Potentially hazardous object

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

Synonyms

near-earth object approacher planetoid trojan asteroid apohele asteroid planetary object oort cloud atira asteroid asteroid comet minor planet osculating orbit

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