Mars-crosser asteroid

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A Mars-crosser asteroid is an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars. The known numbered Mars-crossers are listed here. Buried in the list are two peculiar asteroids: 5261 Eureka, the only numbered Martian Trojan, and (26677) 2001 EJ₁₈, Mars' only other numbered co-orbital.

Notes: ¹ inner-grazer; ² outer-grazer; ³ Earth-crosser or grazer.

Inner-grazer(¹): middle, top;Outer-grazer(²): middle, bottom;Crosser: right, bottom;Co-orbital: right, top

Inner-grazer(¹): middle, top;
Outer-grazer(²): middle, bottom;
Crosser: right, bottom;
Co-orbital: right, top

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Small Solar System bodies

Vulcanoids · Near-Earth asteroids · Main belt · Jupiter Trojans · Centaurs · Damocloids · Comets · Trans-Neptunians (Kuiper belt • Scattered disc • Oort cloud)

For other objects and regions, see Asteroid groups and families, Binary asteroids, Asteroid moons and the Solar System.
For a complete listing, see List of asteroids. See also Pronunciation of asteroid names and Meanings of asteroid names.

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