March Newsletter from NEOCC
The ESA SSA-NEO Coordination Centre has released its March newsletter. Download it here to learn about the most relevant data and events on asteroids and comets approaching the orbit of the Earth. If you want the newsletter straight in your inbox every month, just fill in the form here.
Second transient Earth Trojan
Good morning Neorockers and friends! Starting the day by sharing important developments in the asteroid world. Until now, we knew for sure that only one asteroid Earth Trojan (2010 TK7) existed. Ground-breaking research has changed this, with the confirmation that 2020 XL5 is in fact the second transient Earth Trojan. In this recently published article, you can find out more about the
Don’t panic and look up!
Have you watched Don’t look up and are you wondering what would happen in real life with a NEO targeting Earth? Our NEROCKER Ettore Perozzi from the Italian Space Agency can help us understand the difference between fiction and reality. On the one hand, rather than relying on manual calculations performed by a single team of astronomers, in real life, interconnected nets
Happy, NeoRocking New Year!
Here we are in 2022! Happy New Year to all you Neorockers out there! January is an interesting month to look up at the sky. Check out here what planets will be on show this month. NEOROCKS will be busy this month too! Pop back soon to find out more! Photo by Weston MacKinnon on Unsplash