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1 hour ago · NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission was rechristened Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and brought out of hibernation. It orbits the Earth and sweeps the sky looking for asteroids and comets. As of August 2023, NEOWISE has made measurements of 1,499 near-Earth objects and 272 comets.
10 hours ago · Body Date in UTC Time uncert. in min Nominal distance in au Min. possibile distance in au Distance uncert. in au; EARTH: 1951-04-08 15:13: 663.6: 0.1448678
1 day ago · Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. [1] Notable asteroid mining challenges include the high cost of spaceflight , unreliable identification of asteroids which are suitable for mining, and the challenges of extracting usable material in a space environment.
16 hours ago · As it makes its closest approach, estimated to be around 6.04 million kilometers from Earth, 2015 KJ19 emphasises the vastness of space and the significance of tracking Near-Earth Objects (NEOs ...
8 hours ago · The NASA Center for Near Earth Object Studies continuously monitors asteroids and other objects close to Earth or are in the process of entering the atmosphere of our planet. The next few asteroids close to Earth apart from 2024 JG 15 are the following and all of them are expected to come close to Earth on May 21. 2024 KC- Its size is 23 feet.
1 day ago · The catalog's first object is 1 Ceres, discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801, while its best-known entry is Pluto, listed as 134340 Pluto. The vast majority (97.3%) of minor planets are asteroids from the asteroid belt (the catalog uses a color code to indicate a body's dynamical classification ).
