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Asteroid Number	3200
Asteroid Group	Apollo Group
Asteroid Family	Possibly associated with Pallas family in the main Asteroid Belt
Composition Class	F-type or B-type (carbonaceous)
Orbital Period	1 year, 158 days
Distance from the Sun	Semi-Major Axis: 190,190,000 km (1.27 AU) Perihelion: 20,940,800 km (0.14 AU) Aphelion: 359,439,300 km (2.40 AU)
Eccentricity	0.8899
Diameter (Mean)	5.8 km
Notes	This small asteroid follows an eccentric orbit through the inner Solar System that carries it across the orbits of all the inner planets including Earth, though at an inclined angle to the plane of the Solar System. Debris from this Apollo asteroid is the source of the Geminid meteor shower that occurs in mid-December each year.

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