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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...

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Name	433 Eros 433 Eros 433 Eros is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1898, and the first asteroid to be orbited by a probe . It is an S-type asteroid approximately 34.4×11.2×11.2 km in size, the second-largest NEA after 1036 Ganymed, and belongs to the Amor group.Eros is a Mars-crosser asteroid, the first known...	1898 DQ
719 Albert 719 Albert 719 Albert is a Mars-crossing, Amor asteroid; it was the second one discovered after 433 Eros.-Discovery:Discovered in 1911 by Johann Palisa, the asteroid was named after one of the Imperial Observatory in Vienna's major benefactors, Albert Salomon von Rothschild, who had died some months before...	1911 MT
887 Alinda 887 Alinda 887 Alinda is an asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was originally discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf in 1918. It lies within the main asteroid belt and is the namesake for the Alinda family group of asteroids, although it is also classified as an Amor III asteroid...	1918 DB
1036 Ganymed 1036 Ganymed 1036 Ganymed is the largest Amor asteroid, at about 32 km in diameter. It was discovered by Walter Baade on October 23, 1924, and is named after Ganymede, the Trojan prince turned god whom Zeus designated the cupbearer to the Greek gods...	1924 TD
1221 Amor 1221 Amor 1221 Amor is the namesake of the Amor asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits range between those of Earth and Mars. Amors are often Mars-crossers but they are not Earth-crossers....	1932 EA1
1580 Betulia 1580 Betulia 1580 Betulia is an Amor asteroid discovered on May 22, 1950 by Ernest Leonard Johnson at the Union Observatory, Johannesburg, South Africa...	1950 KA
1627 Ivar 1627 Ivar 1627 Ivar is a large Mars-crosser asteroid that was discovered in 1929 by Ejnar Hertzsprung at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa...	1929 SH
1915 Quetzálcoatl 1915 Quetzálcoatl 1915 Quetzálcoatl is an Amor asteroid with an orbital period of 1479.7878569 days . The asteroid was discovered on March 9, 1953.-References:...	1953 EA
1916 Boreas 1916 Boreas 1916 Boreas is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 1, 1953 by Sylvain Julien Victor Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. This asteroid was lost shortly after discovery and only rediscovered in 1974 by Richard Eugene McCrosky , G. Schwartz and JH Bulger based on a predicted position by...	1953 RA
1917 Cuyo 1917 Cuyo 1917 Cuyo is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 1, 1968 by Carlos Ulrrico Cesco and Samuel, A. at El Leoncito.- External links :...	1968 AA
1943 Anteros 1943 Anteros 1943 Anteros is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 13, 1973 by Gibson, J. at El Leoncito.- External links :*...	1973 EC
1980 Tezcatlipoca 1980 Tezcatlipoca 1980 Tezcatlipoca is an Amor asteroid discovered on June 19, 1950 by A. G. Wilson at Palomar.- External links :*...	1950 LA
2059 Baboquivari 2059 Baboquivari 2059 Baboquivari is the name of an asteroid that was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....	1963 UA
2061 Anza 2061 Anza 2061 Anza is an Amor asteroid discovered on October 22, 1960 by Henry L. Giclas at Flagstaff .- External links :...	1960 UA
2202 Pele 2202 Pele 2202 Pele is an asteroid. It is a Mars-crosser asteroid, that is, this type of asteroid's orbit crosses the orbit of Mars. It is an Amor asteroid, that is, this type of asteroid approaches the orbit of Earth from beyond, but does not cross it...	1972 RA
2368 Beltrovata 2368 Beltrovata 2368 Beltrovata is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 4, 1977 by P. Wild at Zimmerwald.- External links :*...	1977 RA
2608 Seneca 2608 Seneca 2608 Seneca is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 17, 1978 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.- External links :*...	1978 DA
3102 Krok 3102 Krok 3102 Krok is an Amor asteroid discovered on August 21, 1981 by L. Brozek at Klet.- External links :...	1981 QA
3122 Florence 3122 Florence 3122 Florence is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring. It is classified as a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous asteroid....	1981 ET₃
3199 Nefertiti 3199 Nefertiti 3199 Nefertiti is a near-Earth Amor asteroid discovered on September 13, 1982 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named after the Egyptian queen Nefertiti, mother-in-law of Tutankhamun.- External links :*...	1982 RA
3271 Ul 3271 Ul 3271 Ul is an Amor asteroid with an orbital period of 1113.1825740 days . The asteroid was discovered on September 14, 1982.-References:...	1982 RB
3288 Seleucus 3288 Seleucus 3288 Seleucus is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 28, 1982 by H.-E. Schuster at La Silla.- External links :*...	1982 DV
3352 McAuliffe 3352 McAuliffe 3352 McAuliffe is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid which was discovered by Norman G. Thomas on February 6, 1981. It is named in memory of Christa McAuliffe, the civilian astronaut who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster...	1981 CW
3551 Verenia 3551 Verenia 3551 Verenia is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered in 1983 by R. Scott Dunbar. Although Verenia passed within 40 Gm of the Earth in the 20th century, it will never do so in the 21st...	1983 RD
3552 Don Quixote 3552 Don Quixote 3552 Don Quixote is a small main-belt, Amor, Mars crossing, potentially hazardous asteroid. It has a highly inclined comet-like orbit, and measures about 19 km in diameter. Its rotation period is 7.7 hours...	1983 SA
3553 Mera 3553 Mera 3553 Mera is a Amor asteroid discovered on May 14, 1985 by C. Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named for Maera, a daughter of Praetus.- External links :*-References:...	1985 JA
