asteroids – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Has Voyager 1 Left Our Solar System?

NASA has stated that the Voyager 1 space craft exited the Solar System on August 25, 2012. I believe…

Since the radio emission from asteroids is strongest at relatively short wavelengths, below the wavelength range that amateur radio…

As seems to be the case for many things on social media, this particular statement appears to be incorrect. …

Due to the fact that we only observe objects like the interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua for a relatively short period…

You are referring to what NASA calls “Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)”. This sub-class of asteroid is defined as those…

I believe that the observation date format which includes a decimal on the day value indicates fractions of a…

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