potentially hazardous object

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potentially hazardous object

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potentially hazardous object (plural potentially hazardous objects)

(astronomy) A near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact.

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