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Atira asteroids /əˈtɪrə/ or
Apohele asteroids, also
known as interior-Earth
objects (IEOs), are Near-Earth
objects whose orbits are
entirely confined...
- 30-meter
sized asteroid and near-Earth
object that is
possibly the
first Apohele asteroid (Atira) – an
asteroid that is
always closer to the Sun than Earth...
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rediscovered the long lost
asteroid 69230
Hermes in
October 2003 and the
Apohele asteroid (434326) 2004 JG6 in May 2004.[citation needed] The
Florian main-belt...
- At the time of its discovery,
astronomers were
trying to find the
first Apohele asteroid (one that is
always closer to the Sun than Earth). All asteroids...
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discovered a
number of asteroids,
including the lost 1998 DK36,
which may be an
Apohele asteroid, and 2004 XZ130,
which certainly is; in fact, it had the smallest...
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Further subclassification of these,
based on
orbital distance, is used:
Apohele asteroids orbit inside of Earth's
perihelion distance and thus are contained...
- take them
between the two bodies.
These include Aten
asteroids (including
Apohele asteroids and the
hypothetical Vulcanoid asteroids) and some
Apollo asteroids...
- (a),
perihelion distance (q), and
aphelion distance (Q): The
Atiras or
Apoheles have
orbits strictly inside Earth's orbit: an
Atira asteroid's aphelion...
- Axis
Records Object a (AU)
notes Smallest 594913 ꞌAylóꞌchaxnim 0.55536
Apohele asteroid,
smallest semimajor axis of all
asteroids Smallest 2019 BE5 0...
- (a),
perihelion distance (q), and
aphelion distance (Q): The
Atiras or
Apoheles have
orbits strictly inside Earth's orbit: an
Atira asteroid's aphelion...
