Near-Earth Object's Forcast of Collisional Events

Project description

New web services listing potentially hazardous near-Earth objects

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids or comets of sizes ranging from metres to tens of kilometres that orbit the Sun and pass close to the Earth’s orbit. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the NEOForCE project aims to assess the risk that NEOs pose for Earth, creating a different list from those released by NASA and ESA. Researchers will develop new methods to estimate the impact probability and obtain more reliable estimates of orbital parameters. Several web services will be launched that will include a list of asteroids and comets that could potentially collide with Earth, a list of possible close encounters and a list of old observations that were made on photographic plates.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › asteroids
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › planets
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › planetary sciences › comets

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021

Call for proposal

HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit Grant

Coordinator

OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS

Net EU contribution

€ 211 754,88

Address

Avenue De L Observatoire 61
75014 Paris
France

Region

Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Other funding

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Partners (1)

PARIS SCIENCES ET LETTRES

France

Net EU contribution

€ 0,00

Address

60 Rue Mazarine
75006 Paris

Region

Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris

Activity type

Research Organisations

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Other funding

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