"potentially hazardous object" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: potentially hazardous objects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} potentially hazardous object (plural potentially hazardous objects)
  1. (astronomy) A near-Earth asteroid or comet with an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and is of a size large enough to cause significant regional damage in the event of impact. Wikipedia link: potentially hazardous object Categories (topical): Astronomy Synonyms: PHO [initialism] Hypernyms: near-Earth object (alt: NEO) Coordinate_terms: near-Earth asteroid (alt: NEA), near-Earth comet (alt: NEC)
    Sense id: en-potentially_hazardous_object-en-noun-hGLGJ69k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

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