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“Don’t Look Up” Movie Premiere and Asteroids with Andrew Revkin

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08 December, 2021

2021 | Asteroid Institute | Annual Report

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05 November, 2021

Scott Manley and Asteroid Institute Visit Meteor Crater

Asteroid Institute advisor Scott Manley and researchers visit Meteor Crater to study an ancient asteroid impact Asteroid Institute recently organized an annual expedition into Meteor Crater. Thanks to the Barringer Family, Asteroid Institute researchers have non-public access to the crater's rim and base. Asteroid Institute is...

11 October, 2021

ADAM Platform Recognized at AAS Division for Planetary Sciences

Asteroid Institute Senior Researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet presents ADAM-related studies In 2018, the Asteroid Institute announced its partnership with Google Cloud Services Platform and Analytical Graphics Inc (AGI) on the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) platform. This partnership was a critical launching point for the...

10 October, 2021

DPS iPoster | The Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) Platform

Presented at the 2021 conference of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society The Asteroid Discovery, Analysis, and Mapping (ADAM) platform Sarah Greenstreet, Ed Lu, Mario Juric, Joachim Moeyens, and the Asteroid Institute team B612 Asteroid Institute, University of Washington Abstract The B612 Asteroid Institute has developed the...

10 October, 2021

How Asteroid Missions Help Protect the Planet: Danica Remy and Dr. Ed Lu Talk to Salon

The best thing the public can do is advocate for increased funding to accelerate asteroid discovery rates. Bennu will not hit Earth. At least not for hundreds of years, say scientists. But the slight odds of it happening have increased by a tiny percentage, thanks to...

21 September, 2021

B612 and Asteroid Institute Remember Asteroid and Comet Hunter: Carolyn S. Shoemaker

An inspiration to women in STEM and to astronomers worldwide, Shoemaker’s discoveries helped educate the world on asteroids. [caption id="attachment_27557" align="alignleft" width="295"] Astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker 1929-2021[/caption] B612 and the Asteroid Institute express their deepest gratitude for the contributions Carolyn Shoemaker made in the field of astronomy...

24 August, 2021

Asteroids in the Inner Solar System by Dr. Sarah Greenstreet

Asteroid Institute researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet was featured in Physics Today describing how models and observations of asteroid orbits reveal their dynamic lives. [caption id="attachment_27528" align="aligncenter" width="359"] Photo of Asteroid Bennu (NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona)[/caption] In a feature article in Physics Today, Asteroid Institute...

24 August, 2021

Asteroid Institute | ADAM: Emmie King

The Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping project or ADAM is a platform for mapping, modeling, and analyzing asteroid observations and will form the basis for building future services such as mission planning, asteroid risk visualization, space navigation, and resource mapping. ADAM will primarily run from...

10 August, 2021

Orbit diagram of (30535) Sarahgreenstreet from JPL Horizons.

Asteroid named for Asteroid Institute Senior Researcher

Have you ever wondered how an asteroid gets named? Asteroid Institute Researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet describes the asteroid recently named after her. From the first time I heard as a new graduate student that asteroids are often named after astronomers to recognize their contributions to the...

10 August, 2021