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Solar System
Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids
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The Russian Meteorite
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/17/13 |
| A worldwide network of sensors has been used to gather new information about the object that entered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over Siberia on February 15th. The object was unrelated to the asteroid 2012 DA14, which hours later made its flyby of Earth. |
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Vaporizing Threatening Asteroids
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/16/13 |
| Scientists have proposed a system that could eliminate the threat of asteroids that are roughly half the size of a football field. The process would take only an hour. The system also could destroy asteroids 10 times larger in about a year. |
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NASA Mission Will Estimate Asteroid Impact Hazard
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/11/13 |
| NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will take the most precise measurements of how warmth from the Sun can ultimately push asteroids and change their orbits. The data will help astrobiologists understand the risk of an asteroid collision with Earth in the future. |
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Newly-Discovered Comet Will Put on a Show Next Winter
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/08/13 |
| A newly discovered comet will make its first-ever journey into the inner solar system later this year. Comet ISON will appear bright in the night sky starting in November 2013. |
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February 15 Asteroid Fly By
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/04/13 |
| The small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth on February 15 that it will pass inside the ring of geosynchronous weather and communications satellites. |
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New Study Counters Clovis Comet
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
02/03/13 |
| A new study rebuts the hypothesis that an impact event 13,000 years ago brought about dramatic climate change in North America and led to the end of the Clovis culture. |
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Developing a Robotic Fleet to Mine Asteroids
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
01/23/13 |
| Commercial asteroid hunters are planning to send a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft to hunt for resources to accelerate space development to benefit Earth. |
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Asteroid Belt Around Vega
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| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
01/11/13 |
| Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega. |
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