Asteroid - ESA

Asteroid - ESA. ESA PR 41-2005. Based on the recommendations of asteroid experts, ESA has selected two target asteroids for its Near-Earth Object deflecting .

After Chelyabinsk: European experts assess asteroid options - ESA

8 May 2013 ... In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing ...

ESA selects targets for asteroid-deflecting mission Don Quijote

ESA PR 41-2005. Based on the recommendations of asteroid experts, ESA has selected two target asteroids for its Near-Earth Object deflecting mission, Don ...

Russian asteroid strike - ESA

15 Feb 2013 ... A space rock a few metres across exploded in Earth's atmosphere above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia today at about 03:15 GMT.

Asteroid impact mission targets Didymos - ESA

22 Feb 2013 ... ESA's proposed Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission now has a target: asteroid Didymos. The recent Russian meteor and, on ...

Asteroids: Structure and composition of asteroids - ESA

From piles of 'rubble' to complex mixtures of metals, and carbon and silicon compounds, asteroids are not just dull grey lumps of cratered rock... We find that ...

Spotting an ancient asteroid - ESA

8 Feb 2013 ... How to see 2012 DA 14 on 15 February. Asteroid 2012 DA14 will reach its maximum brightness of about 8 stellar magnitudes when rising ...

Herschel intercepts asteroid Apophis - ESA

9 Jan 2013 ... Catalogued as asteroid (99942) Apophis (previously 2004 MN4), it is often nicknamed 'the doomsday asteroid' in popular media, after initial ...

Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) study - ESA

19 Dec 2012 ... The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a joint effort of ESA, JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR. The mission design ...

Asteroid deflection mission seeks smashing ideas - ESA

15 Jan 2013 ... A space rock several hundred metres across is heading towards our planet and the last-ditch attempt to avert a disaster – an untested mission ...