Asteroid 2013 ET approaches our planet
On 3 March 2013, the Catalina Sky Survey discovered 2013 ET, a small asteroid with an estimated size around 100 meters. This cosmic rock is approaching our planet and on 9 March at 12:09...
Category: near Earth
Asteroid 2013 EC close encounter: amazing image and video from the Virtual Telescope
On 2 Mar. 2013, asteroid 2013 EC was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon survey and it showed an orbit bringing it quite close to the Earth. On March 4, it will reach a minimum...
Asteroid 2012 DA14 very close encounter: an exceptional sequence
Last night, asteroid 2012 DA14 did its exceptional close passage, reaching on 15 Feb. at 19:25 UT a minimum distance of about 27500 km from the surface of our planet. The Virtual Telescope planned...
Asteroid 2012 DA14: path in the sky from Italy
Questa carta mostra il percorso nel cielo dell’asteroide 2012 DA14 la sera del 15 Febbraio, così come visibile da Milano, Roma e Palermo. Le posizioni sono state accuratamente calcolate tenendo conto degli effetti dell’attrazione...
Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14: star map (geocentric)
The map above shows the path in the sky of asteroid 2012 DA14 around its very close approach, next 15 Feb. 2013. Positions are calculed for an ideal observer sitting at the center of...
Asteroid 2012 DA14: view of the close encounter
The near-Earth asterid 2012 DA14 is going to have a record close approach with our planet on Feb. 15, 2013. The video below shows the approach, keeping the asteroid in the center of the...
Near-Earth asteroid 2011 MD: an amazing movie
At the end of June 2011, our planet was brushed by a little (7 to 15 meters in diameter) asteroid, 2011 MD. It reached a minimum distance for the surface of our planet of about...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: updates (11 Jan. 2013)
After its relatively close encounter with our planet (at 15 millions of km from the Earth) , potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis was imaged again at the Virtual Telescope, using the 17″ robotic unit, to...
Waiting for asteroid 2012 DA14 close encounter next Feb.
As our visitors well know, the Virtual Telescope Project and its team reserve a special attention to those asteroids closely approaching our planet. This in true in two different ways: at one side, the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: updates (8 Jan. 2013)
At about 36 hours from the minimum distance (15 millions of km from the Earth) , potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis was imaged again with the Virtual Telescope, this time using the 17″ robotic...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: a movie
The Virtual Telescope observed the potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis several times over the past few days and finally, using a set of images captured on Jan. 4, it was possible to make this...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: getting closer (5 Jan. 2013)
The Virtual Telescope is continuing tracking the interesting and famous potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis. It will reach a distance of 15 millions of km from the Earth on Jan. 2013, with no risks...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: new image (4 Jan. 2013)
The famous potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis is on its way to reach the minimum (but very large to be safe) distance of 15 millions of km from us in a few days. The...
Potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis: a new encounter
If there is an asteroid which does not need to have its name introduced to the public, it is the potentially hazardous one (99942) Apophis. This about 300-meters large rock was discovered in 2004...
