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Expert Panel Q&A

How would you propose to survey and track all NEO of the size of Tunguska?

How would you propose to survey and track all NEO of the size of Tunguska? https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061127/tunguska-thumb.jpg 968 590 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061127/tunguska-thumb.jpg

QUESTION FROM ALASDAIR TAYLOR How would you propose to survey and track all NEO of the size of Tunguska? I mean 25th abs magnitude is faint and I can believe that…

An impact from Apophis has been effectively ruled out in 2029, but what about 2036 or later, is there still a threat, I’m worried?

An impact from Apophis has been effectively ruled out in 2029, but what about 2036 or later, is there still a threat, I’m worried? https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061028/apophis-thumb.jpg 968 590 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061028/apophis-thumb.jpg

QUESTION FROM ROBIN KNOWLES An impact from Apophis has been effectively ruled out in 2029, but what about 2036 or later, is there still a threat, I’m worried?   ANSWER…

Asteroid Apophis and the “keyhole”

Asteroid Apophis and the “keyhole” https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061013/apohphis-keyhole.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061013/apohphis-keyhole.jpg

QUESTION FROM JON-MICHAEL STUART Hi, Could you please respond to the following question with regards to the below conversation; Tony HW I recall hearing Neil deGrasse Tyson referring to a 6600-milezone/range “keyhole” area of…

Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron & rock be miscalculated?

Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron & rock be miscalculated? https://asteroidday.org/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday.org/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg

QUESTION FROM ADRIAN NELSON CHATER (submitted via the Asteroid Day Facebook page) Is there any new information on the Asteroid ”Apophis”? Could the trajectory of this 11 million ton chunk of iron…

Recent Astroid Strike in Russia [Chelyabinsk]

Recent Astroid Strike in Russia [Chelyabinsk] https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061035/Chelyabinsk-ice.jpg 1200 628 Asteroid Day Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/30061035/Chelyabinsk-ice.jpg

QUESTION FROM LINDA STEPP I read an article that stated the meteor struck in the lake; was this true, and can they estimate how large it was on impact?   ANSWER…