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Atira asteroid

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Apohele asteroids are a subclass of Aten asteroids. They have not only their perihelion at less than one AU (within Earth's orbit), but also their aphelion; that is their entire orbit is within Earth's.

As of May 2004 there are only two known Apoheles: 2003 CP20 and 2004 JG6.

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