Telegraph.co.uk Nasa spacecraft spots ‘potentially hazardous’ new asteroidTelegraph.co.ukThe new asteroid is the first discovery by the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) since the spacecraft came out of hibernation last year. The rock, named 2013 YP139, is approximately 27…
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US undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discovery – UPI.com
UPI.com US undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discoveryUPI.comThe students in an undergraduate astronomy class confirmed that a previously unstudied asteroid, dubbed 3905 Doppler, is in fact two asteroids gravitationally tied to each other, the university reported Tuesday. Fewer than 100…
'Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid' Discovered By Group Of Undergrads – Headlines & Global News
Headlines & Global News ‘Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid‘ Discovered By Group Of UndergradsHeadlines & Global NewsThe class observed the asteroid through a telescope in Spain that they were able to access over the internet. Their assignment was to document intensities…
Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They … – iScienceTimes.com
iScienceTimes.com Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered By University of Maryland Students (And They …iScienceTimes.comThe binary asteroid, which has gone unnoticed by “real” astronomers until now, joins the ranks of fewer than 100 eclipsing binary asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter in…
Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroid – Phys.Org
Space News Recently reactivated NASA spacecraft spots its first new asteroidPhys.OrgThe six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid seen by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) since the spacecraft…
Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New AsteroidJet Propulsion LaboratoryNEOWISE’s New Find The six red dots in this composite picture indicate the location of the first new near-Earth asteroid seen by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared…
Wayward asteroids are in Ray's sights – Western Advocate
Wayward asteroids are in Ray’s sightsWestern AdvocateMr Pickard said this kind of asteroid research is mostly carried out in the northern hemisphere, but Australia is ideally situated for it. The amateur astronomer came to the notice of the space agency…
Wayward asteroids are in Ray's sights – Western Advocate
Wayward asteroids are in Ray’s sightsWestern AdvocateMr Pickard said this kind of asteroid research is mostly carried out in the northern hemisphere, but Australia is ideally situated for it. The amateur astronomer came to the notice of the space agency…
Rare, Eclipsing Binary Asteroids Discovered by Undergraduate Astronomy Class – Nature World News
Nature World News Rare, Eclipsing Binary Asteroids Discovered by Undergraduate Astronomy ClassNature World NewsA team of undergraduate students taking an astronomy lab course unwittingly made a valuable scientific observation when they chose to study the asteroid 3905 Doppler, discovering that…
NASA Slowly Amassing List of Potential Targets for Asteroid Retrieval Mission – Space News
Space News NASA Slowly Amassing List of Potential Targets for Asteroid Retrieval MissionSpace NewsWASHINGTON — NASA has identified about a dozen potential targets for its proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission, but will make no decision until at least 2017 about which…