Minor Planet Designation | 1865 Cerberus | Asteroid Group | Apollo Group | Orbital Period | 1 year, 44 days | Distance from the Sun | Semi-Major Axis: 161,573,208 km (1.08 AU) Perihelion: 86,120,283 km (0.58 AU) Aphelion: 237,026,134 km (1.58 AU) | Eccentricity | 0.4670 | Diameter (Mean) | 1.2 km | Notes | Cerberus is a long, narrow stony asteroid that pursues an elliptical orbit through the inner Solar System over a period of a little over a year. This orbit carries it through those of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, though inclined at an angle of some 16° to the plane of the Ecliptic. |
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