Overview of all groups of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
The Aten asteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth. By definition, Atens are Earth-crossing asteroids (a < 1.0 AU and Q > 0.983 AU).[1] The group is named after 2062 Aten, the first of its kind, discovered on 7 January 1976 by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory. As of November 2023, 2,646 Atens have been discovered, of which 256 are numbered, 14 are named, and 102 are classified as potentially hazardous asteroids.[2][3][4]
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The Atenasteroids are a dynamical group of asteroids whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth. By definition, Atens are Earth-crossing asteroids...
This is a list of Atenasteroids, a group of near-Earth objects. As of January 2017[update], there are 1125 known Atens, most of which remain provisionally...
2062 Aten /ˈɑːtən/, provisional designation 1976 AA, is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid and namesake of the Atenasteroids, a subgroup of near-Earth objects...
(less than 1000 teragrams (Tg)) listed here are near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). The Atenasteroid 1994 WR12 has less mass than the Great Pyramid of Giza, 5...
list of named Amor asteroids. List of Amor asteroid records Apollo asteroidAtenasteroid Atira asteroid Alinda asteroid Arjuna asteroid List of minor planets...
of known Apollo asteroids is 18,874, making the class the largest group of near-Earth objects (cf. the Aten, Amor and Atira asteroids), of which 1,571...
a special class of Atenasteroids. However, such objects could be associated with the outer planets as well. In 1975, an asteroid taxonomic system based...
99942 Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of 370 metres (1,210 feet)...
is a Q-type, Atenasteroid in orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, making it a co-orbital object. It is an asteroid that, relative...
has been observed 21 times with a data-arc span of 26 days. It is an Atenasteroid and its semi-major axis (0.7235 AU) is very similar to that of Venus...
3554 Amun is an Atenasteroid, meaning it crosses Earth's orbit, and a Venus-crosser. It was discovered on 4 March 1986 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker...
other asteroid. As a quasi-satellite, this minor body is trapped in a 1:1 mean-motion resonance with Venus. Besides being a Venus co-orbital, this Aten asteroid...
Duende (provisional designation 2012 DA14) is a micro-asteroid and a near-Earth object of the Aten and Atira group, approximately 30 meters (98 ft) in diameter...
Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Notable asteroid mining...
1981 FP Asteroid mining Asteroid Redirect Mission (proposed NASA mission) Centaur (small Solar System body) List of Atenasteroids Amor asteroid Apollo...
Psyche. Solar System belts Amor asteroid Apollo asteroidAsteroid mining Atenasteroid Colonization of the asteroid belt Debris disk Exoasteroid Exoasteroid...
the orbit has a dynamically short life expectancy. Amor asteroid Apollo asteroidAtenasteroid Minor planet groups/families Archived 2010-11-28 at the...
designation 1999 KW4, is a binary asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group, approximately 1.3 kilometers...
Gnosca Observatory is located. Sposetti took images of 2004 FH, an Atenasteroid that made a sub-lunar flyby of Earth. In addition, he detects the optical...
only types of asteroids that can transit the Sun are those with orbits that take them between the two bodies. These include Atenasteroids (including Apohele...
the asteroid's furthest point from the Sun, the aphelion. Because of this orbit, the asteroid is classified as Aten type, named after the asteroid 2062...
(AU). Atira asteroids are by far the least numerous group of near-Earth objects, compared to the more populous Aten, Apollo and Amor asteroids. There is...
2012 XE133 is an asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Aten group that is a temporary co-orbital of Venus. 2012 XE133 was first observed on...
2015 SO2 (also written 2015 SO2) is an Atenasteroid that is a temporary horseshoe companion to the Earth, the ninth known Earth horseshoe librator. Prior...
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