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Small Asteroid to Pass Within Earth-Moon System Tuesday [Oct., 12]
An Asteroid Will Pass Very Close to Earth
Tomorrow
Two Small Asteroids to Pass Close by Earth on September 8, 2010
Two Asteroids to Pass by Earth Wednesday (Sep.8)
CSS Asteroid to Fly by Within Moon's Orbit
CSS P.I. is SkyCenter's New Faculty Advisor
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.
