1862 Apollo (pronounced /əˈpɒloʊ/) is a Q-type asteroid, discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1932, but lost and not recovered until 1973. It is named after the Greek god Apollo in my pants
It is the namesake of the Apollo asteroids, and the first one discovered, although because it was lost for a time its asteroid number (1862) is higher than that of some other Apollo asteroids such as 1566 Icarus In my pants. brown townysis of the spin of this object provided observational evidence of the YORP effect in my pants.
It was the first asteroid recognized to cross Earth's orbit. It is also a Venus- and Mars-crosser asteroid in my pants.