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Waiting for CONTOUR to Call
20/08/02
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NASA mission controllers continue to listen for signals from the CONTOUR spacecraft.
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Farewell to Asteroid 2002 NY40
19/08/02
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Asteroid 2002 NY40 has now passed us by and is not expected to come quite as close again.
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NASA Search For CONTOUR
17/08/02
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Flight controllers continue to search for the CONTOUR spacecraft and are awaiting its scheduled antenna broadcasts.
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CONTOUR Broken In Two?
17/08/02
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Two parallel trails observed by a Spacewatch telescope in Arizona may suggest that the CONTOUR spacecraft has broken in two.
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Contact with CONTOUR lost
16/08/02
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Mission operators are continuing to scan the skies for the CONTOUR spacecraft, after losing contact following the igniting of its solid-propellant rocket motor to send the craft out of earth orbit.
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500th SOHO Comet Discovered
15/08/02
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The 500th comet has been discovered in images from SOHO by German amateur astronomer Rainer Kracht.
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The Perseids Put On Heavenly Show
14/08/02
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With up to two meteors per minute the Perseids have put in a heavenly show in the skies over the UK.
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Don Quixote to Protect Earth
12/08/02
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The Don Quixote mission, under investigation by the company Diemos-Space, may test how an asteroid could be deflected.
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Comet Breaks into String
08/08/02
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Astronomers at the University of Hawaii have found 18 fragments of comet du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte.
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NASA Collects Stardust
08/08/02
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The NASA Stardust mission starts to collect interstellar dust for return to the Earth.
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Track Your Own Asteroid
08/08/02
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On August 17 and 18 asteroid 2002 NY40 may be seen in the night sky with a pair of binoculars.
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Perseid Meteor Shower
08/08/02
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The Perseid Meteor Shower is expected to have 60 or more meteors per hour this year between August 10 and 15.
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No Impact in 2019
08/08/02
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As expected further observations of asteroid 2002 NT7 by astronomers around the globe confirm it will NOT collide with us in 2019.
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First UK crater discovered
01/08/02
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The UK's first ever crater has been discovered in the North Sea, 140 km from Scarborough
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LA REPORT - Asteroid Names
26/07/02
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The last day of the Meteoritical Society Meeting honours the best in meteorite and asteroid science.
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