[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...
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...
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...
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...
Last update: 6 Sept. 2012 You can read a report about this amazing live event. We hosted more than 100.000 individuals from about 160 different Countries. A planetary success! 2012 QG42 – 6 Sep....
asteroid / event / near Earth
Early in November 2011, asteroid 2005 YU55 brushed our planet, coming closer than the Moon! With a diameter of about 400 meters, it was at that time the largest object that was seen passing...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
** LIVE VIEW of asteroid 2012 DA14: click here! ** The Virtual Telescope Project is proud to invite you to a very spectacular online event, almost a once in a lifetime chance. On 15...
Asteroid 2012 OQ was discovered on July 17, 2012 by “La Sagra” survey, in Spain. The Virtual Telescope team contributed to confirm its existence and their observations were included in the discovery circular (MPEC 2012-O13). It turned out...
asteroid / event / near Earth
On 30 March 2012, the Virtual Telescope offered a live, exclusive event to show the passage of asteroid 2012 EG5 online. While waiting for that session, a few nights earlier we managed to follow this...
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