Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: new image – 24 Mar. 2020
We are happy to share with you a new image of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: it is safely coming as close as 6.3 millions of km next 29 April. We will...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: image and video – 20 Mar. 2020
We present here a new image and movie of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, coming as close as 6.3 millions of km next 29 April. Quite a large distance, telling us it will...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: images and video – 16 Mar. 2020
We continue observing the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, while it slowly prepares its flyby with our Earth, coming as close as 6.3 millions of km next month. So, a large distance, telling...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: an image – 6 Mar. 2020
While the worldwide press is talking about it, we imaged the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, while it is slowly and safely approaching us. This 1.8-4.1 km large minor planet will be at...
Asteroid (10931) Ceccano: a new image 22 years after its discovery – 22 Feb. 2020.
I discovered asteroid (10931) Ceccano on 16 Feb. 1998, a few months after building my observatory. It was my first asteroid discovery and my second discovery ever. Looking at it from time to time...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2020 CG2 very close encounter: an image (16 Feb. 2020)
One hour ago, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 CG2 had a safe, very close encounter with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of about 850.000 km, 2.3 times the average distance the Moon....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 AN3 close encounter: an image (16 Jan. 2020)
Earlier today, 17 Jan. 2020, the potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) 2020 AN3 had a safe close with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of 3 millions of km, 8 times the average...
2020 AV2, the first intervenusian asteroid ever discovered: an mage – 08 Jan. 2020
Among hundreds of thousands of known asteroids, only 21 ones are known/suspected to have an orbit entirely inside that of the Earth. The just discovered 2020 AV2 is the first one to move entirely...
Asteroid (4) Vesta almost at opposition: an image – 7 Nov. 2019
Asteroid (4) Vesta is approaching its opposition and we managed to image it. It is the brightest minor planet in our Solar System, sometimes visible by naked eye. The image above comes from a...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UM12 very close encounter: an image (7 Nov. 2019)
Later today, 7 Nov. 2019, the near-Earth asteroid 2019 UM12 will safely come very close to our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of 487.000 km, a bit more than the average distance...
(10) Hygiea: asteroid or dwarf planet?
You might have read of (10) Hygiea these days, after some new observations suggested it could be another dwarf planet. On this wave of interest, we imaged it, also because it is an Italian...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UG11 very close encounter: online observations – 1 Nov. 2019
On 1 Nov. 2019, the near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UG11 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 210.000 km from the Earth, a bit more than half of the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UG11 very close encounter: an image (30 Oct. 2019)
Next 1 Nov. 2019, the near-Earth asteroid 2019 UG11 will have a safe, very close encounter with the Earth, coming at about 210.000 km from us, marginally more than half of the average distance...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2019 UB8 very close encounter: an exceptional image (29 Oct. 2019)
Our live feed covering the very close encounter, last night, of the near-Earth asteroid 2019 UB8 with our planet was super. While the sky was not ideal because of the clouds, we had a...
