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The number of known near-Earth asteroids has just surpassed the threshold of 15000. That is a 50% increase with respect to 2013, when the 10000th object was found, highlighting the ever increasing success of ground-based NEO detection surveys.
The month of September was unusually rich of close approaches. Nine objects,all with a diameter of about 10 metres, flew by our planet closer than about the distance of the Moon.
The ESA NEO Coordination Centre has released the February newsletter.
November 2020 Newsletter
Just a few days before the edition of the present newsletter a large bolide crossed the Italian northern sky. The event was observed by many people and in particular by a newly installed fireball network PRISMA (see next page). Such images have been used to determine the trajectory of the entering object.
March 2023 Newsletter
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