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Arjuna asteroid
The Arjuna asteroids are a class of near-Earth asteroids whose orbits are very Earth-like in character, having low inclination, orbital periods close to one Earth year, and low eccentricity. Arjunas are very uncommon, but of significance owing to the extremely low delta V required to reach them from Earth.
The Arjuna definition is somewhat fuzzy and covers the definition of the three well-established families Apollo, Amor and Aten.
Note that there is no asteroid named "Arjuna" (whereas there are namesake asteroids 1862 Apollo, 1221 Amor and 2062 Aten).
Last updated: 10-15-2005 14:16:15
03-10-2013 05:06:04
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