News tagged with asteroid data
Team Finds Riches in Meteorite Treasure Hunt
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just before dawn on Oct. 7, 2008, an SUV-sized asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and exploded harmlessly over the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan. Scientists expected the asteroid, called ...
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Alaska researcher changes asteroid orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 09, 2008 |
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An astrophysicist at the University of Alaska uncovered the information that narrowed the odds of an asteroid hitting Mars.
Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2008 |
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ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will make a historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September 2008.
Steins: A diamond in the sky
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first images from Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system and VIRTIS infrared spectrometer were derived from raw data this morning and have delivered spectacular results.
AKARI's observations of asteroid Itokawa
Aug 23, 2007 |
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The space-borne infrared observatory AKARI, observed asteroid Itokawa last month with its Infrared Camera. The data will be used to refine estimates of sizes of potentially hazardous asteroids in the future.
Dawn Finishes Mars Phase
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With Mars disappearing in its metaphorical rearview mirror, NASA's Dawn spacecraft's next stop is the asteroid belt and the giant asteroid Vesta. Dawn got as close as 549 kilometers (341 miles) ...
Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual meteorite with an interesting orbit has been tracked to the ground using a photographic observatory that records time-lapse images of fireballs traveling across the sky.
NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using high-resolution radar data. The data indicate the asteroid is somewhat asymmetrical ...
Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more ...
Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid named 2007 WD5 that is expected to cross the orbital path of Mars early next year. Calculations by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the ...
Rosetta obtains 'light curve' of asteroid Steins
Mar 20, 2007 |
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During the very first observations of Rosetta’s flyby target 2867-Steins in March 2006 the onboard camera OSIRIS obtained the most accurate ‘light curve’ of this asteroid so far.
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