hazardous object (PHO) is a near-Earth object – either an asteroid or a comet – with an orbit that can make close approaches to the Earth and which is... 32 KB (1,771 words) - 02:28, 13 February 2024 |
Torino scale (redirect from Most dangerous near earth objects) scale is a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. It is intended as a communication... 65 KB (6,471 words) - 05:53, 21 April 2024 |
The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15-cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope (similar to that... 23 KB (2,016 words) - 18:50, 6 August 2023 |
Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) was a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects. NEAT was conducted... 9 KB (572 words) - 18:34, 26 January 2024 |
Purple Mountain Observatory (redirect from Purple Mountain Observatory Near-Earth Object Survey Program) 2456 Palamedes, and the eponymous 3494 Purple Mountain. The Chinese Near-Earth Object Survey (CNEOS), based at the Xuyi Station (D29) in Xuyi, Jiangsu,... 67 KB (585 words) - 17:57, 24 May 2023 |
NEO Surveyor (redirect from Near earth object camera) NEO Surveyor, formerly called Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam), then NEO Surveillance Mission, is a planned space-based infrared telescope designed to... 26 KB (2,548 words) - 10:26, 5 April 2024 |
Impact event (redirect from Earth impacts) or meteoroids and have minimal effect. When large objects impact terrestrial planets such as the Earth, there can be significant physical and biospheric... 107 KB (12,095 words) - 20:56, 19 April 2024 |
99942 Apophis (category Near-Earth objects removed from the Sentry Risk Table) Apophis (provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of 370 metres (1,210 feet) that... 92 KB (7,241 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2024 |
The Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre (NEOCC) is the main centre of the Planetary Defence Office of the European Space Agency (ESA). The NEOCC, which... 2 KB (163 words) - 08:25, 20 April 2022 |
Asteroid impact prediction (category Near-Earth asteroids) asteroid impact event, and has developed and released the National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy Action Plan to better prepare. The first step... 110 KB (6,430 words) - 22:13, 16 March 2024 |
DANEOPS, the DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey, has been initiated to systematically search existing photographic plate archives for precovery... 441 bytes (39 words) - 01:07, 14 January 2021 |
Asteroid impact avoidance (category Earth) avoidance comprises the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted away, preventing destructive... 121 KB (13,431 words) - 20:42, 24 April 2024 |
The Near-Earth Object Confirmation Page (NEOCP) is a web service listing recently-submitted observations of objects that may be near-Earth objects (NEOs)... 5 KB (539 words) - 13:57, 13 February 2023 |
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (redirect from Near-Earth Object WISE) for near-Earth objects (NEO), such as comets and asteroids, that could collide with Earth. The reactivation mission was called Near-Earth Object Wide-field... 74 KB (7,379 words) - 07:16, 23 April 2024 |
Atira asteroid (redirect from Interior-Earth object) asteroids, also known as interior-Earth objects (IEOs), are Near-Earth objects whose orbits are entirely confined within Earth's orbit; that is, their orbit... 25 KB (1,808 words) - 21:56, 9 April 2024 |
Spaceguard (redirect from Near-Earth Object Program) discover, catalogue, and study near-Earth objects (NEO), especially those that may impact Earth (potentially hazardous objects). Asteroids are discovered... 15 KB (1,626 words) - 03:28, 24 November 2023 |
(29075) 1950 DA (category Potential impact events caused by near-Earth objects) (provisional designation 1950 DA) is a risk-listed asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately... 19 KB (1,439 words) - 11:04, 5 March 2024 |
(89959) 2002 NT7 (category Near-Earth objects removed from the Sentry Risk Table) (89959) 2002 NT7 (provisional designation 2002 NT7) is a near-Earth object with a diameter of 1.4 kilometers and potentially hazardous asteroid of the... 9 KB (658 words) - 00:55, 19 January 2024 |
An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists... 29 KB (1,594 words) - 13:53, 26 March 2024 |
Lunar distance (redirect from Earth-Moon distance) Sun). Lunar distance is commonly used to express the distance to near-Earth object encounters. Lunar semi-major axis is an important astronomical datum;... 40 KB (4,223 words) - 23:35, 1 April 2024 |
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (section Near-Earth object deflection and disaster response) conjunction with B612 Foundation members, helped obtain UN oversight of near-Earth object (NEO) tracking and deflection missions through COPUOS along with its... 26 KB (2,135 words) - 04:28, 9 January 2024 |
Space Situational Awareness Programme (category Near-Earth object tracking) Belgium. The near-Earth object segment aims to deliver monitoring and warning of potential Earth impactors and tracking of newly discovered objects. The segment's... 12 KB (1,179 words) - 13:50, 10 February 2023 |