5 days ago · A near-Earth object is an asteroid or comet which passes close to the Earth's orbit. In technical terms, a NEO is considered to have a trajectory which brings it within 1.3 …

Dec 9, 2018 · The Near-Earth Object Surveillance Mission (NEOSM), will set up in space an infrared telescope designed to survey the Solar System for potentially hazardous asteroids. Its …

Jun 13, 2010 · More recently, the operation of dedicated near-Earth object (NEO) surveys has led to the discovery of a number of dual-designated objects that were initially identified as …

May 15, 2024 · A near-Earth asteroid (NEA) is defined as an asteroid with perihelion q < 1.3 a.u. (McFadden et al., 2006).The large number of NEAs has greatly affected human space …

Jan 1, 2012 · The Near-Earth Object (NEO) population consists of minor planets with perihelia q < 1.3 AU. 1 The asteroidal component of the NEO population is divided into the four named …

4 days ago · IAWN. The International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) is a virtual network linking together the institutions performing functions such as discovering, monitoring and …

Sep 15, 2018 · Understanding the orbital and size distributions as well as the source regions for near-Earth objects (NEOs; for a glossary of acronyms and terms, see Table 1) is one of the …

May 15, 2019 · To be classified as a near-Earth object, the orbit perihelion distance (q) must be less than 1.3 astronomical units (AU). Amor objects (abbreviated AMO) are those whose …

Sep 1, 2013 · Various methods have been proposed to avoid the collision of a Near-Earth Object (NEO) with the Earth. Each of these methods relies on a mitigation concept (deflection or …

Sep 15, 2016 · Current and future projects for NEO space-based observation are the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite in an Earth-centred sun-synchronous orbit (Stokes, 2003) and the …