Animated Asteroids from FTN On Thursday, January 26 2012 a group of Faulkes Telescope Project users combined forces to observe an asteroid.
Discovery of the first Earth 'Trojan' asteroid, 2010 TK7 On July 27, NASA announced the discovery of the first Trojan asteroid, designated 2010 TK7, which shares the Earth's orbit. It was initially spotted by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission on 2010 Oct 01 at a solar elongation close to 90 degrees and the near-Earth object was flagged on the NEO Confirmation Page shortly afterwards.
Stunning results with new NEO target program You know that saying about waiting for a bus, and then two come along at once...well, with a new research project being carried out by amateur astronomers in the UK and Italy, in this case it was 7...new asteroids Nick Howes, equipment consultant for UK Magazine Astronomy Now, has been using the twin 2m Faulkes Telescope North and Faulkes Telescope South for a few years, on comet observation and measurement work, but in the past few months,
Ticker Tape Model of the Solar System Objectives: The outcomes of this activity include:being able to name all the planets in our Solar System.understand the distances of the planets, Asteroid Belt, and Kuiper Belt from the Sun. review fractions.learn differences between the inner and outer Solar System.How many planets are in our Solar System and what are their names? How far apart are they? What are the differences between them? This activity will help answer some of these questions, while providing the opportunity for you to ask your own. For more information about our Solar System, check out our Guide to the Solar System.Procedure:
Observing the aftermath of a main-belt asteroid collision Here are the two images hot off the press. The observations of a strange asteroid were taken about 58 hr apart. It was reported that Steve Larson of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, had imaged the asteroid (596) Scheila on December 11.44-11.47 UT with the 0.68-m Schmidt telescope at Catalina and found it to be in apparent outburst with a comet-like appearance. This is the first well-documented occasion that a main-belt asteroid has been seen to be surrounded by a fuzzy coma.
Nearby, fast rotating asteroid observed on FTN Once again, Richard Miles from British Astronomical Association's Asteroids and Comets section has glimpsed another fast rotating asteroid, called 2010 TD54. It is estimated that this asteroid is only 7 (+/-2) m in diameter. This asteroid is small and faint, but fortunately it is passing close to the earth at present allowing us a great view.
169P/NEAT: A Comet or an Asteroid? Telescope class: 2-meterDiscipline: EducationCountry: UKTelescope: Faulkes Telescope SouthStudents at Armagh Observatory, Ireland take part in a study of Comet 16P.Tags: asteroids
School children Recover Martian Companion Using Faulkes Telescope North Telescope class: 2-meterDiscipline: EducationTelescope: Faulkes Telescope NorthNews item from Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland, where researchers have worked with 2 school children to observe asteroid 2007 UR2.Tags: asteroidsarmagh observatory
The Solar System Discipline: Education This guide describes the various objects in our solar system. It also demonstrates the scale of the sizes and distances in the solar system. Tags: solar systemasteroidsplanetsNEOs
Impact Craters on the Moon Finding your way around the Moon The first step in this activity is to change the view in Google Earth, to the Moon.
