potentially hazardous asteroid

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potentially hazardous asteroid [pə‚ten·chə·lē ‚haz·ərd·əs ′as·tə‚rȯid]

(astronomy)

An asteroid whose orbit approaches within 0.05 astronomical unit of the earth's orbit, and which is brighter than an absolute visual magnitude of 22.0, corresponding to a diameter of at least 110-240 meters (360-800 feet).

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No references found			Summary: Moroccan students at Al Akhawayn University (AUI) recently received NASA research awards for measuring Potentially Hazardous Asteroids for NASA under the Killer Asteroid Project. Moroccan students receive NASA awards by UMCI News (Potomac Falls, VA) Nevertheless, 2004 XP14 has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid along with 782 known others. Fear miss; LARGE ASTEROID BRUSHES EARTH by The Mirror (London, England) 00048 AU from Earth, is one of a growing list of potentially hazardous asteroids that have been spotted by astronomers in advance of their closest approach. Tunguska-sized asteroid buzzes past Earth by Asian News International			potential head potential hill potential index of refraction potential instability Potential of Zero Charge potential ore Potential Range potential refractive index potential scattering potential sputtering potential temperature potential theory potential transform potential transformer potential transformer phase angle potential vorticity Potential Well Potential, Action potential, electric Potential, Electrostatic Potential, Injury Potential, Postsynaptic Potential, Resting Potential, Spike Potential, Standard potentially hazardous asteroid Potentials Potentials, Electromagnetic Field Potentials, Thermodynamic Potentiation potentiator Potentilla Potentiometer potentiometric cell potentiometric controller potentiometric electrode potentiometric map potentiometric model study potentiometric surface potentiometric titration potentiometry potentiostat Potenza Potexvirus Potgieter, Everhardus Johannes pothead potherb pothole Potholes Potholes State Park potholing			potentialize potentialized potentialized potentialized potentialized potentializes potentializes potentializes potentializes potentializing potentializing potentializing potentializing potentially potentially potentially potentially Potentially Acid Forming Potentially Adverse Condition Potentially Damaging Operation Potentially Dangerous Native Function Potentially Dangerous Taxpayer Potentially Degraded Frame Indication Potentially Dilutive Securities Potentially Disqualifying Information Potentially Drug-Resistant Microorganism Potentially Exempt Transfer Potentially Explosive Atmosphere Potentially Explosive Material Potentially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa potentially hazardous asteroid Potentially Hazardous Comet Potentially Hazardous Food Potentially Hazardous Object Potentially Highly Erodible Land Potentially Infectious Material Potentially Infectious Medical Waste Potentially Lethal Damage Repair potentially liable Potentially Malignant Epithelial Lesion Potentially Malignant Oral Lesion potentially malignant ventricular tachycardia potentially malignant ventricular tachycardia potentially malignant ventricular tachycardia Potentially Non-Recurring Call Site Potentially Pathogenic Environmental Mycobacteria Potentially Pathogenic Micro-Organisms Potentially Productive Years of Life Lost Potentially Reduced-Exposure Product potentially responsible parties Potentially Responsible Party Potentially Serious Head Injury Potentially Shippable Increment Potentially Significant Unless Mitigation Incorporated Potentially Toxic Element Potentially Traumatic Events Potentially Unwanted Application

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