Over the past few weeks some media outlets discussed the future impact possibilities of asteroid (101955) Bennu, the target of the ongoing NASA mission Osiris-REx. Bennu is indeed ranked near the top of our risk list, but the earliest year when an impact is possible is 2175, not 2135 as some reports stated.

November 2021 Newsletter

November was a month of close approaches of many small objects. A particularly interesting case was 2015 VY105, which came to less than 30 000 km from the Earth’s surface on 15 November.