Tag Archives: NEO

Asteroid 2005 YU55: No impact on the neighborhood

News: Impact Event    November 9, 2011
Asteroid 2005 YU55 photographed in passing…Credit: NASA November 9, 2011: It was a reminder for the neighborhood (Earth and Moon) that strangers pass in the night. Night being metaphorical in this case because the asteroid 2005 YU55 actually took about three days to orbit through the vicinity of the Earth and Moon. As asteroids go, [...]
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New Report: Get real about asteroids hitting Earth

News: Impact Event    January 23, 2010
It has been said, and said more often these days, that humanity is good at dealing with trouble in the here-and-now; and terrible at dealing with disaster in the future. Consider the response to the Haiti earthquake on one hand, and the just released report from the National Research Council (USA), Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth [...]
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Russians plan asteroid diversion

Spun: January 1, 2010
Nazdrovia! Nothing like starting off 2010 with a little talk of Armageddon (the movie). Rumors were flying around the Internet just before the New Year that the Russians are planning a mission to divert the asteroid 99942 Apophis away from Earth collision.
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