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Near Earth Objects 2012 This Near Earth Objects 2012 article defines Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), NASA's Near Earth Object Program and the Near Earth Objects for 2012. The NASA Near Earth Orbit Website is located at: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html. It contains a wealth of information on the NEO [roject, NEO tracking, etc. Most of the information in this [...]

NASA Studies deflecting Asteroid like Apophis to avoid an Earth Impact 2029,2036 The potential change in Apophis' position by 2036 caused by altering energy absorption for the extreme spin pole and mass combinations shown (the most effective and least effective cases) starting in 2018. Figure by J. Giorgini (JPL). Summary: The Asteroid Apophis is a [...]