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> mistakenly classified as NEOs. Is it not an Object that approaches to Near the Earth?
by tbrownaw 2y ago
> mistakenly classified as NEOs.
Is it not an Object that approaches to Near the Earth?
- GMoromisato 2y agoThat's not how definitions work. The IAU defines what "NEO" means and it excludes artificial objects: https://www.iau.org/public/themes/neo/ https://www.iau.org/public/themes/neo/ You may complain that you should be able to derive the definition from the name, but then all names would be as long as their definition, defeating the purpose.