Across
- 5. Location of Victor M. Blanco telescope used to spot AP7
- 6. This body makes it difficult for us to discover objects interior to Earth's orbit
- 7. When can those objects interior to Earth's orbit be best seen?
- 9. Christina Thomas believes that AP7's existence suggests that other elephantine asteroids exist that are veiled by the sun’s ______
- 10. What kind of energy does the camera on the Victor M. Blanco telescope look for?
- 11. Spacecraft that successfully adjusted the orbit of an asteroid in September
- 12. AP7 can be classified as a(n) ____________
- 15. Possibility of impact in the foreseeable future is __________ low.
- 16. One of these projectiles, 2022 AP7, is estimated to be roughly a ______ long.
- 17. The data set made it clear that it won’t be paying Earth a visit during the next ________, and perhaps far longer.
Down
- 1. _____________ pull of objects around the solar system ensures that Earth-crossing asteroids don’t dance the same way forever.
- 2. Detecting uncharted space rocks relies on spying ________ glinting off their surfaces.
- 3. this asteroid will get ___________ in the sky as it starts crossing Earth’s orbit closer and closer to where the Earth actually is.
- 4. AP7 isn't a problem now, but could be for our __________
- 8. What type of light will NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission be utilizing to spot objects in the sun's glare?
- 13. Researchers announced they discovered this many new light-drowned projectiles.
- 14. Smaller asteroids don't pose a threat to earth because of the ____________.