Astronomers still have their eyes on that asteroid NASA whacked | WSIU
Astronomers are still watching that asteroid that NASA whacked with a spacecraft back in September, in the first-ever test of whether an asteroid could be deliberately pushed off-course.
Almost immediately after NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission sent a golf cart-sized spacecraft crashing into an asteroid called Dimorphos, scientists hailed it as a huge success – and a powerful demonstration that an asteroid's trajectory can be altered.
Asteroid is named after Pope Gregory
ROME -- Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th century pontiff responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar, now has another, celestial claim to fame.
A working group of the International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after him, the Vatican Observatory said last week.
How close will asteroid 2023DW get to Earth in 2046?
On Sunday, February 27, 2023, astronomers discovered a new asteroid that they’ve labeled 2023DW. At this moment, ESA’s Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center is listing the asteroid as having a 1-in-680 chance of striking Earth on February 14, 2046.
And, as typically happens, as further observations refine our knowledge of the asteroid’s orbit, we’ll likely learn the chance of the asteroid’s missing us in 23 years is even greater than that.
Are we prepared for a maverick asteroid hitting Earth? | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
In this archive article, Patrick Moore discusses the likelihood of Earth being struck by a huge space rock.
We've been hearing a great deal lately about possible asteroid impacts, and disaster films such as Armageddon have been very popular.
Quite recently we saw the results of a direct hit on the surface of Jupiter, and we are all familiar with the impact craters on the Moon, Mercury and other bodies in the Solar System.
A massive asteroid the size of 145 Clydesdale horses is heading toward Earth on Tuesday, which is the Jewish holida… https://t.co/xyCo6yd6xX Jerusalem_Post (from Israel) Sun Mar 05 13:51:02 +0000 2023
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