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NEO Earth Close Approaches

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site. Data related to Earth impact risk, close-approaches, and much more.

Near-Earth object - Wikipedia

Near-Earth object · A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body · There are over 34,000 known near-Earth asteroids · Two scales, the simple Torino ...

NEO Basics - CNEOS - NASA

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site. Data related to Earth impact risk, close-approaches, and much more.

Center for NEO Studies

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site. Data related to Earth impact risk, close-approaches, and much more.

Near-Earth Objects - UNOOSA

A near-Earth object is an asteroid or comet which passes close to the Earth's orbit. In technical terms, a NEO is considered to have a trajectory which brings ...

Near Earth Objects | IAU - International Astronomical Union

An NEO is any comet or asteroid (also referred to, in particular, as Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs) that passes within 1.3 astronomical units (au) of the Sun.

NEO Close Approaches | TheSkyLive

A constantly up to date list of the predicted close approaches of Earth with of NEO Asteroids happening in the near future.

Near Earth Objects - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Let us now turn our attention to a larger class of extraterrestrial objects and the shock waves they produce. Asteroids and comets with a perihelion of 1.3 AU ...

Close Approaches List - NEO - NEOCC

). For example, the close approach to Earth of asteroid (99942) Apophis in 2029 will be a very rare event (this case will only appear in the ...

Near-Earth Object - UNDRR

A near-Earth object (NEO) is an asteroid or comet whose trajectory brings it to within 1.3 astronomical units of the Sun and hence within 0.3 astronomical ...

Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming flybys

Passing by at around 19,000 miles (31,000 km), the 1,100-foot-wide (340 m) asteroid will come closer than some satellites and should be so ...

Is there a distinction between NEOs and near-Earth asteroids? Is ...

1 Answer 1 ... Yes, Near Earth Objects (NEOs) include asteroids (Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs)) and a few percent of comets (Near Earth Comets (NECs)) ...

Near Earth Objects - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Near Earth Objects are celestial bodies that frequently visit Earth's vicinity, with some potentially entering the atmosphere and causing catastrophic events.

What You Need To Know About Asteroids and Other Near-Earth ...

Have burning questions about asteroids? Our experts have answers! (Spoiler Alert: none of them will hit Earth.) Our solar system is littered ...

Asteroid Watch | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Asteroid Watch: Keeping an Eye on Near-Earth Objects ... Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles (195 ...

Near-Earth Objects | UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal

A near-Earth object (NEO) is an asteroid or comet whose trajectory brings it within 1.3 astronomical units of the Sun and hence within 0.3 astronomical units.

#3 - Near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids threaten - LSAT ...

The argument is one from analogy. The conclusion has to do with government funding of NEO research, and the author brings up the completely different topic of ...

Near Earth Objects (NEOs) And Near Misses

Notable Near Earth Object near misses. One of the closest recorded encounters between a natural object and the Earth took place in November 2020, when an ...

Near Earth Object Project Group - Space Generation Advisory Council

Asteroids are discovered with the help of (optical) telescopes by amateur astronomers, using specialized software even you can make such a ...

Science Topic: Near-Earth Asteroids | AMNH

Rocky objects orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter - but some come much closer to our planet, and may be capable of causing global catastrophes.