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2010 TK7: The First Earth Trojan Asteroid
July 29, 2011
After years of searching, astronomers have finally found an Earth Trojan
asteroid, 2010 TK7. A team led by Martin Connors of Athabasca University
in Canada announced the discovery in the current issue of the journal
Nature.
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Bend it Like Beckham! Small Asteroid to Whip Past Earth on June 27, 2011
June 23, 2011
Near-Earth asteroid 2011 MD will pass only 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) above the
Earth's surface on Monday June 27 at about 1:00 PM EDT.
The asteroid was discovered by the LINEAR near-Earth object discovery team
observing from Socorro, New Mexico.
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Comet Elenin: Preview of a Coming Attraction
May 4, 2011
You may have heard the news: Comet Elenin is coming to the inner-solar system this fall.
"Comet Elenin will not encounter any dark bodies that could perturb its orbit, nor will it influence us in any way here on Earth," said Yeomans. "It will get no closer to Earth than 35 million kilometers [about 22 million miles]."
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Approach Earth on November 8, 2011
March 10, 2011
Near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from the Earth on November 8, 2011. The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid presents an excellent opportunity for synergistic ground-based observations including optical, near infrared and radar data.
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Asteroid 2011 CQ1 Makes Close Earth Approach on February 4, 2011
February 4, 2011
Asteroid 2011 CQ1 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on February 4 and
made a record close Earth approach 14 hours later on February 4 at 19:39 UT
(14:39 EST). It passed to within 0.85 Earth radii (5480 km) of the Earth's
surface over a region in the mid-Pacific. This object, only about one meter
in diameter, is the closest non-impacting object in our asteroid catalog to
date.
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Asteroid 2010 TD54 to Pass Within Earth-Moon System on October 12, 2010
October 11, 2010
A small asteroid will fly past Earth early Tuesday
within the Earth-moon system. The asteroid, 2010 TD54, will have its
closest approach to Earth's surface at an altitude of about 45,000
kilometers (27,960 miles) at 6:50 EDT a.m. (3:50 a.m. PDT). At that
time, the asteroid will be over southeastern Asia in the vicinity of
Singapore. During its flyby, Asteroid 2010 TD54 has zero probability of
impacting Earth.
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Two Small Asteroids to Pass Close by Earth on September 8, 2010
September 7, 2010
Two asteroids, several meters in diameter and in unrelated orbits, will pass
within the Moon's distance of Earth on Wednesday, September 8th. The Catalina
Sky Survey near Tucson Arizona discovered both objects on the morning
of September 5 during their routine monitoring of the skies.
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Asteroid 2010 KQ: Probably a Rocket Body
May 27, 2010
A small asteroid-like object has been discovered in an orbit about the Sun that is so similar to the Earth's orbit that scientists strongly suspect it to be a rocket stage that escaped years ago from the Earth-Moon system.
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