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3554 Amun
Asteroids 3554 Amun 1 Codrin Bucur
Discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

Date of Discovery 4 March 1986

3554 Amun is an M-type Aten asteroid (meaning it crosses Earth's orbit) and a Venus-crosser. It was discovered on 4 March 1986 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Mount Palomar Observatory. Its estimated diameter is 2.48 kilometers, making it one of the smallest known M-type asteroids. Amun was the fifth Aten asteroid to be numbered.

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