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LIST OF MERCURY-CROSSING ASTEROIDS

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A 'Mercury-crosser asteroid' is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mercury. The Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury's and perihelia inside, while those listed here as outer grazers have perihelia within Mercury's aphelion but not within its perihelion.
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Outer grazers
2101 Adonis (66146) 1998 TU3
2212 Hephaistos (66400) 1999 LT7
2340 Hathor (68348) 2001 LO7
3838 Epona (85953) 1999 FK21
5143 Heracles (85989) 1999 JD6
(5660) 1974 MA (86667) 2000 FO10
(16960) 1998 QS52 (87309) 2000 QP
(24443) 2000 OG (88213) 2001 AF2
(33342) 1998 WT24 (88254) 2001 FM129
37655 Illapa
Mercury-crossers
1566 Icarus
3200 Phaethon
5786 Talos
(40267) 1999 GJ4
(66063) 1998 RO1
(66253) 1999 GT3
(66391) 1999 KW4
(89958) 2002 LY45
(87684) 2000 SY2


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