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Title Author Type Date Words
The End Of The World Will Happen Like This. Jun 23, 2012 1291
Probe visits a planetary also-ran: asteroid Lutetia is a celestial seed that never germinated. Drake, Nadia Dec 3, 2011 457
NASA's Dawn Probe Seeks Mysteries of Young Universe In Massive Vesta Asteroid. Brief article Jul 14, 2011 198
NASA Dawn Probe Seeks Mysteries of Young Universe in Massive Vesta Asteroid. Brief article Jul 14, 2011 198
Asteroid 2011 MD barely misses Earth on Monday but real danger lurks in 2182. Brief article Jun 27, 2011 307
House-size asteroid 2011 MD will fly dangerously close to Earth's surface Monday. Jun 26, 2011 721
NASA Captures First Image Of Nearing Asteroid (PHOTOS). May 11, 2011 330
Humans to asteroids: watch out! can humans avoid the fate of the dinosaurs by deflecting the next killer asteroid? Schweickart, Russell May 9, 2011 544
Close encounter fascinates media: small space rocks often pass within radius of moon's orbit. Cowen, Ron Brief article Oct 9, 2010 197
Asteroids to watch. Brief article May 22, 2010 234
Will the sky fall in 2029? Brief article May 10, 2010 166
WISE sees its first stars. Grossman, Lisa Brief article Jan 30, 2010 164
Asteroids. Dec 22, 2009 1074
Asteroids: another reason to diversify your portfolio. Green, Meg Dec 1, 2009 466
The rock that fell to Earth. Cowen, Ron Brief article Nov 7, 2009 162
A method for or determining the V magnitude of aster asteroids from CCD images. Dymock, Roger; Miles, Richard Report Jun 1, 2009 4698
CMC14-based photometry upgrade to the Astrometrica software. Miles, Richard Jun 1, 2009 787
Asteroid sample being returned to Earth. Brief article Apr 1, 2009 304
Asteroids. Jan 1, 2009 1073
Protecting earth: gravitational tractor could lure asteroids off course. Cowen, Ron Nov 12, 2005 502
Icy world found inside asteroid. Brief Article Sep 24, 2005 285
Deep impact: a spacecraft breaks open a comet's secrets. Cowen, Ron Cover Story Sep 10, 2005 2220
Three's company: asteroid 87 Sylvia and her two moons. Cowen, R. Aug 13, 2005 475
Atmosphere blocks many small stony asteroids. (Protective Blanket). Perkins, S. Jul 19, 2003 533
Satellites tally small asteroid hits. (Bursting in Air). Perkins, S. Nov 23, 2002 404
Pristine fragments of asteroid breakup. (Astronomy). Brief Article Jul 13, 2002 273
Hard bodies pair off. (Astronomy). Brief Article May 18, 2002 235
Bow-wowing them with radar. Brief Article Jul 28, 2001 461
Nearby star may have its own asteroid belt. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jun 16, 2001 562
Survey Probes Cosmos from Near to Far. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jun 9, 2001 930
X rays reveal Eros' primitive nature. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jun 10, 2000 384
Astronomers rediscover long-lost asteroid. Cowen, R. Brief Article May 20, 2000 615
Tryst in space: Craft, asteroid rendezvous. Cowen, R. Brief Article Feb 19, 2000 539
Short Takes. Brief Article Oct 4, 1999 80
Asteroids get solar push toward Earth. Cowen, R. Brief Article Mar 6, 1999 467
Plans change for NEAR visit to an asteroid. Cowen, R. Brief Article Jan 2, 1999 634
Finding rocks in the Hubble archives. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Apr 4, 1998 290
Near-Earth asteroid: a far miss. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Mar 21, 1998 246
A surprising encounter of the NEAR kind. Perkins, Sid Brief Article Jan 3, 1998 500
C'est la vie: searching for life in the solar system. Cowen, Ron Cover Story Nov 1, 1997 2285
A moon for Dionysus. Cowen, R. Brief Article Sep 27, 1997 328
Big asteroid has big dent. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Sep 20, 1997 214
Waltzing past Mathilde. Brief Article Jul 12, 1997 332
The strange case of 4179 Toutatis. Brief Article Oct 28, 1995 243
Toasted asteroids. Brief Article Oct 1, 1994 203
Ida's moon: a sharper view. Brief Article Aug 6, 1994 230
Asteroid 243: a moon of its own? Cowen, Ron Brief Article Mar 12, 1994 338
Probing Ida's magnetic personality. Cowen, Ron Brief Article Nov 6, 1993 356
Oljato revisited. Eberhart, Jonathan Nov 3, 1990 191
Radar reveals an asteroid's strange shape. Eberhart, J. Nov 25, 1989 615
More than just a spot: facing an asteroid at last. Eberhart, Jonathan Nov 28, 1987 612
Earthbound on rocky, chaotic course. Peterson, Ivars Jul 13, 1985 630
Another hint at an asteroid with a moon. Eberart, Jonathan May 18, 1985 636

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