3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Astrometry, orbit determination, and thermal inertia of the Tianwen-2 target asteroid (469219) Kamo`oalewa
Marco Fenucci, Bojan NovakoviÄ, Pengfei Zhang +9
Context. (469219) Kamo`oalewa is a small near-Earth asteroid, which is currently a quasi-satellite of the Earth. Lightcurve measurements also reveal a rotation period of only about…
astro-ph.EP2025
The fall of asteroid 2024 XA and the location of possible meteorites
Francesco Gianotto, Albino Carbognani, Marco Fenucci +18
Asteroid 2024 XA was discovered on 3 December 2024 at 05:54 UTC by the Bok telescope in Kitt Peak, Arizona, and impacted Earth about 10 hours later over a remote area of the Sa…
astro-ph.EP2024
The Aegis Orbit Determination and Impact Monitoring System and services of the ESA NEOCC web portal
Marco Fenucci, Laura Faggioli, Francesco Gianotto +28
The NEO Coordination Centre (NEOCC) of the European Space Agency is an operational centre that, among other activities, computes the orbits of near-Earth objects and their probabil…