3552 DON QUIXOTE

'3552 Don Quixote' is a small main belt, Amor, Mars crossing, potentially hazardous asteroid. It has a highly inclined orbit, and measures 18.7 km in diameter. Its rotation period is 7.7 h. It was discovered by Paul Wild in 1983, and is named after the comic knight who is the eponymous hero of Cervantes' Spanish novel ''Don Quixote'' (1605).