... On Monday, January 26, well-tracked asteroid 2004 BL86 made its closest approach, a ... one, with the cluster nearly along the same line-of-sight to the near-earth asteroid ...
... The small asteroid was completely unknown before May. ... and Goldstone , tracked and imaged the Apollo asteroid as it approached to only 22 ... Earth, thousands of similar but unknown asteroids likely exist that cross Earth's ...
... NEAR spacecraft is now politely approaching asteroid 433 , Eros , at a respectful ... attraction of Eros' gravity, becoming the first artificial moon of an asteroid ... showing the roughly 20 x 8 x 8 mile asteroid during its 5.27 hour rotation period ...
... Explanation: Orbiting asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, NASA's NEAR ... mission as it will be commanded to descend to the surface of the ancient asteroid ...
... Explanation: Could an asteroid destroy civilization on Earth? ... have continually discovered previously unknown asteroids that indeed pass near the ... In June, 100-meter asteroid 2002 MN was discovered only after it whizzed by the ...
... No aliens were involved - the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission actually ... Launched in 1996, NEAR zipped past the asteroid 253 Mathilde last June. ... deflects NEAR onto a trajectory passing the asteroid 433 Eros next year ...
... Explanation: Orbiting asteroid 433 Eros, 145 million miles from Earth, NASA's NEAR spacecraft has been returning stunning views ... As NEAR is poised to investigate mysteries of the formation of asteroids and the origins of the solar system from this ...
... from a mosaic of images recorded by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft, currently orbiting the 40 x 14 x 14 kilometer asteroid ... is scheduled to make a daring close approach to the asteroid, briefly flying to within about 6 kilometers of its surface ...