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Within the Asteroid family, the Near Earth Objects (NEO)

are bodies whose orbits bring them to proximity with Earth. Occasionally, asteroids’ orbital paths are influenced by the gravitational tug of planets and their paths are altered. Scientists believe stray asteroids or fragments from collisions have crashed into Earth in the past and that these have played a role in the evolution of planet Earth.

Running from 01 January 2020 until 30 June 2023, NEOROCKS tracked and studied NEOs.

How? Cooperation among different teams of expert astronomers and using sophisticated instrumentation and theoretical models.

NEOROCKS scientists studied the NEOs’ dynamical and physical properties.

Why? To determine their orbit and characterise their nature, in particular those that could collide with the Earth.

Find out more about our project and an overview of results in our SUMMARY page. You can also visit our Scientific Outputs and Outreach pages for more details.

You can see who made up the team of NEOROCKERS on our Consortium and Advisory Board pages.

If you are new to all this, please see our Glossary to find out what all the terminology means.

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