Abstract

The search for moving objects in data returned by the IRAS satellite found fewer Apollo asteroids than expected. The three such asteroids which were detected all have unusual characteristics and may be extinct cometary nuclei. The probability that this selection would arise by chance is less than 1 per cent.

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