On July 25th, asteroid 2019 OK flew by Earth at a distance of only 40,000 miles (65,000 kms). Measuring around 330 feet (100 meters) wide, asteroids the size of 2019 OK are relatively common in […]
Asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within 19,000 miles of the Earth’s surface on April 13, 2029, which is closer than some satellites currently orbiting our planet. Furthermore, the huge 1,500 feet long and 550 feet […]
Around 66 million years ago, a huge 10-15 kilometers wide asteroid abruptly ended the 180 million year reign of the dinosaurs. The devastation which has left a 150 kilometers in diameter crater, the second-largest crater […]
The image above includes a light-curve derived 3D model of the C-type asteroid designated 10 Hygiea, the fourth largest asteroid in the solar system by both volume and mass, the latter of which is estimated […]
The image above shows the somewhat oblate shape of the B-type asteroid designated 2 Pallas, which is the second asteroid to be discovered, and the third most massive, containing about 7% of all the mass […]
The asteroid designated 4 Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 525 kilometres (326 miles). Discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807, and named after […]
The image above shows a near true color picture of the C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid 1 Ceres, the first asteroid ever to be discovered, and the biggest object in the asteroid belt. With a diameter of […]
Last month, Hawaiian based astronomers using the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS 1 telescope discovered the first confirmed asteroid in our solar system originating from another star. While the reddish, cigar-shape object has been given the […]
In general terms, the asteroid belt is defined as the relatively thickly populated region approximately between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. Also known as the main-asteroid belt to differentiate between it and […]
The number of asteroids and comets which pass close to our planet has now passed the 10,000 mark, after the Pan-STARRS-1 telescope on the Hawaiian Island of Maui added asteroid 2013 MZ5 to the list […]
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