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
Two of the four RASA telescopes installed.
Courtesy: Alain Maury
The MAP NEO Discovery Project
(Mar 2022) In the last year or so, several new NEO discovery programs have begun observations around the world. One of these is the MAP project based in Chile (Observatory Code W94), and a recent addition to IAWN.
Read More: The MAP NEO Discovery Project
Close Approaches
Asteriod designation: 2022 JM2
Discovery station: Mt. Lemmon Survey
Close approach date (UTC): 2022 05 06.77
Close approach distance (× lunar distance): 0.4
Discovery announcement
Latest orbit & observations