{"id":621023,"date":"2024-02-26T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=621023"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T18:09:11","slug":"nasas-planetary-radar-images-slowly-spinning-asteroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/asteroids\/nasas-planetary-radar-images-slowly-spinning-asteroid\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Planetary Radar Images Slowly Spinning Asteroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg 2620w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1-asteroid-2008-os7-radar-crop.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, this series of images was captured by the powerful 230-foot (70-meter) Goldstone Solar System Radar antenna near Barstow, California.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>During the close approach of 2008 OS7 with Earth on Feb. 2, the agency\u2019s Deep Space Network planetary radar gathered the first detailed images of the stadium-size asteroid.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Feb. 2, a large asteroid safely drifted past Earth at a distance of about 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers, or 7 \u00bd times the distance between Earth and the Moon). There was no risk of the asteroid \u2013 called <a href=\"https:\/\/ssd.jpl.nasa.gov\/tools\/sbdb_lookup.html#\/?sstr=2008%20OS7&view=VOPC\" rel=\"noopener\">2008 OS7<\/a> \u2013 impacting our planet, but scientists at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California used a powerful radio antenna to better determine the size, rotation, shape, and surface details of this near-Earth object (NEO). Until this close approach, asteroid 2008 OS7 had been too far from Earth for planetary radar systems to image it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The asteroid was discovered on July 30, 2008, during routine search operations for NEOs by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, which is headquartered at the University of Arizona in Tucson. After discovery, observations of the amount of light reflected from the asteroid\u2019s surface revealed that it was roughly between 650 to 1,640 feet (200 and 500 meters) wide and that it is comparatively slow rotating, completing one rotation every 29 \u00bd hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rotational period of 2008 OS7 was determined by Petr Pravec, at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Ond\u0159ejov, Czech Republic, who observed the asteroid\u2019s light curve \u2013 or how the brightness of the object changes over time. As the asteroid spins, variations in its shape change the brightness of reflected light astronomers see, and those changes are recorded to understand the period of the asteroid\u2019s rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Feb. 2 close approach, JPL\u2019s radar group used the powerful 230-foot (70-meter) <a href=\"https:\/\/gssr.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Goldstone Solar System Radar<\/a> antenna dish at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/communicating-with-missions\/dsn\/\">Deep Space Network<\/a>\u2019s facility near Barstow, California, to image the asteroid. What scientists found was that its surface has a mix of rounded and more angular regions with a small concavity. They also found the asteroid is smaller than previously estimated \u2013 about 500 to 650 feet (150 to 200 meters) wide \u2013 and confirmed its uncommonly slow rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Goldstone radar observations also provided key measurements of the asteroid\u2019s distance from Earth as it passed by. Those measurements can help scientists at NASA\u2019s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (<a href=\"https:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">CNEOS<\/a>) refine calculations of the asteroid\u2019s orbital path around the Sun. Asteroid 2008 OS7 orbits the Sun once every 2.6 years, traveling from within the orbit of Venus and past the orbit of Mars at its farthest point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CNEOS, which is managed by JPL, calculates every known NEO orbit to provide assessments of potential impact hazards. Due to the proximity of its orbit to that of the Earth and its size, 2008 OS7 is classified as a potentially hazardous asteroid, but the Feb. 2 close approach is the nearest it will come to our planet for at least 200 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While NASA reports on NEOs of all sizes, the agency has been tasked by Congress with detecting and tracking objects 460 feet (140 meters) in size and larger that could cause significant damage on the ground if they should impact our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Goldstone Solar System Radar Group and CNEOS are supported by NASA\u2019s Near-Earth Object Observations Program within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarydefense\/overview\">Planetary Defense Coordination Office<\/a> at the agency\u2019s headquarters in Washington. The Deep Space Network receives programmatic oversight from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/space-operations\/space-communications-and-navigation-scan-program\/\">Space Communications and Navigation<\/a> (SCaN) program office within the Space Operations Mission Directorate, also at the agency\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about planetary radar, CNEOS, and near-Earth objects can be found at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/asteroid-watch\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/asteroid-watch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasas-planetary-radar-captures-detailed-view-of-oblong-asteroid\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"NASA\u2019s Planetary Radar Captures Detailed View of Oblong Asteroid\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">NASA\u2019s Planetary Radar Captures Detailed View of Oblong Asteroid<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/edu\/teach\/activity\/how-to-explore-an-asteroid\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Teachable Moment: How to Explore an Asteroid\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Teachable Moment: How to Explore an Asteroid<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/planetary-defense-exercise-uses-apophis-as-hazardous-asteroid-stand-in\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-center nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"JPL\u2019s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">JPL\u2019s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies<\/span>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News Media Contacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ian J. 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