You are literally one click away from watching an asteroid trajectory fully live and it’s amazing. As we know, asteroids are cosmic objects that often pass close to Earth. Because of this, the space agency provides a lot of information about them; measure its size, speed, trajectory and much more. But, in addition to doing all this, NASA also offers the possibility of observing an asteroid live; an extraordinary gift for all of us who love to be amazed by the cosmos.
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Through Eyes on Asteroids, the space agency aims to boost knowledge and curiosity about asteroids. Even bringing the population closer to discovering much more about missions like DART, a project that plans to destroy potentially dangerous asteroids for Earth.
What is Eyes on Asteroids?
Eyes on Asteroids is an app designed by NASA and works to keep you up to date on what’s happening in space with asteroids. You can follow in real time the passage of any asteroid that approaches Earth and everything from your cell phone or computer. The application has real-time 3D visualization and allows you to explore about 28,000 objects near planet Earth.
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How to see an asteroid live (sponsored by NASA)
The only thing you need to do to observe any asteroid is to enter the Eyes on Asteroids website from your cell phone or a computer, you do not need to download anything. When you enter the page you will see that the orbits of each nearby asteroid are shown and you only have to click on the name of the NEO to obtain more information about it.
This visualization of the asteroids is completely live, however NASA updates every two days the changes that are generated in any of the asteroids. After all we must consider that the universe is in constant transformation. In a synthesized way you can observe an asteroid as follows.
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Click on the upper part where you will find a Menu, when this menu is displayed it shows us several options: Learn (learn), Asteroid Watch (asteroid vision) and Filters (filters).
- Learn: in this section the functions of the page are displayed in more detail, it describes what an asteroid is, if there is a danger of impact or you can even explore some missions related to them.
- Asteroid Watch: this option will show you the path of the closest asteroid to Earth, you may be surprised by how close it is.
- Filters: in this section you will be able to explore a bit, since it allows you to choose if you want to see asteroids, comets and other cosmic objects.
It is that simple and extraordinary to discover the universe, it only takes one click and you will know which will be the closest objects to Earth and if there is actually any danger or if you can just enjoy it.
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