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Small Asteroid 2009
VA Whizzes By The Earth
Third-closest known (non-impacting) Earth approach on record for a cataloged asteroid.
Earth almost
hit by asteroid
Surprise! Unknown Asteroid Buzzed Earth
Small
Asteroid 2009 VA Whizzes By Earth
Catalina Sky Survey Spawns Catalina Real-Time Transient
Survey
CSS works with local
community to curb light pollution.
Another CSS asteroid "buzzes" by earth!
Space Daily - DEEP IMPACT: Another Space-Rock Buzzes Earth
A less than 50 meter wide asteroid, 2009 DD45, discovered by Siding Spring Observatory, passed within 80,000km of the
earth at 13:44 UT on March 2.
National
Geographic
New
Scientist
The UA's Catalina Sky Survey has had great success finding near-Earth objects, having located about 70 percent of all such objects discovered in the last three years. The survey team, which has just received $3.16 million from NASA to continue the search, is credited with spotting more than 560 near-Earth objects last year alone . a record-setting figure . and is about to begin working with another telescope.
LPL in the Spotlight
article
Full U/Az press release
Jordanian Press
During the fall of 2008, the Catalina Sky Survey at the UA detected an object on
an earthbound trajectory that ended up creating a fireball streak in the skies of
Sudan. That's the survey team's job . finding comets, asteroids and other
objects. Formed in 1998 as part of a mandate from the U.S. Congress, the Catalina
Sky Survey is working to help catalogue at least 90 percent of near-Earth objects
that are about the size of a cruise ship, or larger.
Video here.
