Earth-grazers

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However, any meteors that you see overhead will be long, dramatic Earth-grazers skimming the upper atmosphere almost horizontally.

Leonid meteors: a last hurrah? This year's shower, though mostly weak, could feature a brief outburst on the night of November 18-19

All those that can approach Earth more closely than Venus does are called Earth-grazers. Eros was the first of these to be discovered and is the largest, being at least 15 miles in its longest diameter.

Eros

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