(7341) 1991 VK

Near-Earth asteroid September 2020 yes #FFC2E0 (7349) 1991 VK E. HelinK. Lawrence Palomar Obs. 1 November 1991 Apollo NEO,PHA 5 May 2025 (JD 2460800.5) 11636 days (31.86 yr) 0 2.7737 AU Gm on on 0.9096 AU Gm on 1.8417 AU Gm on 0.5061 2.50 yr (912.87 d) 5.41° 294.73° 0.39436 ms / day 116.75° 173.50° 1.4 km0.982 0.316 km 4.2096 h d on on 0.235 0.107 16.7 (7341) 1991 VK is a near-Earth minor planet in the Apollo group. It was discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence at the Palomar Observatory in California on 1 November 1991. It is listed as a potentially hazardous object. Every five years (from 1946 through 2091) the asteroid makes a close approach to the Earth. The most recent close approach to Earth was on 25 January 2022 at a distance of 0.064 AU km mi on on. The object is suspected of displaying cometary activity. See also List of asteroid close approaches to Earth List of Earth-crossing minor planets List of minor planets: 7001–8000 References 2023-07-22 last obs JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7341 (1991 VK) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=7341 JPL Small-Body Database 10 July 2025 2023-07-22 last obs JPL Close-Approach Data: 7341 (1991 VK) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=7341&view=OPC 10 July 2025 (7341) 1991 VK The Near-Earth Asteroids Data Base at E.A.R.N http://earn.dlr.de/nea/007341.htm 16 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120609165347/http://earn.dlr.de/nea/007341.htm# 9 June 2012 dead https://people.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/perother.htm#7341P BAA Comet Section : Not yet designated objects: (7341) 1991 VK 24 April 2025 10 July 2025 Jonathan Shanklin Cambridge University Institute of Astronomy https://web.archive.org/web/20240624005621/https://people.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/perother.htm 24 June 2024 live https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NEO/pccp_tabular.html The Possible Comet (and A/ objects) Confirmation Page Minor Planet Center 10 July 2025 External links 7341 7341 1991VK 7341 (7340) 1991 UA2 7341 7342 Uchinoura Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space Solar System 007341 Category:Discoveries by Eleanor F. Helin Category:Discoveries by Kenneth J. Lawrence 007341 007341 19911101