potentially hazardous asteroid


potentially hazardous asteroid

[pə‚ten·chə·lē ‚haz·ərd·əs ′as·tə‚rȯid] (astronomy) An asteroid whose orbit approaches within 0.05 astronomical unit of the earth's orbit, and which is brighter than an absolute visual magnitude of 22.0, corresponding to a diameter of at least 110-240 meters (360-800 feet).