Near Earth Objects Small Bodies Solar System
Near Earth Objects Small Bodies Solar System
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets that come relatively close to earth. They are of special interest because of the collision hazard they pose to Earth. Meteors, while certianly close to Earth, are generally not considered NEOs.
Top: Science: Astronomy: Solar System: Small Bodies: Near Earth Objects
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DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey (DANEOPS) - A project to search photographic plate archives for images of known NEOs. Procedures used, team members, images and measurements of successful precoveries.
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Arcetri Near Earth Object Precovery Program (ANEOPP) - A search for NEO images in existing photographic plate archives. Archives used, procedures, personnel involved, sample images.
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Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program - Activities at Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic, for photometry and astrometry of NEOs. Project news, binary near Earth asteroids, people involved, lists of light curve parameters.
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AstroGuard - News and information about advance warning of asteroid or cometary impacts.
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Earth Satellites for Asteroid Hunters - Data and software useful for identifying artificial satellites which might be mistaken for unknown near-Earth asteroids.
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Asteroids and Comets - Basic information about near Earth asteroids and the hazard they pose to Earth. Asteroid origins, potentially hazardous asteroids, Earth crossing asteroids, Torino impact scale.
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FMO Project - A public program offered by the University of Arizona's Spacewatch Project. Volunteers review images to help find NEOs that the computers miss.
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Tricky Science of Predicting Asteroid Collisions - Christian Science Monitor article examining asteroid collision science.
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Asteroid 1937 UB Hermes - Efforts on 1937 UB "Hermes", a long-lost Apollo asteroid, rediscovered in 2003, now numbered (69230) Hermes.
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Understanding the Distribution of Near Earth Objects. - Technical paper describing sources and orbital evolution of near Earth objects, and implications for NEO search efforts.
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JPL Near-Earth Object Program - NASA NEO Program Office at JPL. Overview, press releases, FAQ, 3D orbit viewer. Research information and statistics, including risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth.
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IAU / Near Earth Objects - Summary of research on near Earth objects, activities of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Near Earth Objects (WGNEO).
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Dynamics of Small Bodies - Offers essays by a university teacher on near Earth object with unusual orbits, such as 3753 Cruithne, 2002 AA29, hypothetical Earth trojans and quasi-satellites.
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Wikipedia: Near-Earth object - Encyclopedia article covers collision danger, spacecraft access, efforts to catalog NEOs, classifications, impact hazard scales.
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