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    The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor /ˈeɪmɔːr/. The orbital perihelion of these objects is...
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  • The following is a list of current records for Amor asteroids. List of Amor minor planets...
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  • asteroids named after 1221 Amor Amor (automobile), a German car Search for "amor" , "a-m-o-r", "amor's", "a-mor", or "amors" on Wikipedia. Amor Amor (disambiguation)...
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    Apollo asteroids include: Alinda group Amor asteroid Apollo asteroids (category) Apollo asteroid records Aten asteroid List of minor planets 2020 PP1 "Near-Earth...
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    Heidelberg observatories simultaneously. Amor is the namesake of the Amor asteroid, a subgroup of near-Earth asteroids that approach the orbit of Earth from...
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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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    the Apollo and Amor asteroid groups still had some popularity. However, by the late 1980s the interest in the Apollo and Amor asteroid groups was being...
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    017 AU is Earth's aphelion distance.) The Amors have orbits strictly outside Earth's orbit: an Amor asteroid's perihelion distance (q) is greater than Earth's...
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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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  • and 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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    3908 Nyx (redirect from Nyx (asteroid))
    3908 Nyx is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by Hans-Emil Schuster on August 6, 1980, and is named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of...
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  • 719 Albert (category Amor asteroids)
    1911 MT, is a stony asteroid, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group of asteroids. It was discovered...
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  • Eugène Joseph Delporte (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    total of sixty-six asteroids. Notable discoveries include 1221 Amor (which lent its name to the Amor asteroids) and the Apollo asteroid 2101 Adonis. He discovered...
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    planets, many of the larger small Solar System bodies (which includes the asteroids), all named natural satellites, and a number of smaller objects of historical...
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    433 Eros (redirect from Eros (asteroid))
    433 Eros is a stony asteroid of the Amor group, and the first discovered, and second-largest near-Earth object. It has an elongated shape and a volume-equivalent...
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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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    eccentric asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group, Mars-crosser and Jupiter-crosser, as well as a weakly active comet. The asteroid was...
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    16 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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  • Alain Maury (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    including the Apollo asteroid 3838 Epona and the Amor asteroids 11284 Belenus and 5370 Taranis. He participated in the OCA DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS), which...
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  • (6178) 1986 DA (redirect from Asteroid 6178)
    (6178) 1986 DA is a metallic asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on...
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    astronomical objects Small Solar System body Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid Aten asteroid Atira asteroid Centaur (small Solar System body) ʻOumuamua Dictionary...
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    designation 1924 TD, is a stony asteroid on a highly eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object of the Amor group. It was discovered by German...
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    Asteroids, including those in the asteroid belt, have been suggested as possible sites of space colonization. Motives include the survival of humanity...
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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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    017 AU is Earth's aphelion distance.) The Amors have orbits strictly outside Earth's orbit: an Amor asteroid's perihelion distance (q) is greater than Earth's...
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    (52768) 1998 OR2 (category Amor asteroids)
    designation 1998 OR2) is an asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Amor group, with a diameter...
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  • Cornelis Johannes van Houten (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    an Apollo asteroid (e.g. 1862 Apollo), an Amor asteroid (e.g. 1221 Amor) or a Trojan asteroid (e.g. 55701 Ukalegon). Statistics of asteroids were scarcely...
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  • Eight-Color Asteroid Survey. With the exception of main-belt asteroid 3628 Božněmcová, all other bodies are near-Earth asteroids from the Apollo, Aten or Amor group:...
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  • Christian Pollas (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    (belonging to the Apollo group of asteroids) and 9950 ESA (belonging to the Amor group of asteroids). The main-belt asteroid 4892 Chrispollas is named in his...
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  • Sylvain Arend (category Discoverers of asteroids)
    Nova Scuti 1952, and a number of asteroids, including notably the Amor asteroid 1916 Boreas and the Trojan asteroid 1583 Antilochus. He also discovered...
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