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Article 1 - THE THREAT
THE THREATThe Solar System was originally only a cloud of gas, dust, and stones, which ...
Article 2 - Dangerous neighbours
Dangerous neighboursFor us, and for the Earth, minor planets – asteroids are the most ...
Article 3 - Vesta
VestaThe brightest asteroid that we can see from the Earth is Vesta, which collided wi ...
Article 4 - irregular shapes
Asteroids mostly have irregular shapes, as for example Barbara from the so-called “mai ...
Article 5 - Tunguska
TunguskaThe explosion of the Tunguska event on 30 June 1908 released energy equal to a ...
Article 6 - A cosmic car crash
A cosmic car crashEarly in the evening on 9 October 1992, a meteorite flew across the ...
Article 7 - Skywatch
SkywatchSince 1992, NASA has been systematically monitoring bodies that approach the E ...
Article 8 - The fallen comet
The fallen cometIn June 1994, comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter. Jupiter‘s g ...
Article 9 - Apophis
ApophisIn June 2004, astronomers discovered the asteroid 99942 Apophis with diameter o ...
Article 10 - The closest approach
The closest approachOn 15 February 2013, asteroid 2012 DA14 20 × 40 m in size passed t ...
Article 11 - This is how
This is how the Solar System looked like at the time when planets were beginning to form.
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