Planetary Defence

Near-Earth Object Detection (NEO)

Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them within 1.3 AU of the Sun — crossing or approaching Earth's orbit. Over 36,000 NEOs are known as of 2026, including 2,300+ "Potentially Hazardous Asteroids" (PHAs

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