1.993	3.866	25.425	0.9393	19.7	Apollo

2017 AF5	0.125	2.480	4.835	20.869	0.9496	17.8	Apollo

2004 QX2	0.125	1.285	2.445	19.055	0.9025	21.7	Apollo

2011 BT59	0.129	2.497	4.866	3.580	0.9485	21.0	Apollo

289277	2004 XY60	0.130	0.640	1.150	23.766	0.7967	18.9	Aten

2015 KO120	0.130	1.781	3.433	2.096	0.9269	22.0	Apollo

2007 PR10	0.132	1.233	2.334	21.003	0.8927	20.7	Apollo

504181	2006 TC	0.135	1.538	2.941	19.619	0.9120	18.8	Apollo

2013 JA36	0.138	2.667	5.196	42.506	0.9485	21.0	Apollo

2008 MG1	0.139	0.783	1.428	5.716	0.8227	19.9	Aten

2013 HK11	0.139	2.199	4.258	17.710	0.9368	20.7	Apollo

2017 SK10	0.140	2.056	3.971	24.516	0.9319	21.6	Apollo

3200	Phaethon	0.140	1.271	2.403	22.210	0.8901	14.6	Apollo	Largest Mercury crosser. Has the smallest perihelion of any named asteroid. 5.1 ± 0.2 kilometers

2013 YC	0.141	2.495	4.848	2.837	0.9435	21.3	Apollo

2010 JG87	0.144	2.761	5.378	16.912	0.9477	19.1	Apollo

2015 KP157	0.148	1.652	3.155	22.400	0.9103	19.2	Apollo

2015 DU180	0.152	1.928	3.705	4.812	0.9214	20.8	Apollo

2016 XK24	0.154	0.580	1.006	8.415	0.7352	20.4	Aten	orbit very poorly known

482533	2012 UA34	0.156	0.786	1.416	19.815	0.8016	19.4	Aten

2016 NT22	0.162	1.246	2.329	17.753	0.8703	19.5	Apollo

2005 EL70	0.159	2.659	5.158	17.214	0.9402	24.0	Apollo

2017 HE4	0.165	2.893	5.620	41.070	0.9428	21.2	Apollo

155140	2005 UD	0.163	1.275	2.387	28.678	0.8722	17.3	Apollo

364136	2006 CJ	0.166	0.677	1.187	10.243	0.7549	20.2	Aten

104150	2000 NL10	0.167	0.914	1.661	32.525	0.8170	15.8	Aten

2011 WN15	0.173	1.217	2.260	33.474	0.8579	19.6	Apollo

2013 WM	0.175	2.079	3.983	4.153	0.9160	23.8	Apollo

302169	2001 TD45	0.177	0.798	1.416	25.398	0.7774	19.9	Aten

2005 RV24	0.178	1.506	2.834	36.286	0.8818	20.6	Apollo

2008 EY68	0.179	0.745	1.311	19.794	0.7599	22.0	Apollo

141851	2002 PM6	0.180	1.198	2.216	19.185	0.8501	17.7	Apollo

267223	2001 DQ8	0.181	1.841	3.501	12.880	0.9015	18.0	Apollo

2015 VQ64	0.181	1.193	2.205	8.526	0.8481	21.5	Apollo

2013 AJ91	0.182	2.532	4.882	33.266	0.9282	19.3	Apollo

2017 EP22	0.183	1.972	3.760	14.747	0.9070	22.5	Apollo

259221	2003 BA21	0.184	1.100	2.017	23.730	0.8332	19.1	Apollo

2011 YX62	0.184	2.565	4.946	8.678	0.9282	23.0	Apollo

1566	Icarus	0.187	1.078	1.969	22.828	0.8268	16.9	Apollo	First Mercury crosser discovered.

89958	2002 LY45	0.187	1.642	3.097	9.968	0.8864	17.0	Apollo

2009 HU58	0.187	2.066	3.945	35.768	0.9096	19.1	Apollo

5786	Talos	0.187	1.081	1.976	23.235	0.8268	17.1	Apollo

506491	2003 UW29	0.189	1.170	2.150	3.760	0.8384	20.7	Apollo

2015 RD36	0.190	2.543	4.896	0.448	0.9252	22.5	Apollo

387505	1998 KN3	0.195	1.542	2.888	2.301	0.8733	18.4	Apollo

2007 MK6	0.196	1.081	1.966	25.130	0.8188	19.9	Apollo

2015 KJ122	0.196	0.785	1.375	5.069	0.7502	22.0	Aten

2015 DZ53	0.196	1.511	2.825	8.332	0.8700	20.8	Apollo

2010 VA12	0.199	1.269	2.339	37.364	0.8434	19.5	Apollo

1996 BT	0.200	1.121	2.222	12.127	0.8350	23.0	Apollo

153201	2000 WO17	0.200	0.911	1.623	7.771	0.7806	19.3	Aten

139289	2001 KR1	0.200	1.260	2.319	23.229	0.8412	17.6	Apollo

66391	1999 KW4	0.200	0.642	1.084	38.888	0.6884	16.5	Aten	Has a moon. ~1.5 kilometers

