... ATLAS: The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System . ... Astronomers are developing a system to identify dangerous asteroids before their final plunge to Earth. Learn more ТЛ . UH/IfA. ...
... After undergoing a catastrophic collision, the color of an asteroid gets modified rapidly by the solar wind so that it resembles the mean color of extremely old asteroids. ...
... This image shows the relative locations of asteroid 2014 DX110 and Earth on March 4, 2014. ... The asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth on March 5 at about 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST). NASA/JPL-Caltech. ...
... An image of the asteroid Kleopatra taken by the Keck II telescope with adaptive optics, before (left) and after processing. ... The asteroid, shaped like a dog bone, has two moons, the outer Alexhelios and the inner Cleoselene. ...
... Faint dust plumes bookend asteroid (596) Scheila, which is overexposed in this composite. ... The UVOT images were acquired December 15, 2010, when the asteroid was about 232 million miles (373 million kilometers) from ...
... discovered that studying meteorites from the giant asteroid Vesta helps them understand the event known as the "lunar cataclysm," when a repositioning of the gas giant planets destabilized a portion of the asteroid belt and triggered a solar-system-wide ...
... Asteroid 2000 PH5 imaged with ESO's 3.5m New Technology Telescope in Chile on August 27, 2003, over a time span of 77 minutes. ... The asteroid can be seen moving relative to the background stars. ESO. ...
... In the foreground are asteroids and chondrules, the building blocks of chondritic meteorites. ... fields dominate the region near the sun, out where the asteroids orbit, chondrules preserve a record of varying local magnetic ...