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1620 Geographos

Index 1620 Geographos

1620 Geographos, provisional designation, is a highly elongated, stony asteroid, near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, with a mean-diameter of approximately 2.5 kilometers. [1]

23 relations: Albert George Wilson, Apollo asteroid, Boötes, Clementine (spacecraft), List of Earth-crossing minor planets, List of instrument-resolved minor planets, List of lunar probes, List of Mars-crossing minor planets, List of minor planets: 1001–2000, List of named minor planets: 1000–1999, List of named minor planets: G, List of near-Earth asteroids by distance from Sun, List of Solar System objects by size, List of Solar System probes, Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–2000, Orders of magnitude (length), Pete Worden, Potentially hazardous object, Rudolph Minkowski, Unmanned NASA missions, 1994 in spaceflight, 2017 FZ2, 54509 YORP.

Albert George Wilson

Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 – August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.

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Apollo asteroid

The Apollo asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after 1862 Apollo, discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in the 1930s.

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Boötes

Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.

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Clementine (spacecraft)

Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO, previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, or SDIO) and NASA.

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List of Earth-crossing minor planets

An Earth-crosser is a near-Earth asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth as observed from the ecliptic pole of Earth's orbit.

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List of instrument-resolved minor planets

The following list of instrument-resolved minor planets consists of minor planets whose disks have been resolved, whether by telescope, a visit by an unmanned spacecraft, or by observing the occultation of a background star from multiple sites.

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List of lunar probes

This is a list of space probes that have flown by, impacted, orbited or landed on the Moon for the purpose of lunar exploration, as well as probes launched toward the Moon that failed to reach their target.

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List of Mars-crossing minor planets

A Mars-crossing asteroid (MCA, also Mars-crosser, MC) is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars.

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List of minor planets: 1001–2000

No description.

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List of named minor planets: 1000–1999

This is a partial list of named minor planets in numerical order.

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List of named minor planets: G

This is a partial list containing all named minor planets starting with the letter G. It is ordered in a case-insensitive, alphabetical manner and contains a total of 859 entries.

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List of near-Earth asteroids by distance from Sun

This list contains many notable Near-Earth asteroids organised by their average distance from the Sun, and includes the planets and distances for comparability.

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List of Solar System objects by size

This is a partial list of Solar System objects by size, arranged in descending order of mean volumetric radius, and subdivided into several size classes.

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List of Solar System probes

This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 1001–2000

038 | 1038 Tuckia || 1924 TK || Edward Tuck (1842–1938) and his wife; philanthropists.

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Orders of magnitude (length)

The following are examples of orders of magnitude for different lengths.

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Pete Worden

Simon Peter "Pete" Worden, (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD) (born 1949, in Michigan) was Director of NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field, California, until his retirement on March 31, 2015.

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Potentially hazardous object

A potentially hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make exceptionally close approaches to the Earth and large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

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Rudolph Minkowski

Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski;; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer.

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Unmanned NASA missions

Following is a sampling of some of NASA's past and present programs excluding manned spacecraft.

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1994 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1994 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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2017 FZ2

(also written 2017 FZ2) is a micro-asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group that was a quasi-satellite of the Earth until March 23, 2017.

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54509 YORP

54509 YORP, provisional designation, is an Earth co-orbital asteroid discovered on August 3, 2000 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team at Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1620_Geographos

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