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4 unusual facts about Amor asteroid


3199 Nefertiti

3199 Nefertiti (1982 RA) is a near-Earth Amor asteroid discovered on September 13, 1982 by husband and wife team Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar.

5332 Davidaguilar

5332 Davidaguilar (provisional designation: 1990 DA) is an Amor-class minor planet.

96189 Pygmalion

96189 Pygmalion (provisional designation: 1991 NT3) is an Amor-type near-Earth minor planet.

Eleanor F. Helin

Helin discovered or co-discovered 872 asteroids, including the first two Aten asteroids: 2062 Aten and 2100 Ra-Shalom; the Apollo asteroids 4660 Nereus, 4769 Castalia and others; various Amor asteroids; three Trojan asteroids including 3240 Laocoon; and 9969 Braille.


Carl Gustav Witt

He discovered two asteroids, most notably 433 Eros, the first known asteroid with an unusual orbit occasionally approaching the Earth's (today it is classified as an Amor asteroid).


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