Entries from Royal Observatory, Greenwich tagged with 'asteroids'

New exhibition - Impact: Collisions and Catastrophes

From meteor showers to giant asteroid impacts, the Earth is constantly bombarded by debris from space. A brand-new exhibition now open at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich takes a look at these fiery visitors and their impact on our planet,...

Geminids meteor shower 2009

This weekend the annual Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak, on the night of 13 December and the morning of 14 December. The Earth will be ploughing through a stream of debris left behind by asteroid 3200 Phaethon, and...

The largest digital camera in the World...

The largest digital camera in the World...

100 years since the Tunguska Event

A summary of Prof Mark Bailey's lecture at NAM2008

Another large asteroid passes Earth

A 250m-diameter (600ft) asteroid passed by the Earth this morning (29 January, closest approach at 0833 GMT). The asteroid, 2007 TU24, came as close as 538,000km (334,000 miles), just beyond the Moon's orbit.

Passing asteroid 2008 AF3

The 27-metre diameter asteroid 2008 AF3 will tonight pass by the Earth as close as the Moon (see its orbit here). In fact, it is passing so close that you can see it for yourself (from a dark site, with...

Will an asteroid hit Mars in January?

A recently discovered asteroid, which passed close to the Earth in November, may strike Mars on 30 January 2008. Asteroid 2007 WD5 will pass very close to Mars at the end of the month. Astronomers had originally estimated a 1...

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