{"id":14241,"date":"2017-04-19T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14241"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:34:05","slug":"video-nasa-radar-images-asteroid-2014-jo25-before-it-passes-near-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14241","title":{"rendered":"Video: NASA radar images Asteroid 2014 JO25 before it passes near earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has released images and a short video clip of radar observations made this week of Asteroid 2014 JO25, which will make a flyby of earth\u00a0today:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-radar-spots-relatively-large-asteroid-prior-to-flyby\" target=\"_d\">NASA Radar Spots Relatively Large Asteroid Prior to Flyby<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usPrwjyggEM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PLTiv_XWHnOZoFCYPi25rbz5gMM01ZHY-1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained in the early morning hours on Tuesday, with NASA&#8217;s 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. The images reveal a peanut-shaped asteroid that rotates about once every five hours. The images have resolutions as fine as 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14242\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14242\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14242\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181.png\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"asteroidjo25-20170418[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181-1024x853.png\" class=\"wp-image-14242 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181-1024x853.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181-1024x853.png 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/asteroidjo25-201704181.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This composite of 30 images of asteroid 2014 JO25 was generated with radar data collected using NASA&#8217;s Goldstone Solar System Radar in California&#8217;s Mojave Desert. Credits: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/GSSR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asteroid 2014 JO25 was discovered in May 2014 by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona &#8212; a project of NASA&#8217;s Near-Earth Objects Observations Program in collaboration with the University of Arizona. The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Wednesday at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. The encounter is the closest the object will have come to Earth in 400 years and will be its closest approach for at least the next 500 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThe asteroid has a contact binary structure \u2013 two lobes connected by a neck-like region,\u201d said Shantanu Naidu, a scientist from NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who led the Goldstone observations. \u201cThe images show flat facets, concavities and angular topography.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The largest of the asteroid\u2019s two lobes is estimated to be 2,000 feet (620 meters) across. Radar observations of the asteroid also have been conducted at the National Science Foundation&#8217;s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Additional radar observations are being conducted at both Goldstone and Arecibo on April 19 20, and 21, and could provide images with even higher resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Radar has been used to observe hundreds of asteroids. When these small, natural remnants of the formation of the solar system pass relatively close to Earth, deep space radar is a powerful technique for studying\u00a0their sizes, shapes, rotation, surface features, and roughness, and for more precise determination of their orbital path.<\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages and operates NASA&#8217;s Deep Space Network, including the Goldstone Solar System Radar, and hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA&#8217;s Near-Earth Object Observations Program within the agency&#8217;s Science Mission Directorate.<\/p>\n<p>More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects can be found at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">http:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/asteroidwatch\">http:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/asteroidwatch<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about NASA&#8217;s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, visit: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarydefense\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarydefense<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For asteroid and comet news and updates, follow AsteroidWatch on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AsteroidWatch\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/AsteroidWatch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has released images and a short video clip of radar observations made this week of Asteroid 2014 JO25, which will make a flyby of earth\u00a0today: NASA Radar Spots Relatively Large Asteroid Prior to Flyby Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained in the early morning hours on Tuesday, with NASA&#8217;s 70-meter (230-foot) antenna &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14241\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: NASA radar images Asteroid 2014 JO25 before it passes near earth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3HH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":728,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=728","url_meta":{"origin":14241,"position":0},"title":"Video: Radar shows asteroid 2012 DA14 tumbling","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a radar view of asteroid 2021 DA14 as it receded from the earth after its flyby on Feb.15th. 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