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Science Mission Directorate (SMD)

Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are defined as asteroids or comet nuclei whose perihelia are less than 1.3 AU, and potentially

hazardous NEOs are defined as those larger than 140 meters in size whose orbits bring them within 7.5 million km of

Earth’s orbit. NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program…