Concept information
Preferred term
potentially hazardous object
Definition(s)
- A potentially hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make close approaches to the Earth and is large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact. They are defined as having a minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth of less than 0.05 astronomical units (19.5 lunar distances) and an absolute magnitude of 22 or brighter. More than 99% of the known potentially hazardous objects are not an impact threat over the next 100 years. As of September 2022, only 17 potentially hazardous objects are listed on the Sentry Risk Table as objects that are known not to be a threat over the next hundred years are excluded. Over hundreds if not thousands of years, "potentially hazardous" asteroids have the potential for their orbits to evolve to live up to their namesake. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially_hazardous_object)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- PHO
In other languages
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French
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OPD
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-XFF56H4F-5
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