... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... Risks Comparable to NEOs . ... The Increasing Rate of Discovery of Asteroids . ... Comet and Asteroid Collision Probabilities . ... Extreme albedo comets and the impact hazard (PDF Format) . ... Asteroid Impact Animations . ... Workshop on Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids - 2002 . ... The Spaceguard Survey Report, 1992 (PDF) . Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts . ...

... Credit Copyright: Green Bank Radio Telescope , Arecibo Radio Telescope Explanation: Asteroid 2007 TU24 passed by the Earth yesterday, posing no danger. ... The Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico broadcast radar that was reflected by the asteroid and then recorded by the Byrd Radio Telescope in Green Bank , West Virginia . ... Publications with keywords: asteroid - Earth . Publications with words: asteroid - Earth . ... Hurricane Paths on Planet Earth . ... All the Water on Planet Earth . ...

... 2006 March 28 . Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth . ... The above time-lapse animation follows the orbit of the Earth around the Sun for two months in 2002 as numerous asteroids , also known as minor planets , approach and pass by. ... Although none of the plotted objects came inside the orbit of our Moon, our Solar System is filled with objects as small as bits of sand, usually left by a comet, that appear as meteors as they streak into the Earth's atmosphere every day. ... About APOD | ...

... Arecibo Observatory took radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon as the space rock sailed safely past earth. ... Both the asteroid and its moon passed 6 million kilometers (3.8 million miles) from earth. ... Radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 (bottom) and its satellite (top) on June 6. ... Radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2 (center) and its satellite (bottom left) on June 7. ... Radar image from June 7 showing the satellite moving past the primary. ...

The AstroGuide . ... AstroGuide | ... AstroGuide Listing . ... See many more Astronomy Listings by: Category or Alphabet . This project was established in mid-1998 to help coordinate, and provide a focal point for, the study of those comets and asteroids that can approach the Earth's orbit. ... Web Site . ... Unless otherwise specified, web site content Copyright 1994-2016 John Huggins All Rights Reserved . dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Keep Bad Astronomy close to your heart, and help make me filthy rich. ... Dubbed simply "3753", it orbits the Sun at almost the same distance as the Earth does. ... So imagine 3753 is in an orbit just smaller than the Earth. ... Since the Earth has given the tiny asteroid extra energy, the asteroid actually moves farther out from the Sun. ... Since asteroid 3753 is in a larger orbit, it slows down, and is now moving slower than the Earth. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... 50 Weirdest Objects . ... Supernova showered Earth with radioactive debris . ... Gravitational wave search provides insights into galaxy evolution and mergers . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... near earth objects . ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter. ...

... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ КАЛЕНДАРЬ ЯНВАРЯ 2000 ГОДА . ... Jan 01 - Year 2000 . Jan ?? ... Jan 01 - Asteroid 1996 AX1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.702 AU) . ... Jan 03 - Asteroid 3745 Petaev Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU) . ... Jan 05 - Asteroid 1999 VO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.218 AU) . ... Jan 08 - Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU) . ... Jan 12 -[Image][Dec 02] Asteroid 1999 WA2 Closest Approach To Earth (1.100 AU) . ... Jan 14 - Mercury Occults 53 Sgr (6.9 Magnitude Star) . ...

... Research objects and scientific purposes . Space scientific program includes development and launch of two supersmall spacecrafts "Universitetskiy" and "Kompas-2" intended for monitoring of radiation conditions near the Earth. ... All the studies conducted in the near-Earth space are characterised by strong radiation fields. ... The circular polar orbits, which cover all the near-Earth space, are the most favorable for comprehensive studies of the radiation conditions near the Earth. ...