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Passage of asteroid 2012 AD14 over Israel as photographed from the Givatayim Observatory. The person responsible for the observation and operation of the telescope is Shai Chalazi. Screenshot of the software: Michal Levinstein

Asteroid 2012 DA14 passed by and gave us an astronomical experience; NASA says there was no connection between him and the incident in Russia; The UN is examining measures to prevent danger from near-earth objects

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Astronomer David Levy. From Wikipedia

Asteroid by the Hebrew University

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The asteroid belt - from Wikipedia

Asteroids with unusual properties

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Asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl, as photographed by the Galileo spacecraft

Asteroids with moons

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Asteroid Lutetia as imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft on July 10, 2010

The asteroid Lutetia - summary of findings

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Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

Today and night in asteroid Vesta

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A strange configuration of an object left after a collision between two asteroids in February 2009. Hubble took the image in January 2010, after the object was discovered by the LINEAR skyscanner telescope

Hubble observed the remnants of an asteroid collision that occurred last year

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Artist's illustration of a double asteroid. Image: ESO, European Southern Observatory, European Space Agency.

Astronomers from Tel Aviv University reveal the origin of "separated pairs of asteroids"

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Asteroid Lutetia as imaged by the Rosetta spacecraft on July 10, 2010

Rosetta made a flyby of the asteroid Lutetia

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The orbit of Themis in the asteroid belt, Themis is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt. Illustration: Josh Emery, University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Researchers have found water and organic matter on the asteroid Themis

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Imaging of the Rosetta spacecraft near asteroid Steins, 2008. Image: European Space Agency

Survey of minerals in asteroids

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P/2010 A2 - comet-like asteroid

Hubble observed and confirmed that the suspicious object is indeed a remnant of an asteroid collision

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P/2010 A as photographed by Dr. Robert McMillan at Kitt Peak, Arizona. Photo: University of Arizona

An asteroid collision created a comet-like object

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A small asteroid passed close to Earth

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A 10 meter diameter asteroid exploded violently over Indonesia

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For the first time, water was discovered on an asteroid, Themis.

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Jupiter captured a comet and turned it into a moon for 12 years

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Has Jupiter been hit by a comet or asteroid again?

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The fear: deadly asteroids stuck in Earth's Lagrange points

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Dead stars tell the story of the formation of solar systems

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Asteroid Steins looks like a diamond in the sky

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Rosetta has begun tracking the asteroid Steins, which it will pass by in September

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A double asteroid passed by Earth

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NASA is considering launching a manned mission to an asteroid

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Asteroid 2007 WD5 will not hit Mars on January 30th

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