In the Flexible Path presentation, a mission to Near Earth Object 1999ao10 is outlined, requiring a launch date of January 2, 2026.

在灵活路线图演示中，陈述了一个访问近地球目标1999ao10的任务，这要求在2026年1月2日的发射。

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The list has been compiled by researchers from the University of Southampton using software called called NEOimpactor, short for NASA's ‘NEO’ or Near Earth Object programme.

这份名单是由来自难开普敦的研究学者们利用一项名为NEOimpactor的软体所测算出来的，NEO是美国宇航局近地面项目的英文缩写。

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"We are extremely confident, 100% confident, that this is not a threat," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Observations program, which makes it its business to know these things.

“我们极其自信，有100%的信心，这不会造成威胁，”姚曼斯博士说，他是NASA近地球物体观测项目的经理，了解这些是他必做工作。

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For example, we know that if a body is near the surface of the Earth, the force of gravity of that object seems to be m times g, where g is 9.8.

例如,我们知道,如果在地球表面有一个物体,该物体受到的重力大小为 m 与 g 的乘积,g 等于 9.8

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This question is being taken increasingly seriously by scientists as more is learnt about the impact a near earth object (NEO) would have on the future of civilization.

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The Near Earth Object (NEO) database is working to do that, but it is very difficult to locate all of the objects either closer to the sun or behind it.

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The US space agency's (Nasa) Near Earth Object programme reports on its website that it has recorded 1068 known "Potentially Hazardous Asteroids", however there are thousands more estimated to be present in space.

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