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I observed asteroid (65803) Didymos remotely at iTelescope.Net T32 (0.43-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD) at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, on 2022-09-17, from 17:21:45 to 17:55:13 UT.
This image is the result of stacking of 20 images with exposures of 20 seconds.
The data of my astrometric measurements were published in the MPEC 2022-S255 minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K22/K22SP5.html of the Minor Planet Center.
There is my video from all 50 photos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XlH0d_uruc
Another creation I’ve had sitting around for months that I’m just now taking the time to photograph (albeit a hasty photo shoot once again)
Voodoo Girl, Albuquerque
Playing with kitchen paper and a flashlight.
52 weeks of 2021 - Week 5: Simplicity (à la Edward Weston)
"...anyway, it's simple, really: human pilot is the cheapest part of the ship. And yet, if they are offline, no other part matters. There's always lots of active flying near Port Ceres, so we're doing shifts: three pilots flying eight hours each, everyday."
"Three? I've counted four of you…"
"As I said, human is the cheap part. So they put me in, in case someone becomes indisposed, so we can keep flying."
"Oh, you're a doctor?"
"Nah. I'm a spare."
Entry for Space Jam 2023, FOUR! category.
This image of the asteroid Ryugu was captured by Japan's Hayabusa2 mothership from an altitude of about 210 feet (64 meters) on Sept. 21, 2018, just before the craft deployed two tiny, hopping rovers toward the space rock. This is the highest-resolution photograph obtained of Ryugu's surface to date. Original Image
Credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, Aizu University, AIST
The sharpest-ever photo of the big asteroid Ryugu shows a complex surface strewn with rocks and rubble.
Seen at 12:59 UTC from Samford Valley Observatory, Brisbane, Australia.
It is estimated that the asteroid is moving toward Earth at a closing speed of five miles per second.
You can read more about the flyby here: 1.usa.gov/XK88DX
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Casa da música from architect Rem Koolhaas. Porto - Portugal
Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Kodak Ektachrome 400 (Expired August 1982)
Dr. Holdren (center) operates a robotic arm within the Robotic Operations Center (ROC) as roboticist Justin Brannan (left) describes the ROC’s simulation capabilities. Christyl Johnson, Deputy Center Director for Technology and Research Investments at Goddard (right), observes the demonstration. Within the ROC's black walls, NASA is testing technologies and operational procedures for science and exploration missions, including the Restore-L satellite servicing mission and the Asteroid Redirect Mission.
More info: Asteroid Redirect Mission Update – On Sept. 14, 2016, NASA provided an update on the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) and how it contributes to the agency’s journey to Mars and protection of Earth. The presentation took place in the Robotic Operations Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. John P. Holdren, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and NASA’s ARM Program Director, Dr. Michele Gates discussed the latest update regarding the mission. They explained the mission’s scientific and technological benefits and how ARM will demonstrate technology for defending Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids. The briefing aired live on NASA TV and the agency’s website. For more information about ARM go to www.nasa.gov/arm.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Debbie Mccallum
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 whisks through the field of view of Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) on Nov. 9, 2011, just hours after the space rock made its closest approach to Earth. The video plays on a background image from the Digital Sky Survey that shows the same region, which lies within the Great Square asterism of the constellation Pegasus (times UT).
Credit: NASA/Swift/Stefan Immler and DSS
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She told me to do something no one had ever done before, so I picked up some gravel and swirled around while saying, "asteroids!"
A domed city built onto the surface of a large asteroid. Inspiration came from the decal on the asteroid ATM in 5982 Smash 'n' Grab. Enjoy!
On 2023-03-21 I observed interesting asteroid 2023 DZ2 remotely at 0.355-m telescope of Abbey Ridge Observatory. Image: stacked 52x60 sec. It will pass 0.45 LD of Earth on March 25, 2023.
This is a part of a small future series of MOC's that can be called Astrominers. A realistic point of view to mining in space. This is some kind of mobile drilling platform. Two turnable engines, allow to move back and forward. 3 types of drilling heads are available. Short range and low life support capability means it should work together with lardger ships.
Most asteroids can be classified into one of three groups: C-type, S-type and M-type.
More than three quarters of known asteroids belong to the carbonaceous (carbon-rich) C-group. Very dark and mostly made of carbon, C-group asteroids are thought to be the most ancient, reflecting the very materials that existed when the Solar System formed. They mostly live in the outer regions of the main asteroid belt.
Next, around a fifth of known asteroids are siliceous (or stony) S-group, composed of silicate rocks, including metal-bearing minerals. Many S-group asteroids shine fairly bright, and they are mostly found in the inner regions of the main asteroid belt.
