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Articles about near-Earth objects, including any small Solar System body whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth.By convention, a Solar System body is a NEO if its closest approach to the Sun is less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU).
Near-Earth comets (NECs) are objects in a near-Earth orbit with a tail or coma made up of dust, gas or ionized particles emitted by a solid nucleus. Comet nuclei are typically less dense than asteroids but they pass Earth at higher relative speeds, thus the impact energy of a comet nucleus is slightly larger than that of a similar-sized ...
About 1000 objects per year EURONEAR: 2006 [2] International Near-Earth Asteroid Survey: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) 1998 Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search: 1993 2008 Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite: 2013 Microsatellite observatory Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) 1995 2007 NELIOTA: 2017 2023
Near-Earth object detection technology began to improve around 1998, so objects being detected as of 2004 could have been missed only a decade earlier due to a lack of dedicated near-Earth astronomical surveys. As sky surveys improve, smaller and smaller asteroids are regularly being discovered.
The yellow band marks the Earth's orbit; the red line marks the asteroid's path. Outer-grazer(†): middle, bottom Crosser: right, bottom Close approach trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system Flyby of the near-Earth asteroid 2004 FH in March 2004. The other object that flashes by is an artificial satellite.
An artist's impression shows a generic asteroid. Detecting the threat of near-Earth objects such as asteroids that could cause harm to our planet is a primary focus of NASA and other space ...
The celestial near-Earth object, known as 2024 PT5, measures about 33 feet (10 meters) wide; however, it’s not in any danger of colliding with Earth now or over the next few decades due to its ...
As of September 2023, there are over 32,955 near-Earth objects of which roughly 1,620 near-Earth asteroids are listed on the risk table. [1] Only around 19 objects on the risk table are large enough to qualify as potentially hazardous objects with a diameter greater than 140 meters (absolute magnitude brighter than 22). About 99% of the objects ...