Minutes ago, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 RZ6 had a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 340000 km, 0.88 times the average distance of...
A few hours ago, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 RD4 had a extremely close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 110000 km, 0.28 times the average...
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On 14 Sept. 2020, the near-Earth Asteroid 2020 RD4 will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 100000 km from the Earth, 1/4th of the average lunar distance. The...
Earlier today, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 RF3 had a extremely close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 92000 km, 0.24 times the average distance of...
Last night, 8 Sept. 2020, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 RJ had a close, but safe encounter with our planet. It came as close as 1.2 millions of km, so about 3.3 times the average...
Four years after our last visit, we observed asteroid (66458) Romaplanetario again. Discovered on 22 Aug. 1999 by Gianluca Masi, its official name was proposed by the discoverer to celebrate the Planetarium of Rome....
Likely, you have heard about near-Earth asteroid 2011 ES4. It was “lost” and it was predicted to have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth. A few days ago, it was “rediscovered”...
Next 6 Sept. 2020, the potentially hazardous asteroid (465824) 2010 FR will have a relatively close and absolutely safe encounter with our planet. It will come as close as 7.5 millions of km, so...
A couple of days ago, the 1964-054A = OGO-1 satellite reentered the Earth atmosphere, after 56 years (1964-2020) in space. We imaged it both on 28 and 29 Aug., the latter date a couple...
20 years after discovering it, I re-observed asteroid “(98722) Elenaumberto“, celebrating my parents for, among many other reasons, being my most precious supporters in my astronomical adventure since I was a child. The image...
Since its discovery, we regularly observed supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85, covering its evolution for exactly two months. Now that its observing season has ended, we are pleased to share our lightcurve. The...
We imaged the bright supernova SN 2020rcq and its host galaxy UGC 6930, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of seven,...
Last 20 Aug., the near-Earth asteroid 2020 PY2 safely reached a distance of 350000 km from us, closer than our Moon. We imaged it and here we share our picture. The image above comes...
We imaged supernova SN 2020qxp and its host galaxy NGC 5002, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The images above come each from the average of six, 120-seconds...
Later today, near-Earth asteroid 2020 PY2 will have a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 350000 km, 0.91 times the average distance of...
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