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Geographos [jē′äg·rə‚fōs]
(astronomy) An asteroid whose orbit has a semimajor axis of 1.25 astronomical units and an eccentricity of 0.335, giving it a perihelion inside the earth's orbit. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Not quite, but the Clementine spacecraft isn't likely to keep an August date with the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos. That body, a 20-km-wide asteroid known as 1620 Geographos, lies only twice as far from Earth as the moon. |
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