Multiple Choice
Asteroids whose elliptical orbits have perihelion distances shorter than the orbital distance of Mars are known as:
A) Kirkwood objects, or KOs.
B) near-Earth objects, or NEOs.
C) Hirayama family asteroids, or HFAs.
D) Mars-crossing asteroids, or MCAs.
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