Near-earth

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Positioned or occurring close to the Earth. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of near-Earth. alt-of, uncommon
  3. 3
    Of an asteroid or comet, one that nearly intersects that of the Earth. not-comparable

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"NASA is developing a first-ever robotic mission to visit a large near-Earth asteroid and collect a multi-ton boulder from its surface."

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