Near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 close encounter: an image (15 Oct. 2017)
Next 21 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 will come at about 1.8 millions of km, almost five times the distance of the Moon. We captured it and we are happy to share...
Category: near Earth
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4: a great show for a super event (12 Oct. 2017)
Finally,, the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 safely brushed us and at Virtual Telescope we could show it to the world, live, online, as we always do when something special happens up there in the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 extremely close encounter: image and movie (09 Oct. 2017)
While waiting for our live event covering it, last night we imaged the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 on its journey to its safe very close approach. Be sure to be back for our live coverage!...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence online event: an epic success
The Virtual Telescope Project showed to the world the long awaited fly-by of the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence. Our live feed was featured by many very important international media, with a resulting audience...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence: a new image – (30 Aug. 2017)
While waiting to show it live, online tomorrow evening, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence again, while it was heading north. The image above comes from a single, 60-seconds...
See potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence with your binocular
These days, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence is making a safe, close encounter with our Earth. Thanks to its size (about 4.3 km), it will be bright enough to be visible with small binoculars....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence: an image (28 Aug. 2017)
Next 01 Sept. 2017, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence will safely come within 7 millions of km from the Earth, becoming the closest object of that size visiting us from the end of...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 3122 Florence close encounter: online event (31 Aug. 2017)
The potentially hazardous asteroid 3122 Florence will be a nice target in the sky at the end of August, offering us the closest approach, but safe, of an asteroid of this size over the...
Near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 coming very close this October: we are ready to show it to you
The near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 will safely come very close to us next 12 Oct. 2017. We already captured it last time, in 2012, when this 20 meters large object was discovered, and we are...
Asteroid Day 2017: “The Realm of Near-Earth Asteroids: online observing session” – 30 June 2017
Next 30 June 2017, anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event, we will celebrate the 3rd edition of “Asteroid Day“: it is “a global awareness movement where people from around the world come together to learn about...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25: an image from the live event (19 Apr. 2017)
As promised, we shared live images of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25 around its safe close encounter with the Earth. Below is one of the images we collected. The image above is the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25: an image (19 Apr. 2017)
A few hours before its minimum distance from the Earth, we observed the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25, while it was safely approaching us. The image above is a single, 30-seconds long exposure, remotely...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25 close encounter: online event (19 Apr. 2017)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 19 Apr. 2017, at 12:24 UT, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25 will reach the minimum distance from the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2017 FN1 extremely close encounter: an exceptional image (20 Mar. 2017)
On 20.3 March 2017, the Mt. Lemmon Survey discovered the near-Earth Asteroid 2017 FN1, which was posted on the NEO Confirmation Page of the Minor Planet Center as YF98B10. It was expected to safely reach...
