Near Earth Objects (Subscribe)
Categories
- Observatories (5)
- Near Misses (3)
Links
Wikipedia: Near-Earth object
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_object
Encyclopedia article covers collision danger, spacecraft access, efforts to catalog NEOs, classifications, impact hazard scales.
Understanding the Distribution of Near Earth Objects.
http://www.obs-nice.fr/morby/ESA/esa.html
Technical paper describing sources and orbital evolution of near Earth objects, and implications for NEO search efforts.
Tricky Science of Predicting Asteroid Collisions
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0405/p03s01-stss.html
Christian Science Monitor article examining asteroid collision science.
Ondrejov NEO Photometric Program
http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo_old.htm
Activities at Ondrejov Observatory, Czech Republic, for photometry and astrometry of NEOs. Project news, binary near Earth asteroids, people involved, lists of light curve parameters.
NeoDys, Near Earth Objects - Dynamic Site
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/neodys/
Searchable database of near Earth asteroids, risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth, orbit calculation software.
National Space Centre: Near Earth Objects
http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/Page.aspx/6/NEAR_EARTH_OBJECTS/
Virtual exhibition and online activities on the nature of NEOs and the hazard they pose, what efforts are being made to detect NEOs and avert collisions.
JPL Near-Earth Object Program
NASA NEO Program Office at JPL. Overview, press releases, FAQ, 3D orbit viewer. Research information and statistics, including risk calculations for possible collisions with Earth.
IAU / Near Earth Objects
http://www.iau.org/public_press/themes/neo/
Summary of research on near Earth objects, activities of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Near Earth Objects (WGNEO).
FMO Project
http://fmo.lpl.arizona.edu/FMO_home/index.cfm
A public program offered by the University of Arizona's Spacewatch Project. Volunteers review images to help find NEOs that the computers miss.
Earth Satellites for Asteroid Hunters
http://users.adam.com.au/dberesford/neosat.html
Data and software useful for identifying artificial satellites which might be mistaken for unknown near-Earth asteroids.
Dynamics of Small Bodies
http://www.astro.uwo.ca/~wiegert/
Offers essays by a university teacher on near Earth object with unusual orbits, such as 3753 Cruithne, 2002 AA29, hypothetical Earth trojans and quasi-satellites.
DLR-Archenhold Near Earth Objects Precovery Survey (DANEOPS)
A project to search photographic plate archives for images of known NEOs. Procedures used, team members, images and measurements of successful precoveries.
AstroGuard
News and information about advance warning of asteroid or cometary impacts.
Asteroid 1937 UB Hermes
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~s24/hermes.htm
Efforts on 1937 UB "Hermes", a long-lost Apollo asteroid, rediscovered in 2003, now numbered (69230) Hermes.
Arcetri Near Earth Object Precovery Program (ANEOPP)
http://www.arcetri.astro.it/science/aneopp/
A search for NEO images in existing photographic plate archives. Archives used, procedures, personnel involved, sample images.