One of PERSON@1 's most remarkable distinctions is that it approaches the MISC@1 closer than any other numbered asteroid ; its perihelion is only NUMBER@1 AU -- less than half Mercury 's perihelion distance .

Phaethon approaches the MISC@1 closer than any other numbered asteroid . Its perihelion -LRB- closest approach to the MISC@1 -RRB- is only NUMBER@1 AU -- less than half Mercury 's perihelion distance .
