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NASA’s Planetary Radar Reveals Peanut Shape of Asteroid 1997 QK1
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Asteroid 1997 QK1 is shown to be an elongated, peanut-shaped near-Earth object in this series of 28 radar images obtained…

Sep 2, 2025
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NASA’s Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Fast-Spinning Asteroid
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This series of 41 radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar on July 28, 2025,…

Aug 4, 2025
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Asteroid 2024 PT5’s Orbit Around the Sun (Animation)
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This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun.

Oct 2, 2024
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NASA’s Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
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This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024,…

Sep 17, 2024
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Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Peanut-Shaped Asteroid
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This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024, shows…

Aug 29, 2024
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The Goldstone Solar System Radar at Sunset
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This sunset photo shows NASA's Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications…

Jul 3, 2024
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Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Binary Asteroid 2011 UL21
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These seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the mile-wide asteroid 2011 UL21 during…

Jul 3, 2024
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Detailed Planetary Radar Observations of Asteroid 2024 MK
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Because close approaches by asteroids the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, JPL's planetary radar team gathered as much…

Jul 3, 2024
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NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slow-Spinning Asteroid 2008 OS7
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The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images…

Feb 26, 2024
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