Atira asteroids /əˈtɪrə/ or Apohele asteroids, also known as interior-Earth objects (IEOs), are Near-Earth objects whose orbits are entirely confined within...
a near-Earthasteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of 370 metres (1,210 feet) that caused a brief period of concern in December...
a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make closeapproachesto the Earth and which is large enough to cause significant...
the asteroid passes very closetoEarth. * Apophis will only achieve that brightness on April 13, 2029. It typically has an apparent magnitude of 20–22...
2 flew by the asteroid at a distance of 3.2 kilometers and a relative velocity of 10.73 km/s. Toutatis approachedEarth again in2016, but will not make...
noticed in retrospect. Earth-grazing fireball ListofasteroidcloseapproachestoEarthListof bolides – asteroids and meteoroids that impacted Earth Smaller...
one third the distance to the Moon (0.3 LD). The closeapproach was second only to the Earthapproach by the 10-meter asteroid 1994 XM1. 2002 MN was discovered...
Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted away,...
Aten asteroidin orbit around the Sun in 1:1 orbital resonance with Earth, making it a co-orbital object. It is an asteroid that, relative toEarth, orbits...
active Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closerto the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller...
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). It...
meteor Near-Earthasteroids – Small Solar System body with an orbit that can bring it closetoEarthPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets...