Watching Closely: Asteroids, Comets

Near-Earth Asteroid Discovery Statistics (h/t Ron Baalke)

Twenty years ago, we watched an asteroid hit Jupiter with mostly Earth or orbital based telescopes. Today, we will have a comet past Mars and it will be watched by our robots on Mars, in less than a month, we will be harpooning another comet on a spot that needs a name, while Hubble continues to downselect potential asteroid to visit by one of our spacecraft in the Kuiper belt. We live in interesting times.

Watch live streaming video from eurospaceagency at livestream.com

More in-depth discussions can be found in the videos from "The Comet Siding Spring and Its Close Approach to Mars Observer's Workshop" (4 Sessions).

• Session 1: Setting the Stage; Spacecraft Observations
• Session 2: Suborbital & Spacecraft Observations
• Session 3: Earth-based Observations
• Session 4: Mars-based Observations

The Comet Siding Spring and Its Close Approach to Mars Observer's Workshop:


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