NEOWISE Thermal Data Reveal Surface Properties of Over 100 Asteroids

Programmer/ June 25, 2018/ Asteroids, NASA, NASA JPL, NEOWISE, PHA, Planet Killer Asteroids

Analysis of asteroids like Lutetia was used in the Josef Hanuš-led paper on asteroid thermophysical modeling. Lutetia is a large main belt asteroid about 62 miles (100 kilometers) in diameter. Lutetia was visited by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft in 2010. Credits: ESA 2010 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA Full image and caption Nearly all asteroids are so far away and so

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Dazzling fireball streaks across sky over European Russia (VIDEOS)

Programmer/ June 23, 2018/ Asteroids, Fireball, Meteor, Meteorite, Minor Planet Center, Russia, Space Weather

Published time: 22 Jun, 2018 07:22Edited time: 22 Jun, 2018 07:56 Get short URL ©www.instagram.com/svetlankako Residents of the European part of Russia have reported a bright fireball lighting up the sky, which was emitting a blinding light. Theories on social media varied from a simple meteor to aliens arriving for World Cup 2018. The glowing object was spotted in the

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NASA reveals new plan to stop asteroids before they hit Earth

Programmer/ June 22, 2018/  Catalina Sky Survey, Asteroids, FEMA, NASA, NASA JPL, NEO, NEOWISE, New Asteroid Alert, New Asteroid Discovered, Pan-STARRS1

Despite what the movies show, deflecting space rocks isn’t something astronauts will do. by Hanneke Weitering / Jun.21.2018 / 4:38 PM ET / Updated Jun.21.2018 / 4:52 PM ET Artistic illustration of an asteroid approaching Earth. Dieter Spannknebel / Getty Images NASA has updated its plans to deflect potentially hazardous Earth-bound asteroids — and none of them involve Bruce Willis. The White House Office of Science and

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