Near Earth Objects

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Near Earth Objects
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Thanks to

• NCSA
• Gems (We love Gems)
• Britt
• Brian
• Kate
• And everyone else that helped us

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History

• Over the past forty years scientists have
  discovered that asteroids and comets have
  collided with the Earth throughout its 4.5
  billion year history. The impact of these Near
  Earth Objects with our planet can be catastrophic
  and still represents a natural hazard today.

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Deep Impact

• On the 4th of July, 2005, the Deep Impact
  mission struck the outside of Tempel1 (a comet).
• The space craft that hit the comet was launched
  in December 2004.

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Stardust

• The launch of the STARDUST spacecraft was
  scheduled for the 6th of February, 1999. Stardust
  flew through the dust atmosphere of comet Wild 2
  on the 2nd of January, 2004, took pictures of the
  icy cometary nucleus, collected samples of dust,
  and brought them back to Earth in January 2006.

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Rosetta

• The Rosetta mission is being done by the European
  Space Agency. It was launched on March 2, 2004,
  the Rosetta spacecraft will meet and land upon
  the surface on a comet in late 2014. The comets
  nucleus will be studied.

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Asteroids

• Asteroids are sometimes called minor planets or
  planetoids.
• When asteroids collide there is a big explosion
  that can cause a lot of destruction and sometimes
  can be seen from earth.

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Comets

• Comets are big balls of gas, fire, dust, or ice.
• Comets orbit the Sun and when theyre close
  enough to Earth they look like theyre moving
  faster than they are.

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Flyby

• Flyby of Asteroid 2004 FH. The other object that
  flashes by is an artificial satellite.

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Creators

• Marie Lilly
• Shivali Patel
• Jenny Anderson
• www.wikipedia.com
• http//www.nearearthobjects.co.uk/
• www.nasa.gov.
• www.google.com/images/asteriod/comets