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The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, ... then NEAR imaged 253 Mathilde in 1997 and landed on near–Earth asteroid 433 Eros in February 2001.
Additional precovery observations of the asteroid from 1990 were quickly found that refined the orbit and it is now known the asteroid will pass Earth on 26 October 2028, at a distance of 929,000 km (2.42 LD). [3] [14] [15] During the close approach, the asteroid should peak at about apparent magnitude 8.2, [16] and will be visible in ...
Most highly inclined known main-belt asteroid from August 17, 1998, to October 19, 1998 MPC (88043) 2000 UE 110: 51.998° October 29, 2000 First main-belt asteroid discovered and numbered to have an inclination greater than 50°. MPC (138925) 2001 AU 43: 72.132° January 4, 2001 A Mars-crosser and near-Earth object. MPC (127546) 2002 XU 93: 77 ...
The Uppsala–DLR Trojan Survey (UDTS, also known as UAO–DLR Trojan Survey) is an astronomical survey to study the movements and locations of asteroids near Jupiter, which includes Jupiter trojans and other asteroids, which line-of sight are frequently blocked by the giant planet.
Insertion reattempted successfully on 14 February 2000. Impacted asteroid at 20:01 on 12 February 2001 at end of mission, but survived impact and continued to operate on surface until 1 March. [6] – Cassini-Huygens Cassini: 15 October 1997 [1] Titan IV(401)B Centaur-T [7] NASA: 2685 Masursky: Flyby —
(433953) 1997 XR 2 is a sub-kilometer sized asteroid, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.It was discovered on 4 December 1997, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States.
A small asteroid will be pulled into orbit around the Earth as a “mini-moon” later this month before the space rock departs into other parts of the solar system.. The 10m-wide asteroid, dubbed ...
Common orbital subgroups of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the archetype object 1221 Amor / ˈ eɪ m ɔːr /.The orbital perihelion of these objects is close to, but greater than, the orbital aphelion of Earth (i.e., the objects do not cross Earth's orbit), [1] with most Amors crossing the orbit of Mars.