09/14/2012 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42 (10 Sept. 2012)

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09/14/2012

Asteroid 2012 QG42 close approach: a memorable online event

Now that asteroid 2012 QG42 is leaving us after the close approach, I would like to share with you some thoughts about this experience, which is truly a record in the Virtual Telescope history....

Potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50 close encounter: 8 Oct. 2012

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09/14/2012

Potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50 close encounter: 8 Oct. 2012

After asteroid 2012 QG42, on 9 Oct. 2012, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50, discovered on 28 Aug. 2012 by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, will approach our planet with a minimum (safe!) distance...