Asteroids in fiction
After Ceres, Asteroid 433 Eros is perhaps the most-commonly mentioned asteroid, probably because it is one of the largest near-Earth asteroids.
(4953) 1990 MU
(4953) 1990 MU is a large Earth-crossing asteroid (ECA) belonging to the Apollo family of asteroids which also cross the orbits of Mars and Venus. At approximately 3 km in diameter, it is one of the largest known ECAs. is the asteroid's temporary discovery name. It has now been assigned a permanent number from the Minor Planet Center (4953) indicating that its orbit has been confirmed, but has not (at least so far) been assigned a name. Only a small fraction of asteroids have been named.