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NASA Releases Near-Earth Object Search Report
10/09/03
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NASA has released a technical report on potential future search efforts for
near-Earth objects after a year of analysis by scientists working on this
issue.
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Asteroids with Torino Scale ratings of 1 have become almost routine
10/09/03
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The increased ability to analyse impact probabilities decades into the future, for asteroids observed for only a few days or weeks, means Torino Scale ratings of '1' have become an almost routine event.
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High-Resolution Images of Asteroid (511) Davida
05/09/03
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A team of scientists from the W.M. Keck Observatory and several other research institutions have made the first full-rotational, ground-based observations of asteroid (511) Davida.
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New space news and information website launched
05/09/03
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The National Space Centre has launched a new website covering all the latest space news and information.
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Latest on 2003 QQ47
03/09/03
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As expected, asteroid 2003 QQ47 has been downgraded to a zero on the Torino scale, following 4 additional observations.
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid given Torino 1 rating
02/09/03
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A newly discovered 1.2 km wide asteroid has been given a Torino hazard rating of 1. Astronomers will continue to observe the space rock carefully to determine its orbit more accurately.
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World's largest robotic telescope ready to track NEAs
18/08/03
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The Liverpool Telescope, the world's largest fully robotic telescope, has taken its first images of the heavens this week. The two meter optical telescope is owned by the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) of Liverpool John Moores University (JMU).
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New impact crater discovered on Juno
11/08/03
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By combining modern technology with historical telescope observations, astronomers have made the first direct images of the surface of Asteroid Juno and discovered a fresh impact crater.
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Asteroids named after Columbia astronauts.
07/08/03
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Seven asteroids have been named after the final crew members of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The memorial asteroids orbit the Sun in the asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
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Comets Start to Look their Age
06/08/03
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Comets in the outer solar system are often thought to be the most pristine and unaltered samples of
the early solar system, however, the latest results suggests even they change with age.
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METSOC Report - New Craters
30/07/03
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Researchers from the University of Calgary report the discovery of a new type of crater on Mars at the Meteoritical Society Meeting in Munster, Germany.
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Asteroid Impacts less frequent than expected.
30/07/03
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Researchers have indicated that asteroids with diameters greater than two football pitches will hit the Earth every 160 000 years, opposed to 2 500 years as previously thought.
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NASA seeks to discover if comets seeded life on Earth.
23/07/03
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will lead the effort to discover if comets supplied the raw materials for the origin of life on Earth, and if they could do so for extra-terrestrial worlds as well.
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Asteroid hunt on target.
23/07/03
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A stated goal of finding 90 percent of all large Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) by 2008 is more or less on target, said leading experts at the General Assembly of the International Astronomy Union (IAU) in Sydney, Australia.
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Bigger Asteroids Explode Too
17/07/03
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The latest research suggests that larger asteroids than previously thought may explode in the atmosphere without making craters on the Earth's surface.
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