Earth-crosser asteroid
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An Earth-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses Earth's orbit.
Earth-crosser Asteroid Media
Diagram showing different asteroid paths. The yellow band marks the Earth's orbit; the red line marks the asteroid's path.Outer-grazer(†): middle, bottomCrosser: right, bottom
Close approach trajectory of 2004 FH in the Earth–Moon system
Flyby of the near-Earth asteroid 2004 FH in March 2004. The other object that flashes by is an artificial satellite. Images were by Stefano Sposetti and composite by Raoul Behrend of Geneva Observatory
