Asteroid 1981 Midas (1973 EA) in the constellation Gemini makes its closest approach to the Earth (34.9 lunar distances, 0.0895 AU) on the 21st March 2018 @ 21:20 UT.
The asteroid 1981 Midas was discovered on March 6, 1973 by Charles T. Kowal at Palomar Observatory. It is named after Midas, the king of Phrygia in Greek mythology who turned objects to gold when he touched them. Midas is an Apollo asteroid, a Venus and Mars-crosser asteroid with an orbital period of 2 years, 134 days. Read more Ephemeris JD 2455568.5 (2011 01 07 00:00 UT) 13:53:35.54 +11:45:51.8 18.17 JD 2455573.5 (2011 01 12 00:00 UT) 14:06:16.59 +09:24:34.8 17.97 JD 2455578.5 (2011 01 17 00:00 UT) 14:20:03.27 +06:41:24.1 17.76 JD 2455583.5 (2011 01 22 00:00 UT) 14:35:19.35 +03:30:00.7 17.54 JD 2455588.5 (2011 01 27 00:00 UT) 14:52:38.15 -00:17:25.8 17.33 JD 2455593.5 (2011 02 01 00:00 UT) 15:12:46.58 -04:50:04.3 17.12 JD 2455598.5 (2011 02 06 00:00 UT) 15:36:51.77 -10:16:48.4 16.93 JD 2455603.5 (2011 02 11 00:00 UT) 16:06:28.21 -16:41:30.2 16.78 JD 2455608.5 (2011 02 16 00:00 UT) 16:43:38.21 -23:53:02.2 16.70 JD 2455613.5 (2011 02 21 00:00 UT) 17:30:25.55 -31:12:04.8 16.71 JD 2455618.5 (2011 02 26 00:00 UT) 18:27:23.30 -37:28:39.7 16.81