Tag: Catalina Sky Survey
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A Run of Near-Earth Visitors: NASA-Tracked Asteroids Whiz Past Earth
Overview: What NASA’s JPL Has Reported NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which maintains the primary catalog of near-Earth objects (NEOs), has reported a close series of flybys by several small asteroids. According to JPL’s NEO database, three objects are currently on trajectories that will bring them past Earth in quick succession. While their sizes are…
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Aeroplane-Sized Asteroids Zip By Earth: NASA JPL Tracks Incoming Objects
Overview: NASA JPL Monitors a Busy Near-Earth Neighborhood Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which tracks near-Earth objects (NEOs), said a handful of small asteroids are on fast approaches to Earth. While none pose an immediate threat, the close-quarters flybys remind scientists why continuous monitoring is essential. JPL’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS)…
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Close-Area Mystery: 9.8-Foot Asteroid 2025 TF Zips Past Earth in Surprise Close Encounter
Overview: A Tiny Visitor Skims Past Earth In a rare, almost casual brush with our planet, a tiny asteroid roughly the size of a fridge to a small car—measuring between 3.2 and 9.8 feet across—sped past Earth at a proximity that caught researchers by surprise. The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed that the close approach…
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Close shave: 9.8-foot asteroid 2025 TF narrowly misses Earth, spotted hours later
Asteroid 2025 TF: a very small visitor with a timed surprise Astronomers confirmed a surprising close encounter with a tiny asteroid known as 2025 TF. Although it registered no threat to Earth, the event drew attention to how many small space rocks zip past our planet every year without immediate notice. ESA researchers categorized the…
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Sneaky asteroid buzzed Earth near Antarctica, unseen for hours
What happened: a tiny rock slips past Earth Last week, a small asteroid surprised astronomers by zipping past Earth closer than most satellites. The object, officially designated 2025 TF, passed over Antarctica at an altitude of about 265 miles (428 kilometers) at 8:47 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 30 (04:47 GMT Wednesday, Oct. 1), according…