Asteroids
Asteroids are minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered that were found to have volatile-rich surfaces similar to comets, these came to be distinguished from the objects found in the main asteroid belt.In this article, the term "asteroid" refers to the minor planets of …
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DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 7 May 2024 English
The commercial American space industry has political ideas that are shaping our future, shows new report
systems? Robots to mine the surface of planets, asteroids, or the Moon? And what about space junk – the … that grows scarce and contentious; gateways to asteroids, planets, and mining that turn into objects of …
RAND Corporation · 25 April 2024 English
This report summarises the findings of a RAND study on the intersection of emerging technologies with the space domain out to 2040. It considers the implications of future technology trends …
our solar system and neighbouring planets and asteroids. Downstream Semiconductors have the potential …
CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 21 March 2024 English
Rather than a single, tidy, institutional solution to govern AI, the world will likely see the emergence of something less elegant: a regime complex, comprising multiple institutions within and across …
Earth posed by impacts from near-Earth objects—asteroids and comets that orbit the sun—and if possible …
SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute · 20 February 2024
This is evident in its joint initiative with China in the Conference on Disarmament—first submitted in 2008, then revised and re-submitted in 2014—to negotiate a draft treaty on the prevention …
Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids for Peaceful Purposes, Adopted 13 Oct. 2020. 172 …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 4 February 2024 English
As space the nation, and therefore securing our national assets become more integral, the prospect of interests in space comes under the ambit of ‘space consolidating the Air and Space …
Earth’s military operations.” immediate orbits. Asteroids, the moon, Mars, Other space capabilities that …
IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 24 January 2024 English
The advent of the 21 st century has witnessed the rise of the space industry as a pivotal arena of technological innovation, economic opportunity, and geopolitical significance. Amidst this global …
planned to retrieve soil samples from the Moon, asteroids, or Mars and return them to Earth. Key …
UKRI: UK Research and Innovation · 5 January 2024
Eligibility to Apply to the 2024 Small Awards Round Applicants may submit up to two applications to the Small Award round, only one of which can be as the Project …
of other solar system bodies including comets, asteroids, meteorites, etc. • Laboratory studies of solar …
DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 2024 English
systems? Robots to mine the surface of planets, asteroids, or the Moon? And what about space junk – the … that grows scarce and contentious; gateways to asteroids, planets, and mining that turn into objects of …
APL: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · 2024 English
Objects: The Dynamics of Inner-Venus and Retrograde Asteroids. September 23, 2022. Jorge Salazar-Cerreño (Univ … 2007 Andrew F. Cheng (JHU/APL) A Tale of Two Asteroids, or Catastrophic Disruption Revisited. September …
UKRI: UK Research and Innovation · 6 December 2023 English
Eligibility to Apply to the 2024 Small Awards Round Applicants may submit up to two applications to the Small Award round, only one of which can be as the Project …
of other solar system bodies including comets, asteroids, meteorites, etc. • Laboratory studies of solar …