Most of the rest can be categorised into the M-group. Their composition is highly diverse. Some of them are expected to be rocky, whilst others are thought to consist of metals like nickel and iron. This latter type could be fragments of larger bodies that once had liquid cores, before they were shattered in collisions long ago. M-group asteroids can vary from very dark to very bright.
Discover more about asteroids here.
Credits: ESA
Acknowledgements: ATG Europe
It's 95% complete, I kinda lost interest towards the end. The bottom of those saucer sections bug me. Anyways, a nice bit of S.H.I.P. practice coming in a 102 studs long.
Dust ejecta at Asteroid (65803) Didymos from the DART mission impact onto its moonlet Dimorphos (invisible here) in the r' band from 28-Sep-2022 observed by NEXT, Xingming Observatory. Average (left) vs median (right) stacks from 62*30 s individual exposures. Airmass ~3.9-4.2. rH = 1.041 au, Delta = 0.074 au, phase = 56.2 deg, solar elongation = 120.3 deg.
Cleaning out files and saw this rare find-- The Asteroid caterpillar, the Goldenrod Hooded Owlet Moth's caterpillar, Cucullia asteroides. Worth a second look.
127 Johanna is a main belt asteroid that is about 76 miles wide. Currently, it is slowly moving through the constellation Auriga at magnitude 11.8. From Wikipedia: Johanna (minor planet designation: 127 Johanna) is a large, dark main-belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on 5 November 1872, and is believed to be named after Joan of Arc.
The animated GIF shows the movement of Johanna over 30 minutes by blinking two images.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, Celestron CGEM-DX mount (pier mounted), ZWO ASI071MC-Pro running at -20C, 1 x 120 second exposures, GAIN 200, guided using a ZWO ASI290MC and Orion 60mm guide scope. Captured using SharpCap v3.2. Image date: January 22, 2020. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.
A small asteroid has been caught in the process of spinning so fast it’s throwing off material, according to new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.
Images from Hubble show two narrow, comet-like tails of dusty debris streaming from the asteroid (6478) Gault. Each tail represents an episode in which the asteroid gently shed its material — key evidence that Gault is beginning to come apart.
Discovered in 1988, the 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer-wide) asteroid has been observed repeatedly, but the debris tails are the first evidence of disintegration. Gault is located 214 million miles (344 million kilometers) from the Sun. Of the roughly 800,000 known asteroids between Mars and Jupiter, astronomers estimate that this type of event in the asteroid belt is rare, occurring roughly once a year.
Watching an asteroid become unglued gives astronomers the opportunity to study the makeup of these space rocks without sending a spacecraft to sample them.
For more information, please visit:
www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/hubble-watches-spun-up-...
Credits: NASA, ESA, K. Meech and J. Kleyna (University of Hawaii), and O. Hainaut (European Southern Observatory)
I found this asteroid in the data for my recent M100 galaxy image.
It took a little figuring out how to identify it, but this is Asteroid 1999 XM6.
Magnitude 17.6, travelling at 0.55 arcsec/min.
The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security -- Regolith Explorer spacecraft (OSIRIS-REx) will travel to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu, and bring a sample back to Earth for study. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
OSIRIS-REx is scheduled for launch in late 2016. As planned, the spacecraft will reach its asteroid target in 2018 and return a sample to Earth in 2023.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/gtUgarROs08
Learn more about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and the making of Bennu’s Journey: www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/bennus-journey/
More information on the OSIRIS-REx mission is available at:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html
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The Asteroid Jumper is M:Tron’s second attempt at a VTOL, the first being the Particle Ionizer. Its nimble size allows for tight squeezes, while it’s adjustable weight distribution track magnetizers allows for a variety of cargo container sizes.
As of recent, all Asteroid Jumpers have been retrofitted with dual short range laser beams due to a rise in Blacktron activity within the shipping lanes. Because of this the ship line has been reclassified as a “light fighter craft with cargo capability”.
This is the 2nd Starfighter for the M:Tron team in Round 4 of the Starfighter Telephone Game.
Asteroid Mining Ship
Another creation I’ve had sitting around for months that I’m just now taking the time to photograph (albeit a hasty photo shoot once again)
@lego #lego #legomoc #legospace #space #spaceship #spacemining #legominifigures #legorobot
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double asteroid was not itself a threatening object, scientists used the opportunity to rehearse the response to a hazardous Near-Earth Object (NEO), proving that ESO’s front-line technology could be critical in planetary defence.
More information: www.eso.org/public/images/eso1910a/
Credit:
ESO