Amor asteroid

An amor asteroid is a group of asteroids found near Earth that were named after 1221 Amor. While some other kinds of asteroids cross over Mars' and Earth's orbits, nearly all of the amor asteroids do not. The best known amor asteroid is 433 Eros. It circled around and landed upon by the NEAR Shoemaker. About 1,200 of all the asteroids in space are amor asteroids, with about 200 of them numbered, or given a number. Only 50 amor asteroids are named.

 Some notable amor asteroids 
The following are a few of the most notable amor asteroids, in reverse order of discovery:

 Name  Year  Discoverer 3908 Nyx  1980  Hans-Emil Schuster 1221 Amor  1932  Eugène Joseph Delporte 1036 Ganymed  1924  Walter Baade 887 Alinda  1918  Max Wolf 719 Albert  1911  Johann Palisa 433 Eros  1898  Gustav Witt

Related pages
 List of named Amor asteroids

 Other websites 
 List of Amor minor planets

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