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* [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Atens.html List of Aten Minor Planets]
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List of Earth-crossing asteroids — An Earth crosser asteroid is a Near Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth. The known numbered Earth crossers are listed here. Those Earth crossers whose semi major axes are smaller than Earth s are Aten asteroids; the remaining ones… … Wikipedia
List of notable asteroids — Vesta is the brightest and second most massive asteroid. It suffered a crust penetrating impact approximately one billion years ago.[1] The following is a collection of lists of notable asteroids in the Solar System. For the purpo … Wikipedia
Aten asteroid — The Aten asteroids are a group of near Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered (2062 Aten, discovered January 7, 1976 by Eleanor F. Helin). They are defined by having semi major axes of less than one astronomical unit … Wikipedia
List of Mercury-crossing minor planets — A Mercury crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mercury. The Mercury crossers proper have aphelia outside Mercury s (0.4667 AU) and perihelia inside Mercury s (0.3075 AU), while those listed here as outer grazers have perihelia… … Wikipedia
List of Mars-crossing minor planets — A Mars crosser is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars crossers are listed here. They include the two numbered Mars trojans 5261 Eureka and (101429) 1998 VF31. Many databases, for instance the Jet Propulsion… … Wikipedia
List of Neptune-crossing minor planets — A Neptune crosser is a minor planet whose orbit crosses that of Neptune. The dwarf planet Pluto is the most massive example of this class of object. The known numbered Neptune crossers (as of 2005) are: Notes: ‡ outer grazer † 134340 Pluto was… … Wikipedia
Asteroid — For the arcade video game, see Asteroids (video game). For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). A composite image, to scale, of the asteroids that have been imaged at high resolution. As of 2011 they are, from largest to smallest: 4 Vesta,… … Wikipedia
Minor planet — Not to be confused with Dwarf planet. A minor planet is an astronomical object in direct orbit around the Sun that is neither a dominant planet nor a comet, and thus includes the dwarf planets. The orbital categories of minor planets are the… … Wikipedia
Amor asteroid — The Amor asteroids are a group of near Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars. The two moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, may … Wikipedia
David J. Tholen — Asteroids discovered: 16[1] 3124 Kansas November 3, 1981 11606 Almary October 19, 1995 17045 Markert March 22, 1999 (24978) 1998 HJ151 [1] … Wikipedia
