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NEA

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ID 658687 Last modified 07.01.2026
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Domain astronomy
  • Asteroid, mille orbiit võib lõikuda Maa orbiidiga ja mille periheeli kaugus q on vähem kui 1,3 astronoomilist ühikut
  • asteroid in an Earth-crossing orbit and with the perihelion distance q less than 1.3 AU
Maa-lähedane asteroid
Usage examples
  • Maa-lähedane asteroid võib olla Kuu tükk.
near-Earth asteroid
Usage examples
  • Near-Earth asteroids are divided into groups (Atira, Aten, Apollo and Amor) according to their perihelion distance (q), aphelion distance (Q) and their semi-major axes (a).
NEA abbreviation
Usage examples
  • Since the taxonomic class of most NEAs is unknown, we simply use an assumed mean albedo of 14% to estimate all NEA sizes. With this assumption, a one kilometer spherical NEA corresponds to an H value of 17.75.

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