... Asteroid 2000 PH5 imaged with ESO's 3.5m New Technology Telescope in Chile on August 27, 2003, over a time span of 77 minutes. ... The asteroid can be seen moving relative to the background stars. ESO. ...
... This conceptual image shows NASAтАЩs Orion spacecraft approaching the robotic asteroid capture vehicle. ... The trip from Earth to the captured asteroid will take Orion and its two-person crew an estimated nine days. // NASA. ...
... After undergoing a catastrophic collision, the color of an asteroid gets modified rapidly by the solar wind so that it resembles the mean color of extremely old asteroids. ...
... This image shows the relative locations of asteroid 2014 DX110 and Earth on March 4, 2014. ... The asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth on March 5 at about 1 p.m. PST (4 p.m. EST). NASA/JPL-Caltech. ...
... A UMd-led team has found asteroids, as old as our solar system. ... Gaspra, imaged above, is an asteroid in our solar system that orbits the Sun. NEAR/ JPL/NASA. ...
... Dawn will use an ion propulsion system to journey to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ... Once there, it will study Ceres, Vesta, and other asteroids with a suite of scientific instruments. UCLA / William K. Hartmann. ...
... An image of the asteroid Kleopatra taken by the Keck II telescope with adaptive optics, before (left) and after processing. ... The asteroid, shaped like a dog bone, has two moons, the outer Alexhelios and the inner Cleoselene. ...
... discovered that studying meteorites from the giant asteroid Vesta helps them understand the event known as the "lunar cataclysm," when a repositioning of the gas giant planets destabilized a portion of the asteroid belt and triggered a solar-system-wide ...
... These illustrations show the asteroid belt in the present day and in the early solar ... image shows the conventional model for the asteroid belt, largely composed of rocky ...
... Faint dust plumes bookend asteroid (596) Scheila, which is overexposed in this composite. ... The UVOT images were acquired December 15, 2010, when the asteroid was about 232 million miles (373 million kilometers) from ...