Asteroid 2012 SW2 close approach
On 16 Sept. 2012 Richard E. Hill, from Mt. Lemmon in Arizona, discovered a small near-Earth asteroid, 2012 SW2, going to have a close approach with our planet on Sept 19, at 14:19 UT,...
Category: near Earth
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42: video from our 15 Sept. 2012 live event
The video below shows potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QG42 as seen during our “last minut call” online event. We managed to use all the images obtained that night. It is a very enjoyable...
Asteroid 2012 QG42: last minute call!
On 15 Sept. 2012, at 19.30 UT, the Virtual Telescope will offer a free, last minute live view of potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QG42. To join, you just need to enter, at the given date and time,...
Potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50 close encounter: 8 Oct. 2012
After asteroid 2012 QG42, on 9 Oct. 2012, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50, discovered on 28 Aug. 2012 by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, will approach our planet with a minimum (safe!) distance...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42: video from our 11 Sept. 2012 live event
On Sept. 11 we offered the first online, live event to show asteroid 2012 QG42 to the world. About 1.000 viewers joined the online session, mainly from Italy, as it was the Italian version...
Asteroid 2012 QG42 and an artificial satellite
While preparing for a session on asteroid 2012 QG42, a test image was taken with the Planewave 17” unit part of theVirtual Telescope. The asteroid showed as a little trail, while there was a...
2012 QG42: ephemerides
A Minor-Planet Follow-Up Page 2012 QG42 This page provides ephemeries for ths potentially hazardous asteroid A PDF document describing the use of the MPES is available. Information on any known problems with this service...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42: the Virtual Telescope shows its amazing capabilities.
These images, 600 seconds long exposure each, were taken remotely with the Planewave 17” (432/2939 mm) + Paramount ME robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. They show asteroid 2012 QG42 in two...
Asteroid 2012 QG42 getting closer – 10 Sept. 2012
On Sept. 2012, while waiting for its close approach, the Virtual Telescope Planewave 17″ unit was slewed to image asteroid 2012 QG42 again. This time, the Paramount ME robotic mount was left tracking at...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42: a spectacular movie
On 9 Sept. 2012 the robotic Planewave 17″ unit part of the Virtual Telescope was used again to image asteroid 2012 QG42. It was brighter and faster than the previous night, getting closer to...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42: a movie
[hana-flv-player video=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/2012qg42_8sept2012b.flv” width=”640″ description=”” player=”4″ autoload=”true” autoplay=”false” loop=”false” autorewind=”true” /] On 8 Sept. 2012 the robotic Planewave 17″ unit part of the Virtual Telescope was remotely used to capture the movie above of asteroid...
Asteroid 2012 QG42: where to find it in the sky
All around, there is a great interest for this asteroid. 2012 QG42 is going to have a close encounter with our planet, touching a minimum distance of about 7.5 times the distance of the...
Asteroid 2012 QG42 update: 8 Sept. 2012
Early on Sept. 8, the Virtual Telescope was remotely used to get more data on this potentially hazardous asteroid. Among others, we took a single image with our Planewave 17″ robotic unit, leaving the...
Asteroid 2012 QG42 update: 6 Sept. 2012
While waiting for the live, online event on this asteroid, at Virtual Telescope we are tracking 2012 QG42 while approaching our planet. We grabbed a few images on Sept.6 around 23:35 UT, while it...
