Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: an image – 02 Mar. 2021
We captured (99942) Apophis again, while it is ready to come relatively close (15 millions of km) to us and we are ready to share it live with you. Here it is our image. The...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: an image – 15 Feb. 2021
Eight years after our past observations, we captured again (99942) Apophis, the king of potentially hazardous asteroids. Next month it will be relatively close (15 millions of km from us) and we will show...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis close encounter: online observations – 6 Mar. 2021.
By far the most famous potentially hazardous asteroid, (99942) Apophis will have a relatively close approach to Earth next 6 Mar. While waiting for its record-setting 2029 fly-by, we will share this upcoming opportunity...
Near-Earth asteroid 2021 CO very close encounter: an image – 11 Feb. 2021
On 11 Feb. 2021, the near-Earth asteroid 2021 CO had a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 360000 km, less than the average...
Sette secoli dalla morte di Dante: un’osservazione astronomica davvero speciale – 2 Feb. 2021
Un’osservazione celeste del tutto particolare, nell’anno che celebra Dante Alighieri a VII secoli dalla morte. Un viaggio con gli occhi alle stelle, alla ricerca di un puntino speciale. Vi è un viaggio che, credo,...
Asteroid (2999) Dante: an image to start celebrating the Poet, 700 years after his death – 02 Feb. 2021
This year, Italy and the world will celebrate one of the greatest poets ever: Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321). He wrote the “Divina Commedia” (“Divine Comedy”), one of the greatest work of world literature....
Farewell, mini-moon: 2020 SO very close approach, online observation – 01 Feb. 2021
After its extremely close fly-by last Dec., 2020 SO is safely coming very close again, this time to say farewell. As we know, it is the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission, which...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO: rotation and time-lapse – 01 Dec. 2020
We present a time-lapse and a lightcurve of 2020 SO, very likely the booster involved in the launch of the Surveyor 2 spacecraft to the Moon in 1966. See how it was blinking! After...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO extremely close encounter: image and rotation – 01 Dec. 2020.
Earlier today, we managed to capture 2020 SO, likely the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission. We could also detect evidence of its spin rate and we share our imagery with you. The...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO extremely close encounter: a image – 22 Nov. 2020
Next 1 Dec. 2020, the near-Earth object 2020 SO will safely have a extremely close encounter with our planet, coming as close as 50000 km (13% of the average lunar distance). Curiously, it is...
2020 SO extremely close encounter: asteroid or Surveyor 2 rocket booster? Online observations – 30 Nov. 2020
On 1 Dec. 2020, the near-Earth object 2020 SO will have a extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 50000 km from the Earth, 13% of the average lunar distance. We...
Near-Earth asteroid 2020 VX4 very close encounter: a image – 17 Nov. 2020
On 18 Nov. 2020, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 VX4 had a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 400000 km, marginally more than the...
Near-Earth asteroid 2020 VP1 extremely close encounter: a image – 10 Nov. 2020
A couple of hours ago, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 VP1 had a extremely close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 184000 km, 0.48 times the...
Near-Earth asteroid 2020 UF3 extremely close encounter: a record setting observation- 22 Oct. 2020
Earlier today, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 UF3 safely came very close to our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 42000 km, 11% the average distance of the Moon. It was...
