Planetary Defence is gaining momentum after the launching toward the Didymos binary system of NASA DART, the first asteroid deflection mission, foreseeing also the deployment of ASI’s LICIAcube. Moreover, the ESA Hera ...

The ephemerides of minor planets are computed on the basis of astrometric observations. The asteroid orbit determination process requires these observations to be properly weighted to take into account the expected accuracy ...

Observations of asteroids and other near-Earth objects are of great importance for planetary defence activities, the purpose of which is to determine their positions in space and the probabilities of Earth impacts, as well ...