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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-01-09 03:13:46

Dynamical development of strength and stability of #asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation: #impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks, a breakthrough with direct implications for #PlanetaryDefence strategies: ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01-08-new-s

@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2026-02-09 08:47:12

The latest post on the DLR Space Blog is about the #RAMSES mission, which will accompany the #asteroid #Apophis as it soars past Earth in 2029 - and about the instrument

Mission RAMSES: RPS und MARIE untersuchen den Durchflug von Asteroid Apophis durch die Magnetosphäre der Erde
Die RAMSES-Raumsonde ist ein Nachbau der Hera-Mission der Europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA – mit kleineren Änderungen an der Raumsonde und teilweise neuen Instrumenten. So wie Hera wird RAMSES ebenfalls zwei Kleinsatelliten, die CubeSats „Farinella“ und „Don Quijote“, auswerfen. Hier gibt es bei „Don Quijote“aber eine Neuerung in der Missionsausrichtung: Der CubeSat wird als Lander geplant, Hauptziel ist die Landung auf Apophis.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-03-06 20:14:03

So there is an upcoming novel about #asteroid #2024YR4 which has just sold its movie rights: #TheLastOrbit eventually figure out that it's not only no risk for Earth anymore (as has been known for a year now, of course) but also not for the Moon. Talk about bad timing ... ;-)

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-03-06 19:38:26

Direct detection of an asteroid’s heliocentric deflection - the Didymos system after DART: #DART Mission Changed Orbit of #Asteroid #Didymos Around Sun: nasa.gov/missions/dart/nasas-d

@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2026-01-08 13:59:08

#ESA ’s and #JAXA ’s upcoming space mission #RAMSES, which will rendezvous with near-Earth #asteroid

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-03-04 04:06:24

On the night of February 5, 2026, the #Rubin team submitted a large batch of approximately 20,000 #asteroid candidate discoveries to the #MinorPlanetCenter, corresponding to roughly 246,000 individual observations: minorplanetcenter.net/media/ne - the "MPC successfully processed the entire submission. This unusually large batch provided a valuable end-to end stress test of our pipeline and allowed us to identify a few bottlenecks and areas where performance and automation can be improved."

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-02-26 19:08:41

As reported in cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/ the main belt #asteroid (44) #Nysa is showing "an unusual, highly concave, possibly bilobate, shape" in #LBT images - and groups.io/g/mpml/message/41424 now adds that the observer describes the object on the so far unpublished pictures as a "freaky little space guy" ...