Near-Earth asteroid, artwork

Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Near-Earth asteroid, artwork. Near-Earth asteroids are asteroids whose orbits bring them in close proximity with the Earth. If an asteroid's orbit intersects with that of the Earth it is a collision risk. Any asteroid over 1 kilometre in diameter that impacted the Earth would cause catastrophic effects. The moon is at bottom right.

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Keywords: artwork, asteroid, astronomical, astronomy, collision danger, collision risk, earth, illustration, minor planet, moon, nea, near earth, near earth object, near-earth orbit, neo, phos, planet, planetoid, potentially hazardous objects, solar system, space

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