1981 MIDAS

The asteroid '1981 Midas' was discovered on March 6, 1973 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Midas, the king of Phrygia in Greek mythology who turned objects to gold when he touched them. Midas is an Apollo asteroid, a Venus and Mars-crosser asteroid with an orbital period of 2 years, 134 days.
Its last close approach to Earth was in 1992, passing at 19.9 Gm; the next one is a 2018 approach of 13.4 Gm.