Our Mission
IAWN was established (2013) as a result of the UN-endorsed recommendations for an international response to a potential NEO impact threat, to create an international group of organizations involved in detecting, tracking, and characterizing NEOs. The IAWN is tasked with developing a strategy using well-defined communication plans and protocols to assist Governments in the analysis of asteroid impact consequences and in the planning of mitigation responses.
Currently, IAWN includes members from Europe, Asia, South and North America.
Observers Twitter feed
Tweets from some of our observing signatories and other active asteroid observers.
A Twitter List by SBNarchiveSignatories Twitter feed
Tweets from some of our institutional signatories (may have non-asteroid news as well).
A Twitter List by SBNarchiveLatest from IAWN
Borisov's Discovery Telescope
Courtesy: G. Borisov
Welcoming 5 new IAWN members!
(Feb 2020) The IAWN Steering Committee has approved 5 more members. They are:
- Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC)
- Fondazione GAL Hassin
- Jordi Camarasa, Paus Observatory (B49)
- Israel Space Agency (ISA)
- Gennady Borisov, Mobil Astronomical Robotics Genon Observatory (MARGO)
Read More: Welcome New Members
NEO News
Graphic showing orbit of 2020 AV2. It is between the orbits of Venus and Mercury and inclined relative to the Earth's orbit.
Credit: JPL Small-Body Database Browser
ZTF Discovers a New Class of Solar System Object: 2020 AV2
(09 Jan 2020) On 4 January, 2020, the Zwicky Transient Facility team discovered a new fast-moving object and reported it immediately to the Minor Planet Center (MPC). Once posted on the MPC's NEO Confirmation Page, other observers from around the world measured the object's position on the sky. These measurements facilitated a precise fit to the object's fascinating orbit.
Read More: 2020 AV2
Close Approaches
Asteriod designation: 2020 KF5
Discovery station: Mt. Lemmon Survey
Close approach date (UTC): 2020 05 28.54
Close approach distance (× lunar distance): 0.64
Discovery announcement
Latest orbit & observations