As Earth says goodbye to 'mini-moon,' asteroid's possible lunar …
1 天前 · Called a "mini-moon" of sorts by some, it temporarily entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which follows a similar orbital path around the sun as the Earth.
Stadium-sized asteroid to zoom by Earth Thanksgiving week
1 天前 · Asteroid 2006 WM is considered a stadium-sized object, but even that is an estimate. According to NASA's NEO database, it could be larger, over 500 feet, or smaller. Large NEOs pass by Earth all the time, which sounds like bad news, but it’s fine. No, really, it is.
NASA Tracking Football Field-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
The asteroid—2006 WB—is estimated to be between 240 and 525 feet across and will pass us at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon. Technology News
Asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as temporary 'mini moon' - NBC News
Earth is set to play host to a visiting “mini-moon.” An asteroid is expected to swing by Earth next week, then spend about two months orbiting the planet as it gets temporarily caught by Earth’s...
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter.
A space rock is about to become Earth’s new ‘mini-moon’ - CNN
2024年9月20日 · The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from September 29 to November 25, according to astronomers. Then, the space...
Up close with a stony asteroid - CNN
2024年7月16日 · When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses...
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
2024年7月3日 · Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the other had been discovered only 13 days before its closest approach to Earth.
NASA’s DART mission will slam into an asteroid: Live updates | AP News
2022年9月27日 · A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away Monday.
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth ... - Associated Press News
2023年9月25日 · NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out.