「planetary-defense」のタグが付いた記事一覧
旗艦の全天マッピング計画が始まる前に収集された初期サーベイデータを使い、ヴェラ・C・ルービン天文台はすでに11,000個の新たに特定された小惑星を太陽系の目録に追加した。
2029年4月にアポフィス小惑星が地球に最接近する際、民間の着陸機を含む複数の宇宙船がこれを迎え、これまでに試みられた中で最も野心的な小惑星遭遇ミッションとなります。
NASA's Daily Minor Planet citizen science project has expanded to include data from the powerful Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, enabling detection of near-Earth asteroids two to three times fainter than before.
The Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey will detect one-meter class objects heading for Earth, enabling precise impact site predictions.
Fan-like patterns on Dimorphos confirm material transfer between binary asteroids, a first in planetary science.
NASA has confirmed that its DART mission not only altered Dimorphos's orbit around Didymos but actually changed the asteroid system's orbit around the sun.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, featuring the world's largest digital camera at 3.2 gigapixels, is preparing to begin its decade-long survey of the southern sky. In its first year alone, the telescope will catalog more objects than every other optical observatory in human history combined.
