Multiple Choice
Asteroid 2004 FH passed within a tenth of the Earth-Moon distance in March 2004. When itsperiod was found to be about nine months, it was classified as a(n) :
A) short period comet.
B) Aten asteroid.
C) Apollo asteroid.
D) Amor asteroid.
E) Kuiper Belt Object.
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