Interstellar asteroid A/2017 U1 (the little red dot in the center), taken with the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands, October 28th 2017

An important goal for continuing efforts to expand our knowledge of space is in the detection of asteroids which may pose a threat to the Earth and its living creatures. While the @nasa WISE (later reactivated as NEOWISE) Mission has detected many Near Earth Objects (NEOs) such as asteroids, the search is still on for those that elude detection. The successor mission, NEOCam (Near Earth Object Camera) plans to do just that. The mission would further refine the detection of smaller asteroids, and is a part of NASA’s strategic goal in Planetary Defense to find at least 90% of asteroids larger than 140 meters. TODAY, Friday 19 April 2019 (12-1PM), we proudly welcome Dr. Joseph Masiero from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (@nasajpl), the Deputy P.I. of the NEOWISE Mission (and the Deputy P.I. of the upcoming NEOCam Mission) for his talk titled: “The NEOCam Mission: Goals, Design, and Status”. Join us for another exciting Planet Lunch Talk in the @ucla Geology Building! Image Credit: University of Rochester #nasa #A2017U1 #asteroids #astro #bruins #comets #cosmos #DTLA #education #EPSS #explore #interstellar #JPL #LosAngeles #origins #Oumuamua #outreach #Pasadena #planet #physics #sky #space #UCLA #universe #universetoday (at Institute for Planets & Exoplanets - IPLEX) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcfbVfHzAq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cmbu5ou95wpm

#NEWS: Die A / 2017 U1 PANSTARRS, der Besucher von außerhalb unseres Sonnensystems