Tag Archive for 'Goldstone Solar System Radar'

This collage shows six planetary radar observations of 2011 AG5 a day after the asteroid made its close approach to Earth on February 3, 2022. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Very Oblong Asteroid Safely Flew Past Earth This Month

Feb 17, 2023 by News Staff

Stunning radar images of the near-Earth asteroid 2011 AG5 were obtained from January 29 to February 4, 2022, by the powerful 70-m (230-foot) Goldstone...

This is an artist's impression of a rocky and water-rich asteroid being torn apart by the strong gravity of the white dwarf star GD 61. Image credit: Mark A. Garlick, Space-art.co.uk / University of Warwick / University of Cambridge.

NASA’s Planetary Radar Spots Its 1,000th Near-Earth Asteroid

Sep 6, 2021 by News Staff

2021 PJ1, a near-Earth asteroid between 20 and 30 m (66-98 feet) across, safely flew past Earth on August 14, 2021 at a distance of over 1.7 million km...

This composite image, taken by JAXA’s Akatsuki spacecraft, shows Venus. Image credit: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic.

Radio Astronomers Measure Fundamental Properties of Venus

Apr 30, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers using Earth-based radar observations have measured some of the fundamental properties of the planet Venus: the precise length of a day, the...

A bi-static radar image of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory on June 25, 2018. Image credit: Arecibo / GBO / NSF / NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Spot Rare Binary Asteroid: 2017 YE5

Jul 13, 2018 by News Staff

New observations by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar in California, Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia...

This composite of 30 images of the asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar. The radar images were collected on April 18, 2017. At the time, 2014 JO25 was 1.9 million miles (3 million km) from Earth. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / GSSR.

2014 JO25: Stunning Images of Large Asteroid Captured by NASA Radar — Just Before Earth Flyby

Apr 19, 2017 by Natali Anderson

Using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar in Mojave Desert, California, astronomers have captured radar images of the rotating, two-lobed asteroid 2014...