# Apollo asteroid

> family of Earth-crossing asteroids that have an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (a > 1 AU) but a perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)

**Wikidata**: [Q207391](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207391)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_asteroid)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/apollo-asteroid