Asteroid Watch - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Did you ever wonder how NASA spots asteroids that maybe getting too close to Earth for comfort? Watch and learn. Find out more about NASA finds, studies and tracks near-Earth objects by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
2 days ago · 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.
Eyes on Asteroids | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
This interactive visualization uses data from JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), which computes high-precision orbits for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) in support of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office.
Sentry: Earth Impact Monitoring - NASA
Sentry is a highly automated collision monitoring system that continually scans the most current asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100 years. Whenever a potential impact is detected it will be analyzed and the results immediately published here, except in unusual cases where we seek independent ...
NASA - Center for NEO Studies
CNEOS is NASA's center for computing asteroid and comet orbits and their odds of Earth impact.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
Jul 3, 2024 · 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 Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
Sep 17, 2024 · This series of radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024, shows the near-Earth asteroid 2024 ON a day before its close approach with our planet.
Asteroid 2024 PT5's Orbit Around the Sun (Animation) | NASA Jet ...
Oct 2, 2024 · This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun. Because it has a similar orbit as our planet, the asteroid will linger as a distant companion for a few months, but it will not be captured by Earth's gravity.
Planetary Radar Observes 1,000th Near-Earth Asteroid Since 1968
Sep 3, 2021 · This animation shows asteroid 2016 AJ193 rotate as it was observed by Goldstone’s 70-meter (230 foot) antenna on Aug. 22, 2021. Three-quarters of a mile (1.3-kilometers) wide, the object was the 1,001st near-Earth asteroid to be measured by planetary radar since 1968.
NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over …
Jan 24, 2024 · This map shows the location where the small asteroid 2024 BX1 harmlessly impacted Earth’s atmosphere over Germany, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) west of Berlin, on Jan. 21. A NASA system called Scout predicted the impact time and site within 1 second and about 330 feet (100 meters).