13 March 2020
Over 100 new minor planets found in new astronomical survey
... Universe – dark matter – scientists have found 300 minor planets located in the far reaches of the Solar System,...– galaxies and supernovas – are magnitudes larger than the minor planets Bernardinelli and colleagues decided to track, plus they don’t ...
01 June 2018
Largest discovery of trans-Neptunian objects released
...TNOs) this size. A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average... Makemake, Haumea and Sedna. The present set of minor planets available for testing models of the Solar System’s dynamical...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... and Sustainability of Outer Space, supra note [1]. 21 International Astronomical Union, Minor Planet Center, “What is the Minor Planet Center?”, online: Minor Planet Center
February 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
... resources that monitor and analyse such dangers: the Minor Planet Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the Small...in Pulkovo observatory; AMPLE 3 software package (Adaptable Minor Planet Ephemerides) developed in the Applied Astronomy Institute at...
18 August 2016
Space Rebel Niku Baffles Astronomers
... solar system. Niku isn't a solitary rebel, as he appears to be a part of a cluster of other high-inclination TNOs and Centaurs (minor planets), with some of the objects orbiting prograde, and some orbiting retrograde. So what it is that makes Niku...
27 February 2019
FarFarOut beats FarOut as most distant Solar System body ever seen
.... Neptune for comparison is 30 AU away, which equates to roughly 4.5 billion kilometres. The team then found Farout, a minor planet whose official name is 2018 VG18, a month later in November. Spotted a whopping 120 AU away, it was first discovered...
