ASTRONOMY PICTURE

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Asteroid

MAR 22, 2004

Asteroid 2004 FH Whizzes By

JUN 19, 2004

Ida and Dactyl: Asteroid and Moon

OCT 1, 2004

Earth Nears Asteroid Toutatis

OCT 2, 2004

Toutatis Nears Planet Earth

AUG 18, 2005

Sylvia, Romulus and Remus

NOV 10, 2005

Gravitational Tractor

NOV 16, 2005

A Robot’s Shadow on Asteroid Itokawa

AUG 20, 2006

A Map of Asteroid Vesta

AUG 21, 2006

Ceres: Asteroid or Planet?

FEB 17, 2007

Stereo Eros

APR 5, 2007

Asteroid and Galaxy

APR 22, 2007

Smooth Sections of Asteroid Itokawa

MAY 25, 2007

Jupiter, Vesta, and the Milky Way

JUN 22, 2007

Small Worlds Ceres and Vesta

JAN 3, 2008

Geminids in 2007

JAN 30, 2008

Asteroid 2007 TU24 Passes the Earth

NOV 8, 2008

On the Trail of 2008 TC3

MAR 28, 2009

Almahata Sitta 15

JUN 7, 2009

Asteroid Eros Reconstructed

JUL 31, 2009

Hubble View: Jupiter Impact

FEB 3, 2010

P/2010 A2: Unusual Asteroid Tail Implies Powerful Collision

FEB 18, 2010

Vesta Near Opposition

JUN 19, 2010

Stereo Itokawa

JUN 19, 2011

The Regolith of Asteroid Eros

JUL 19, 2011

Vesta Vista

AUG 2, 2011

Asteroid Vesta Full Frame

AUG 20, 2011

Stereo Vesta

SEP 19, 2011

The South Pole of Asteroid Vesta

OCT 1, 2011

Asteroids Near Earth

NOV 9, 2011

Asteroid 2005 YU55 Passes the Earth

APR 24, 2012

Rosetta Approaches Asteroid Lutetia

MAY 14, 2012

Virtual Flight Over Asteroid Vesta

JUL 7, 2012

Gravitational Tractor

FEB 17, 2013

Asteroid 2012 DA14 Passes the Earth

FEB 21, 2013

Gravitational Tractor

NOV 12, 2013

The Unexpected Tails of Asteroid P5

FEB 9, 2014

The Missing Craters of Asteroid Itokawa

APR 9, 2014

Two Rings for Asteroid Chariklo

JAN 20, 2015

Approaching Asteroid Ceres

JAN 29, 2015

Close Encounter with M44

FEB 18, 2015

Dark Craters and Bright Spots Revealed on Asteroid Ceres

APR 21, 2015

Vesta Trek: A Digital Model of Asteroid Vesta

APR 22, 2015

Colorful Star Clouds in Cygnus

JUN 30, 2015

An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres

APR 20, 2017

Asteroid 2014 JO25

OCT 9, 2017

Unusual Mountain Ahuna Mons on Asteroid Ceres

NOV 3, 2017

A/2017 U1: An Interstellar Visitor

MAY 30, 2018

The Case of the Backwards Orbiting Asteroid

JUN 25, 2018

Hayabusa2 Approaches Asteroid Ryugu

AUG 22, 2018

Asteroid Ryugu from Hayabusa2

NOV 13, 2018

Rotating Asteroid Bennu from OSIRIS-REx

NOV 20, 2018

The Unexpected Trajectory of Interstellar Asteroid ‘Oumuamua

DEC 13, 2018

3D Bennu

JAN 29, 2019

Ultima Thule from New Horizons

MAY 24, 2019

Boulders on Bennu

JUN 30, 2019

Virtual Flight over Asteroid Vesta

DEC 23, 2019

Places for OSIRIS-REx to Touch Asteroid Bennu

APR 1, 2020

Asteroid or Potato?

SEP 16, 2020

Gravel Ejected from Asteroid Bennu

OCT 12, 2020

Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu

OCT 23, 2021

3D Bennu

MAR 11, 2023

3D Bennu