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17E-28-Finding An Asteroid for Astronauts
A prelude of a manned flyby of Venus and Mars could be a manned mission to an asteroid. The search for an appropriate asteroid continues.
7 years, 5 months ago
528-Asteroid Billiards
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART for short will test methods to make a dangerous asteroid miss Earth.
7 years, 5 months ago
16E-27-A Lucky Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th of 2029 will be a lucky day for the Human race when the asteroid passes very near the Earth.
7 years, 5 months ago
527-Comet Groeller
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groeller was asteroid hunting with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when he discovered his first …
7 years, 5 months ago
15E-26-Binary Asteroids
Approximately 1 out of 5 large Near-Earth Asteroids are really double or triple systems of objects orbiting a common center of gravity. Such double t…
7 years, 5 months ago
526-Tiny Visitor
A tiny space rock passes through the cloud of communications satellites surrounding the Earth.
7 years, 5 months ago
14E-25-Fireballs
Occasionally one observes a meteor brighter than the Planet Venus which is called a fireball. Some of them can be bright enough to be seen in the day…
7 years, 5 months ago
525-Collision
The object which the 2.3 mile diameter Gault hit is likely to have been a third of a mile diameter space rock. This celestial crash left Gault with a…
7 years, 5 months ago
13E-24-Jupiter Friend or Foe
The Earth is our home. It provides us with air, food, and water. The Sun powers all life. The role of Jupiter is less clear. Jupiter puts some object…
7 years, 6 months ago
12E-22-Asteroid 2013 TV 135
Asteroid 2013 TV135 is a potentially hazardous asteroid which at first appeared to be on a collision course with planet Earth. Subsequent observation…
7 years, 6 months ago