#NearEarthObjects

Daniel Pomarèdepomarede
2024-11-26

I defend the planet from asteroid collisions

in Nature's "WHERE I WORK" series: Astronomer Desireé Cotto-Figueora detects and characterizes near-Earth asteroids to identify potential hazards.

nature.com/articles/d41586-024

Dr. Juande Santander-Velajuandesant@astrodon.social
2024-09-21

The Earth is getting an extra mini moon for a few weeks… how many times has this happened in the past? The article already points out that this is relatively frequent, as it has happened a number of times since we’ve been tracking near earth objects.

phys.org/news/2024-09-earth-mi

(Hat tip to @jbz)

#Earth #Astronomy #Moon #asteroids #NearEarthAsteroids #NearEarthObjects

Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭seav@en.osm.town
2024-09-04

Fortunately, the skies were clear enough that the asteroid #2024RW1 née #CAQTDL2’s meteor-fireball-bolide phase was visible and with plenty of videos taken.

imo.net/2024-rw1-atmospheric-e

As already mentioned by many outlets, this was only the 9th time a meteor was predicted in advance which meant that lots of people were expecting it.

📷 Allan Madelar from Gonzaga, Cagayan, #Philippines

#astronomy #bolides #meteors #NearEarthObjects

Vertical frame from a video of a bolide (meteor fireball) showing a partially cloudy night sky lit up by a bright streak of a meteor burning up in the atmosphere. The meteor is a bright almost white spot with an light orange trail streaking upwards.
Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭seav@en.osm.town
2024-09-04

Various astronomers are reporting that a 1-meter asteroid (#CAQTDL2) discovered by the #CatalinaSkySurvey this morning will become a meteor by striking the atmosphere at around 16:39 UTC (12:39am local time) over northern #Luzon island in the #Philippines 🇵🇭.

No damage is expected but if there are clear skies tonight (Typhoon #Yagi / #EntengPH is in the area) people can expect to see an impressive fireball. 🌠

One source: twitter.com/esa/status/1831270

#astronomy #asteroids #meteors #NearEarthObjects

Image of the path of a meteor shown in green and yellow on top of a Google Map image of the the Philippines near Luzon Island shown in dark green contrasting with the deep blue of the ocean.
💧🌏 Greg CocksGregCocks@techhub.social
2024-02-01
photo - meteorite / bolide 2024 BX1 in the sky over Germanymap - modeled trajectory of asteroid 2024 BX1 over Arctic and German before disintegrationphoto - a small portion of the asteroid 2024 BX1 that landed on Earth in Germanygraphic - header image for the Scout home page (see post for link)
SubtleBlade ⚔️SubtleBlade@mastodon.scot
2024-02-01

Skyscraper-sized #asteroid to pass within 1.7m miles of #Earth on Friday

#Nasa says it will be a harmless flyby by the giant rock, one of several #NearEarthObjects slated to swing by the planet this week
theguardian.com/science/2024/f #NEO

Matt WillemsenNonog@fedibird.com
2023-09-11

Duck!
5 asteroids will skim past Earth over the next 2 days, NASA says
The five asteroids range from plane to bus-size, and one is expected to come to within half a million miles of Earth.
livescience.com/space/astronom #asteroids #earth #NearEarthObjects #skim

Tero Keski-Valkamatero@rukii.net
2023-03-10

Newly spotted 50-meter #asteroid tops #Risk List

"... #scientists say that a 49-meter-wide asteroid discovered last week is currently calculated to have a 1-in-625 chance of hitting our #planet in a couple of decades from now.

The rock, called #2023DW, now sits atop the #EuropeanSpaceAgency’s Risk List as the only one with a '1' rating on the #TorinoScale, which is used for categorizing the impact hazard of #NearEarthObjects."

digitaltrends.com/space/newly-

2020-02-27

A nice article on Korado Korlević and the Višnjan Observatory, one of the leaders in discovering near-Earth objects.

physicstoday.scitation.org/do/

#Space #Observatories #NearEarthObjects

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