3671 Dionysus 3671 Dionysus 3671 Dionysus is a small binary Amor asteroid, orbiting between the Earth and the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Carolyn and Gene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory on 27 May 1984. It is named after Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. Its provisional designation was 1984 KD...	1984 KD
3691 Bede 3691 Bede 3691 Bede is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 29, 1982 by L. E. Gonzalez at Cerro El Roble.- External links :*...	1982 FT
3908 Nyx 3908 Nyx 3908 Nyx is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid. It was discovered by Hans-Emil Schuster on August 6, 1980, and is named after Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night, after which Pluto's moon Nix is also named...	1980 PA
4055 Magellan 4055 Magellan 4055 Magellan is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 24, 1985, by E. Helin at Palomar.-See also:* V-type asteroid* HED meteorite* 4 Vesta* 3908 Nyx* 3551 Verenia- External links :*...	1985 DO₂
4401 Aditi 4401 Aditi -References:* *...	1985 TB
4487 Pocahontas 4487 Pocahontas 4487 Pocahontas is an Amor asteroid discovered on October 17, 1987 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :...	1987 UA
4503 Cleobulus 4503 Cleobulus 4503 Cleobulus is an Amor asteroid discovered on November 28, 1989 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1989 WM
4587 Rees 4587 Rees 4587 Rees is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 30, 1973 at the Palomar Observatory by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels. The Provisional designation given to 4587 Rees was 3239 T-2. It has a rotation period of 7.7886 hours. 4587 Rees was named in...	3239 T-2
4947 Ninkasi 4947 Ninkasi 4947 Ninkasi is an Amor asteroid discovered on October 12, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.It was named after Ninkasi, the Sumerian goddess of wine and beer, who helped the god Lugalbanda rescue the tablets of fate from the demon Zu....	1988 TJ₁
4954 Eric 4954 Eric 4954 Eric is an Amor asteroid discovered by Brian P. Roman. It was named after its discoverer's son, Eric Roman....	1990 SQ
4957 Brucemurray 4957 Brucemurray 4957 Brucemurray is an Amor asteroid discovered on December 15, 1990 by Eleanor F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*...	1990 XJ
5324 Lyapunov 5324 Lyapunov 5324 Lyapunov is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 22, 1987 by L. G. Karachkina at Nauchnyj.- External links :...	1987 SL
5370 Taranis 5370 Taranis 5370 Taranis is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 2, 1986 by Alain Maury at Palomar. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.- External links :*...	1986 RA
5653 Camarillo 5653 Camarillo 5653 Camarillo is an Amor asteroid with a perihelion of 1.248795 AU. It has an eccentricity of 0.30403 and an orbital period of 877.922 days .This asteroid was discovered on November 21, 1992 by Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence....	1992 WD₅
5751 Zao 5751 Zao 5751 Zao also designated 1992 AC is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 5, 1992 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory.-Physical properties:...	1992 AC
5797 Bivoj 5797 Bivoj 5797 Bivoj is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 13, 1980 by A. Mrkos at Klet.- External links :*...	1980 AA
5863 Tara 5863 Tara 5863 Tara is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 7, 1983 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1983 RB
5869 Tanith 5869 Tanith 5869 Tanith is an Amor asteroid discovered on November 4, 1988 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1988 VN₄
5879 Almeria 5879 Almeria 5879 Almeria is an Amor asteroid discovered on February 8, 1992 by K. Birkle and U. Hopp at the Calar Alto Observatory.- External links :...	1992 CH₁
6456 Golombek 6456 Golombek 6456 Golombek is an Amor asteroid discovered on July 27, 1992 by Eleanor F. Helin, K. Lawrence at Palomar. For the chess player and author, see Harry Golombek.- External links :*...	1992 OM
7088 Ishtar 7088 Ishtar 7088 Ishtar is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 1, 1992 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar.- External links :*...	1992 AA
7336 Saunders 7336 Saunders 7336 Saunders is an Amor asteroid discovered on September 6, 1989 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*...	1989 RS₁
7358 Oze 7358 Oze 7358 Oze is an Amor asteroid discovered on December 27, 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*...	1995 YA₃
7480 Norwan 7480 Norwan 7480 Norwan is an Amor asteroid discovered on August 1, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1994 PC
8013 Gordonmoore 8013 Gordonmoore 8013 Gordonmoore is an Amor asteroid discovered on May 18, 1990 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.- External links :*...	1990 KA
8034 Akka 8034 Akka 8034 Akka is an Amor asteroid discovered on June 3, 1992 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.- External links :*...	1992 LR
9172 Abhramu 9172 Abhramu 9172 Abhramu is an Amor asteroid discovered on July 29, 1989 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar.-References:...	1989 OB
11284 Belenus 11284 Belenus 11284 Belenus is an Amor asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990 by A. Maury at Caussols.- External links :...	1990 BA
15817 Lucianotesi 15817 Lucianotesi 15817 Lucianotesi is an Amor asteroid discovered on August 28, 1994 by A. Boattini and M. Tombelli at San Marcello Pistoiese.-References:...	1994 QC
16912 Rhiannon 16912 Rhiannon 16912 Rhiannon is an Amor asteroid discovered on March 2, 1998 by ODAS at Caussols.- External links :...	1998 EP₈
20460 Robwhitely	1999 LO₂₈
65803 Didymos 65803 Didymos 65803 Didymos is an Apollo asteroid discovered on April 11, 1996 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. It has a satellite orbiting it with a period of 11.9 hours, hence the appellation "Didymos", meaning "twin". The primary asteroid is about 800m in diameter, the satellite is about 150m in diameter in an...	1996 GT

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