When a near-Earth object impacts Earth, objects up to a few tens of metres across ordinarily explode in the upper atmosphere (usually harmlessly), with most or all of the solids vaporized …

Articles about near-Earth objects, including any small Solar System body whose orbit brings it into proximity with Earth. By convention, a Solar System body is a NEO if its closest approach to …

A near-Earth object (NEO) is a Solar System object whose orbit brings it close to the Earth. Their least distance from the Sun, their perihelion, is less than 1.3 AU. [1][2] NEOs include near …

Near-Earth orbit or Near Earth orbit may refer to: Low Earth orbit, orbits around Earth that are near it; Near-Earth space, space of the main geocentric orbits; Near-Earth object orbits, Solar …

May 1, 2023 · Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter Earth’s …

NEOs are a broad category of small-bodies defined as those with a trajectory that can come within 1.3 au of the Sun. Since the Earth orbits at approximately 1 au, such objects can in …

Jan 27, 2025 · Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs, represent potentially catastrophic threats to our planet. A near-Earth object is an asteroid or comet which passes close to the Earth's orbit.

Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets which have orbits passing near the Earth. They range in size from less than one to tens of kilometres across. To be considered a NEO, …

5 days ago · NASA and the European Space Agency’s Webb Space Telescope will observe this near-Earth asteroid in March before the object disappears from view. Once that happens, …

Apr 21, 2009 · Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are mostly asteroids – space rocks with sizes ranging between a few metres to several kilometres in diameter. Among the NEOs there also some …