141079	2001 XS30	0.200	1.165	2.129	28.527	0.8281	17.7	Apollo

455426	2003 MT9	0.200	2.538	4.876	6.821	0.9211	18.6	Apollo

2014 UV116	0.201	0.918	1.635	42.402	0.9181	23.6	Aten

143637	2003 LP6	0.203	1.746	3.289	43.593	0.8836	16.3	Apollo

2016 TE56	0.203	2.030	3.857	24.470	0.8999	20.1	Apollo

2016 PO66	0.205	49.662	99.118	53.112	0.9959	21.7	Apollo	Highly uncertain orbit, semimajor axis could be as low as 1.4 AU.

184990	2006 KE89	0.2114	1.053	1.895	45.093	0.7993	16.4	Apollo	2.039 ± 0.148 kilometers

467372	2004 LG	0.213	2.066	3.919	70.964	0.8971	18.0	Apollo	Highly inclined orbit

66253	1999 GT3	0.216	1.334	2.452	19.514	0.8378	18.2	Apollo

471926	2013 KN6	0.219	1.466	2.713	23.596	0.8505	18.6	Apollo

85953	1999 FK21	0.219	0.739	1.258	12.602	0.703	18.1	Aten

494706	2005 GL9	0.221	2.140	4.059	20.054	0.897	17.1	Apollo

495829	1995 LG	0.223	1.065	1.906	43.561	0.7908	18.7	Apollo

489900	2008 KP	0.231	1.101	1.970	59.852	0.7898	18.9	Apollo

2017 WP28	0.235	1.169	2.104	10.002	0.799	20.9	Apollo

137052	Tjelvar	0.238	1.248	2.258	14.917	0.8095	16.9	Apollo

136874	1998 FH74	0.253	2.200	4.147	21.255	0.8850	15.7	Apollo	3.398 ± 0.129 kilometers

1I	ʻOumuamua	0.255	N/A	N/A	122.687	1.1995	22.1	Interstellar object	Perihelion of 2018 Solar System approach.

40267	1999 GJ4	0.257	1.339	2.421	34.533	0.8082	15.4	Apollo	Second largest Mercury crosser. 1.641 ± 0.053 kilometers

2017 JJ2	0.258	0.6915	1.125	12.154	0.6264	25.1	Aten

2011 GS60	0.259	3.363	6.466	18.774	0.9228	19.0	Apollo	Largest confirmed orbit of any mercury-crosser

2017 SR17	0.260	2.495	4.730	28.437	0.8957	19.0	Apollo

2013 JX28	0.262	0.6008	0.94	10.76	0.5641	20.1	Atira	Has the third-smallest semi-major axis of any known object in the Solar System, after Mercury and 2007 EB26

331471	1984 QY1	0.263	2.497	4.731	14.255	0.8944	15.6	Apollo	Third largest Mercury crosser

2017 UO	0.269	2.553	4.837	8.583	0.846	20.3	Apollo

482798	2013 QK48	0.270	1.586	2.901	19.021	0.8295	18.4	Apollo

2017 FU90	0.270	0.7731	1.275	2.344	0.7731	25.3	Aten

66063	1998 RO1	0.277	0.991	1.704	22.675	0.7200	18.1	Aten	Has a moon.

164201	2004 EC	0.279	1.996	3.714	34.662	0.8604	15.7	Apollo

2013 ND15	0.281	0.7235	1.166	4.794	0.6115	24.1	Aten	First Venus trojan discovered.

253106	2002 UR3	0.2854	1.379	2.472	48.612	0.7930	16.6	Apollo

397237	2006 KZ112	0.2857	2.525	4.764	37.784	0.8869	16.7	Apollo	1.180 ± 0.028 kilometers

2017 XR	0.287	0.9493	1.612	1.402	0.6976	23.8	Aten

2018 AW	0.289	2.557	4.824	11.890	0.8869	19.5	Apollo

2017 MM8	0.296	0.887	1.478	23.279	0.6667	22.7	Aten

277142	2005 LG8	0.3024	1.755	3.207	26.647	0.8277	16.8	Apollo

2014 LJ21	0.3029	2.890	5.478	24.215	0.8952	16.0	Apollo	Largest unnumbered Mercury crosser

163423	2002 FB3	0.3033	0.7616	1.220	20.278	0.6017	16.5	Aten	1.682 ± 0.013 kilometers

137925	2000 BJ19	0.3053	1.292	2.278	31.104	0.7637	16.0	Apollo

87684	2000 SY2	0.307	0.859	1.411	19.232	0.6428	16.0	Aten

Sentence(s)

(276033) 2002 AJ129 is one of the Mercury-crossing minor planets.

final_sentence: (276033) 2002 AJ129 is one of the Mercury-crossing minor planets.