Amor asteroid
Sign in to saveasteroid that has an orbital semi-major axis greater than 1 AU (a > 1.0 AU) and a perihelion greater than Earth's aphelion distance (q > 1.017 AU), but is also a near-Earth object (q < 1.3 AU)
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Common orbital subgroups of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor /ˈeɪmɔːr/. The orbital perihelion of these objects is close to, but greater than, the orbital aphelion of Earth (i.e., the objects do not cross Earth's orbit), with most Amors crossing the orbit of Mars. The Amor asteroid 433 Eros was the first asteroid to be orbited and landed upon by a robotic space probe (NEAR Shoemaker).