A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...
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Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very differentThe discovery prompted immediate registration with the Minor Planet Center, highlighting the organisation's vigilance in tracking potential near-Earth objects. After just 17 hours, astronomers ...
When astronomers realized that Ceres had many "relatives" in roughly the same region of the solar system, they began calling them asteroids or minor planets. But as you can see in the table at the ...
In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new ...
but asteroids are much smaller than planets so are also known as 'minor planets'. As well as planets and moons, the solar system also contains dwarf planets, which are too small to be considered ...
The Chen Cheng-po Cultural Foundation yesterday announced that a minor planet has been named after late Taiwanese artist Chen Cheng-po (陳澄波). The International Astronomical Union in January approved ...
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