The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 is safely coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance. We imaged it along the way. The picture above comes from the...
Three weeks after the Nasa’s DART mission slammed into Didymos‘ moonlet Dimorphos, we imaged this binary asteroid, capturing the thin dusty tail it developed as a consequence of the impact. The image above comes...
On 1 Nov. 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 will have a close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance....
Next 1 Nov. 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 will have a close, but safe encounter with us, coming at about 2.3 millions of km from the Earth, six times the average lunar distance....
It is hard to comment the stunning experience we had last night: we saw in real-time, with our very own eyes, the effects of DART slamming into its target asteroid Didymos, making it much...
asteroid / event / satellite / spacecraft
Next 26 Sept. 2022, after a 10-month long journey, the Nasa’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft will reach the climax of its mission. It will impact on Dimorphos, the satellite of asteroid (65803) Didymos,...
In just three weeks, we will see the NASA’s DART mission at work to test asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor. We imaged the target, the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos. The image above comes from...
Ciao Piero, appena ho appreso che sei partito lungo un’altra orbita, ho pensato di “acciuffarti” tra gli asteroidi. Ricercare tra quei preziosi “sassi” personaggi e nomi illustri, per poi riprenderli al telescopio, mi è...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
Next 10 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NR will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 383000 km from the Earth, marginally closer than the average lunar distance. The...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
On 7 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NF will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 90.000 km from its center. We shared it live while...
On 6 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NE will have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 135.000 km from its center. We captured it while approaching...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
Next 7 July 2022, the near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NF will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 89.000 km from the Earth, 23% of the average lunar distance. The Virtual...
In occasione dell’edizione 2022 di Asteroid Day, il Virtual Telescope Project propone l’esplorazione in diretta degli asteroidi potenzialmente pericolosi. Grazie ai suoi sofisticati strumenti, sarà possibile osservare, via internet e comodamente dal proprio computer, tablet o smartphone,...
L’iniziativa ufficiale per l’Italia per celebrare insieme l’Asteroid Day! Un’iniziativa per curiosi del cielo, singoli appassionati e associazioni culturali! Partecipate numerosi. Comunicati Stampa Asteroid Day 2022: Comunicato Stampa (in Inglese) Asteroid Day Live 2022:...
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