You are literally one click away from observing the trajectory of some asteroid completely live and it is wonderful. As we know, asteroids are cosmic objects that frequently pass near the Earth. Because of this, space agencies provide a lot of information about them; measures its size, speed, trajectory and much more. But, in addition to doing all this, NASA also offers the possibility of observing a live; an extraordinary gift for all of us who love to be amazed by the cosmos.
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Through Eyes on Asteroids, the space agency aims to promote knowledge and curiosity about asteroids. Even bringing the population closer to discovering much more about missions like DART, a project that plans to destroy potentially dangerous asteroids for Earth.
What is Eyes on Asteroids?
Eyes on Asteroids is an application designed by and works to keep you up to date with what is happening in space with asteroids. You can follow in real time the passage of any asteroid that approaches Earth and all from your cell phone or computer. The application has real-time 3D visualization and allows you to explore nearly 28,000 objects close to planet Earth.
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How to see an asteroid live (sponsored by NASA)
The only thing you need to do to observe any asteroid is access the Eyes on Asteroids website from your cell phone or computer, you don’t need to download anything. When you enter the page you will see that the orbits of each nearby asteroid are shown and you just have to click on the name of the NEO to obtain more information about it.
This visualization of the asteroids is completely live, however NASA updates the changes that occur in any of the asteroids every two days. After all, we must consider that the universe is constantly transforming. In a summarized way you can observe an asteroid in the following way.
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Click on the top where you will find a Menu, when this menu is displayed it shows us several options: Learn, Asteroid Watch (vision of asteroids) and Filters (filters).
That’s how simple and extraordinary it is to discover the universe, it only takes you one click and you will know which objects will be closest to Earth and if there is actually any danger or you can just enjoy it.