The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s. They are...
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The following is a list of current records for Apollo asteroids. 1st Discovered: 1862 Apollo (1932) Largest: 1866 Sisyphus Smallest: 2008 TC3 (destroyed...
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vice admiral Apollo (crater), a basin on the far side of the Moon 1862 Apollo, a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1932 Apollo asteroids, a group of near-Earth...
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than the semi-major axis of Mars (1.53 AU). Alinda asteroid Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid Atira asteroid List of minor planets "NEO Basics". NASA/JPL CNEOS...
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list of named Amor asteroids. List of Amor asteroid records Apollo asteroid Aten asteroid Atira asteroid Alinda asteroid Arjuna asteroid List of minor planets...
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1862 Apollo /əˈpɒloʊ/ is a stony asteroid, approximately 1.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object (NEO). It was discovered by German...
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An asteroid is a minor planet—an object that is neither a true planet nor an identified comet— that orbits within the inner Solar System. They are rocky...
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targeting the Apollo and Amor asteroid groups still had some popularity. However, by the late 1980s the interest in the Apollo and Amor asteroid groups is...
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the orbit has a dynamically short life expectancy. Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid Aten asteroid Minor planet groups/families Archived 2010-11-28 at the...
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FP Asteroid mining Asteroid Redirect Mission (proposed NASA mission) Centaur (small Solar System body) List of Aten asteroids Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid...
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Psyche. Solar System belts Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid Asteroid mining Aten asteroid Colonization of the asteroid belt Debris disk Exoasteroid Exoasteroid...
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2101 Adonis (redirect from Adonis (asteroid))
1936 CA, is an asteroid on an extremely eccentric orbit, classified as potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group. Adonis...
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(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...
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Near-Earth object (redirect from Near-Earth asteroid)
extended, to include flybys of L-type Apollo asteroid (98943) 2001 CC21 in July 2026 and fast-rotating Apollo asteroid 1998 KY26 in July 2031. In 2025, JAXA...
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(153814) 2001 WN5 (category Apollo asteroids)
(153814) 2001 WN5 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. It was discovered by the...
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4769 Castalia (redirect from Asteroid Castalia)
potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.4 kilometers (0.87 miles) in diameter and was the first asteroid to be modeled by radar...
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(35396) 1997 XF11 (redirect from Halloween asteroid (2028))
is a kilometer-sized asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object, Mars-crosser and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. Three months after...
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(29075) 1950 DA (redirect from Asteroid 1950DA)
designation 1950 DA) is a risk-listed asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 1.3 kilometers...
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The Arjuna asteroids (also known as "Arjunas") are a dynamical group of asteroids in the Solar System. Arjunas are near-Earth objects (NEOs) whose orbits...
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69230 Hermes (redirect from Hermes (asteroid))
sub-kilometer sized asteroid and binary system on an eccentric orbit, classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, that...
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3200 Phaethon (redirect from Phaethon (asteroid))
active Apollo asteroid with an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid (though there are numerous unnamed asteroids with smaller...
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1566 Icarus (redirect from Icarus (asteroid))
MA) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially hazardous asteroid. It has an extremely eccentric orbit (0.83)...
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65803 Didymos (redirect from Didymos asteroid)
sub-kilometer asteroid and binary system that is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group. The asteroid was discovered...
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(444004) 2004 AS1 (category Apollo asteroids)
name AL00667, is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 300 meters...
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2015 TB145 (redirect from Great Pumpkin (asteroid))
2015 TB145 is a sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately 650 meters...
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4197 Morpheus (category Apollo asteroids)
provisional designation 1982 TA, is a highly eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was...
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4486 Mithra (redirect from Mithra (asteroid))
kilometers in diameter. It belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and is a relatively slow rotator. The asteroid was discovered on 22 September 1987, by...
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smaller than Earth's are Aten asteroids; the remaining ones are Apollo asteroids. (See also the Amor asteroids.) An asteroid with an Earth-crossing orbit...
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25143 Itokawa (redirect from Itokawa (asteroid))
SF36) is a sub-kilometer near-Earth object of the Apollo group and a potentially hazardous asteroid. It was discovered by the LINEAR program in 1998 and...
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1620 Geographos (redirect from Asteroid 1620 Geographos)
1951 RA) is a highly elongated, stony asteroid, near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, with a mean-diameter of approximately...
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