Planetary Defense
Missions
Find up-to-the-minute visibilities and deeplinks for Planetary Defense targets on the Moving Target Ephemeris page and the Scientific Events Prediction page
Main-Belt Campaigns
2033 (Basilea)
2033 (Basilea) is a roughly 6km diameter asteroid located within the inner portion of the asteroid belt. Its name comes from the city of Basel in Switzerland.
3260 (Vizbor)
3260 (Vizbor) is a main-belt asteroid that is estimated to have a diameter between 7 and 16 km. Discovered in 1974, Vizbor is named after Yuri Vizbor, a Soviet bard.
1796 (Riga)
(1796) Riga is a massive main-belt, some 65-70 km in diameter. With an orbital period of about 6 years, Riga always maintains a distance from the Sun of a little over 3 AU. It poses no threat to Earth, but it is an interesting object to study nonetheless.
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