7 papers
Rotation, spectral type, and albedo of the potentially hazardous asteroid (153814) 2001 WN Prior to the 2028 June close approach
Jin Beniyama, Alexey V. Sergeyev, Konstantinos Odysseas Xenos +6
The potentially hazardous asteroid (153814) 2001 WN will pass inside the lunar distance on June 26, 2028, offering a rare opportunity to characterize a kilometer-scale near-Ear…
Refined rotational state and shape model of (98943) Torifune ahead of the Hayabusa2# flyby
P. Fatka, P. Pravec, P. Scheirich +4
The Hayabusa2# mission will perform a high-speed flyby of near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune on 5 July 2026, offering a rare opportunity to compare a pre-encounter spin and shape…
JWST Observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Rule Out a 2032 Lunar Impact and Demonstrate a New Regime for Planetary Defense Follow-up
Julien de Wit, Andrew S. Rivkin, Marco Micheli +12
At the end of its discovery apparition, the 60 m near-Earth object 2024 YR4 was associated with a non-zero probability of lunar impact during its 2032 December 22 close appro…
Astrometric follow-up of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 during a Torino scale level 3 alert
Marco Micheli, Maxime Devogèle, Larry Denneau +38
The discovery of 2024 YR4 presented the planetary defense community with the most significant impact threat in almost two decades, reaching level 3 on the Torino scale. The communi…
A change of the rotation period of asteroid (65803) Didymos caused by the DART impact
Josef Durech, Petr Pravec, Masatoshi Hirabayashi +3
On 26 September 2022, the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the secondary component of the binary asteroid (65803)~Didymos. This experimen…
Rapid-response characterization of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 during a Torino Scale 3 alert
Maxime Devogèle, Olivier R. Hainaut, Marco Micheli +32
On 27 December 2024, near-Earth object (NEO) 2024 YR was discovered by the ATLAS survey and identified as a virtual impactor. A few weeks later, it eventually reached level 3 o…