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Record 1 2019-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Astronautics
CONT

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun like the planets, but their orbits can bring them into Earth's neighborhood - within 30 million miles of Earth's orbit.

OBS

near Earth object: term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Astronautique
CONT

[...] les objets géocroiseurs (NEO en anglais) sont des astéroïdes ou des comètes qui peuvent approcher la Terre à une distance inférieure à 45 millions de kilomètres.

OBS

objet géocroiseur; géocroiseur : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Spanish

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