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New Concept: Near-Earth Asteroids #428

Open ebortey opened 4 months ago

ebortey commented 4 months ago

Name the new concept Near-Earth Asteroids

Describe the concept I found this definition: “An asteroid whose orbit lies partly between 0.983 and 1.3 astronomical units from the Sun, so that it passes close to the Earth. Currently thousands of near-Earth asteroids are known, ranging in size up to about 30 km. Among them, there are between 500 and 1,000 such asteroids larger than one km in diameter. They are divided into three subclasses: Amor asteroids, Apollo asteroids, and Aten asteroids. See also near-Earth object”

Describe where the concept fits within the existing hierarchy Asteroids > Near-Earth asteroids

Please include any additional comments/feedback This issue was created to split up #355 This is a remaining concept from the original suggestions from Dr. Nielbock See also #345

katieefrey commented 4 months ago

Just as an FYI, the current concept "Near-Earth objects" (1092) has alternate label "Near-Earth asteroids."