0602, 2018

New Asteroid 2018 CJ

Programmer/ February 6, 2018/ NASA JPL, NEO, New Asteroid Alert, Pan-STARRS, PHA

Close Approach: 2018-Feb-20 07:20 Miss Distance: 9.23 or 2,205,037 miles Size(Estimate): 142 Feet – 315 Feet Visible Mag: 23.6 Speed/Velocity: 34,210 mph See All current NEO/PHA Asteroids here

2201, 2018

Asteroid 2002 AJ129 to Fly Safely Past Earth February 4

Programmer/ January 22, 2018/ Asteroids, Minor Planet Center, NASA, NASA JPL, NEO, PHA

Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 4, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST). At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will be at a distance of 2.6 million miles, or 4.2 million kilometers — about 10 times the distance between Earth and the moon. Asteroid 2002 AJ129 will make a close

2101, 2018

NASA Just Shut Down. What If An Asteroid Comes?

Programmer/ January 21, 2018/ Asteroids, Government Shut Down, Minor Planet Center, NASA, NASA JPL

NASA said it would figure it out. (According to the agency’s contingency plan, 116 of its 1,467 headquarters employees are working during the shutdown.) Posted on January 20, 2018, at 6:24 a.m. Dan Vergano BuzzFeed News Reporter If an asteroid is headed toward Earth and NASA is shut down, who will astronomers call to issue a warning? The space