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Stellar Occultations Take A New Step With The Asteroid Didymos 512 342 NEO MAPP

Stellar Occultations Take A New Step With The Asteroid Didymos

The observation of stellar occultations is a powerful technique for studying the physical and dynamic properties of asteroids, and the availability of the ESA Gaia mission catalogues greatly enhances its effectiveness. However, near-earth asteroids (NEAs) still represent a challenge because they move quickly and are…

De gauche à droite : Patrick MICHEL, Christian ESTROSI, Philippe STEE, Clara HERER et Stéphane MAZEVET.
Retour d’expérience sur le premier test de déviation d’un astéroïde : Missions DART et HERA – Video in French 2560 1617 NEO MAPP

Retour d’expérience sur le premier test de déviation d’un astéroïde : Missions DART et HERA – Video in French

                 De gauche à droite : Patrick MICHEL, Christian ESTROSI, Philippe STEE, Clara HERER et Stéphane MAZEVET. Le 17 octobre 2022 s’est tenu, à l’Hôtel de Ville de Nice (France), une conférence au cours de laquelle le Dr. Patrick MICHEL, coordinateur du Projet NEO-MAPP, a…

Naomi Murdoch’s DART Impact Commentary In The French News 512 264 NEO MAPP

Naomi Murdoch’s DART Impact Commentary In The French News

Naomi Murdoch, NEO-MAPP Project Team Member and Researcher at ISAE-SUPAERO was in the spotlight of the French media following the DART Mission impact that took place on September 26. On September, 27 Naomi’s interview in the Huffpost France science section was published. There she talks…

DART Impact Predictions from NEO-MAPP Team Members 777 437 NEO MAPP

DART Impact Predictions from NEO-MAPP Team Members

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is preparing to crash into the asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to change its orbit and speed – humanity’s first demonstration of an asteroid deflection technique. Space agencies, scientists and people around the globe will bear witness to…

NEO-MAPP Project Team (Ian Carnelli, Heli Greus, Patrick Michel, Sabina Raducan) on Asteroid Day LIVE Panel
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NEO-MAPP Team on Asteroid Day LIVE 2022

NEO-MAPP experts are back for the first in two years in-person Asteroid Day LIVE 2022!  Asteroid Day LIVE is the only broadcast dedicated to educating the public about asteroid science, research, missions and the emerging new-space economy. This year’s  programme consisted of seven panels that…

Planetary Defense: Study Finds That NASA’s DART Spacecraft Could Obliterate Asteroids 777 437 NEO MAPP

Planetary Defense: Study Finds That NASA’s DART Spacecraft Could Obliterate Asteroids

  This article was originally published on Scitechdaily on August 7, 2022. The DART spacecraft’s collision with its target may leave the asteroid unrecognizable, rather than just a minor crater. University of Bern researchers simulate planetary defense. The world’s first comprehensive planetary defense test against…

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