Asteroid or comet by name or designation: orbit class, NEO/hazardous flags, size...

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{ "example": { "asOf": "2026-10-11T08:41:45.114Z", "degraded": false, "designation": "99942", "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.", "discovery": { "date": "2004-Jun-19", "discoverer": "Tholen, D. J.", "site": "Kitt Peak" }, "fullName": "99942 Apophis (2004 MN4)", "kind": "asteroid", "nearEarthObject": true, "notChecked": [ "close-approach dates (see /close-approaches and /body-approaches)", "impact monitoring status (see /impact-risk-object)", "…2 more" ], "orbit": { "aphelionAu": 1.1, "conditionCode": "0", "eccentricity": 0.191, "epochJd": 2461200.5, "hyperbolic": false, "inclinationDeg": 3.34, "moidEarthAu": 0.000108, "moidEarthLunar": 0, "observationArc": { "days": 6599, "first": "2004-03-15", "last": "2022-04-09", "observations": 7370 }, "perihelionAu": 0.746, "periodDays": 324, "periodYears": 0.887, "semiMajorAxisAu": 0.922 }, "orbitClass": "Aten", "orbitClassCode": "ATE", "physical": { "absoluteMagnitudeH": 19.09, "albedo": 0.35, "diameterKm": 0.34, "estimatedDiameterKm": null, "rotationPeriodHours": 30.56, "spectralType": "Sq" }, "potentiallyHazardous": true, "reasons": [ "JPL flags it a potentially hazardous asteroid: orbit passes within 0.05 au of Earth's and it is larger than about 140 m. That is a category, not a prediction of impact.", "Minimum orbit intersection distance with Earth 0.000108 au (0 lunar distances).", "…1 more" ], "shortName": "99942 Apophis", "source": "NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics", "sourceUrl": "https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov", "spkId": "20099942", "summary": "99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) is an Aten asteroid (near-Earth object, potentially hazardous asteroid), measured diameter 0.34 km, orbital period 0.89 years.", "verdict": "POTENTIALLY_HAZARDOUS_ASTEROID" }, "type": "json" }