The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet. One turned out to have a little moon orbiting it, while the […]
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Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), Asteroids, Deep Space Network, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planetary Defense, Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA), Space Communications & Navigation Program
Posted on
July 3, 2024
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