Amor group

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The Amor group is a class of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits approach but do not cross Earth's orbit, typically lying between Earth and Mars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amor group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf asteroid dynamical group ⓘ
class of near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
canCrossOrbitOf Mars ⓘ
canEvolveInto Earth-crossing asteroid via orbital perturbations ⓘ
cataloguedIn Minor Planet Center database ⓘ
comparedWith Apollo group ⓘ
Aten group ⓘ
Atira group ⓘ
definedBy orbit approaching but not crossing Earth’s orbit ⓘ
discoveredBy various asteroid surveys ⓘ
doesNotCrossOrbitOf Earth ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Amor asteroids ⓘ
hasDynamicalDefinitionSource IAU and planetary dynamics literature ⓘ
hasMember Amor-type near-Earth asteroids ⓘ
linked to: asteroid 1221 Amor

1036 Ganymed ⓘ
1221 Amor ⓘ
1915 Quetzalcoatl ⓘ
3122 Florence ⓘ
3552 Don Quixote ⓘ
3908 Nyx ⓘ
433 Eros ⓘ
4954 Eric ⓘ
719 Albert ⓘ
hasPopulation hundreds of known objects ⓘ
hasRiskLevel generally lower Earth-impact probability than Earth-crossing NEAs ⓘ
hasTypicalEccentricity moderate ⓘ
hasTypicalInclination low to moderate ⓘ
hasTypicalSemiMajorAxis greater than 1 AU ⓘ
hostStar Sun ⓘ
memberOf near-Earth object population ⓘ
namedAfter 1221 Amor ⓘ
linked to: asteroid 1221 Amor
observedUsing optical telescopes ⓘ
radar observations ⓘ
orbitalRegion inner Solar System ⓘ
orbits Sun ⓘ
partOf near-Earth asteroid dynamical classification ⓘ
perihelionDistanceCriterion q < 1.3 AU ⓘ
q > 1.017 AU ⓘ
perturbedBy gravitational interactions with planets ⓘ
non-gravitational effects such as Yarkovsky effect ⓘ
relevantTo asteroid mining studies ⓘ
impact hazard assessment ⓘ
planetary defense ⓘ
studiedBy planetary scientists ⓘ
subclassOf near-Earth asteroid ⓘ
typicalLocation between the orbits of Earth and Mars ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1036 Ganymed → orbitalCategory → Amor group ⓘ
subject linked to: asteroid 1036 Ganymed