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Asteroid 2102 Tantalus (1975 YA) makes its closest approach to the Earth (2.032 AU) on the 11th March 2018.



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Asteroid (2102) Tantalus in the constellation Cetus makes its closest approach to the Earth at 14:32 UT, 30th December 2016. 

Magnitude: 14.0 
Distance to Earth: 0.137 AU (53.5 lunar distances) 
Distance to Sun: 1.043 AU

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Asteroid (2102) Tantalus reaches magnitude 13.9 in the constellation Eridani at 17:10 UT, 29th December 2016.

Distance to Earth: 0.138 AU (53.9 lunar distances)
Distance to Sun: 1.047 AU  

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Asteroid (2102) Tantalus (1975 YA) is an Apollo asteroid discovered on December 27, 1975 by C. Kowal at Palomar Observatory

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