Pulkovo NEO Page . ... Pulkovo Names of Asteroids . ... Near Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids (NEAs) and comets that can approach to the Earth in a motion along their orbits. ... If to take into account that the number of discovered asteroids is more than 400 thousand it is clear how important is the correct naming of these objects. ... Astrophysical observations (photometric, spectral, polarimetric, etc.) are oriented at derivation of information about physical properties of objects. ...