{"dataset":{"slug":"near-earth-objects","title":"Near-Earth Object Classes","description":"The Apollo, Aten, Amor, and Atira near-Earth orbital classes.","version":"1.0.0","lastGenerated":"2026-06-29","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","entityCount":4,"sources":["nasa","jpl"]},"entities":[{"id":"near_earth_object:amor","name":"Amor asteroids","type":"near_earth_object","domain":"science","description":"Near-Earth asteroids that approach Earth's orbit from the outside without crossing it, often crossing the orbit of Mars — named after 1221 Amor.","entryPath":"/asteroids/near-earth/amor"},{"id":"near_earth_object:apollo","name":"Apollo asteroids","type":"near_earth_object","domain":"science","description":"The largest class of near-Earth asteroids — Earth-crossers with orbits mostly larger than Earth's, named after 1862 Apollo.","entryPath":"/asteroids/near-earth/apollo"},{"id":"near_earth_object:aten","name":"Aten asteroids","type":"near_earth_object","domain":"science","description":"Near-Earth asteroids with orbits mostly inside Earth's but reaching out to cross it, named after 2062 Aten.","entryPath":"/asteroids/near-earth/aten"},{"id":"near_earth_object:atira","name":"Atira asteroids","type":"near_earth_object","domain":"science","description":"The rarest near-Earth class, with orbits contained entirely within Earth's — hard to detect because they never appear far from the Sun. Named after 163693 Atira.","entryPath":"/asteroids/near-earth/atira"}]}