Near-Earth asteroid, artwork. Near-Earth asteroids are asteroids whose orbits bring them in close proximity with the Earth. If an asteroid's orbit int

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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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Size: 3728px × 5642px
Photo credit: © MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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