Organization
CNEOS
NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which computes near-Earth-object orbits and impact risk and maintains the public fireball database. Its reported velocity for the 2014-01-08 bolide is the basis of a debated — and unconfirmed — claim of an interstellar meteor.
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- Type: Organization
- Domain: Scientific connections
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Associated with CNEOS 2014-01-08.
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6 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.
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- Associated with
CNEOS 2014-01-08
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Impact Monitoring
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Risk Communication
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The Torino Scale
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- Associated withCNEOS 2014-01-08
- Associated withImpact Monitoring
- Associated withJPL / CNEOS Close-Approach Data
- Associated withRisk Communication
- Associated withThe Palermo Scale
- Associated withThe Torino Scale
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CNEOS 2014-01-08
A bright meteor (bolide) that entered Earth's atmosphere near Papua New Guinea on 8 January 2014, recorded in NASA CNEOS's fireball database. From the reported high velocity it was proposed in 2019 to have originated outside the Solar System, which would make it a candidate interstellar meteor. The claim is disputed: the underlying velocity data come from US Government sensors whose uncertainties are not public, and the interstellar interpretation is not accepted by the wider community. It is not a confirmed interstellar object.
defense stageImpact Monitoring
Automatic systems at CNEOS and ESA continuously propagate every known orbit forward for a century or more, flagging any that could approach Earth. Apophis was tracked this way until observations ruled out an impact for the next century.
defense stageRisk Communication
Explaining a risk to decision-makers and the public accurately and without alarm — including retracting a warning when better data clears an object, as happened with Apophis. Clear communication is itself part of planetary defence.
risk scaleThe Torino Scale
A 0–10 scale, like a hazard traffic light, for communicating the risk of a near-Earth object to the public — combining impact probability and energy into a single colour-coded number. Apophis briefly reached level 4, the highest ever, before further observations returned it to zero.
risk scaleThe Palermo Scale
A more technical, logarithmic scale used by specialists to rank impact hazards against the background risk of a random impact of the same size over the same time. Values below zero mean a threat less than the everyday background; above zero warrants attention.
live data sourceJPL / CNEOS Close-Approach Data
NASA JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies computes close-approach tables and impact-risk (Sentry) summaries for asteroids and comets, served through the Solar System Dynamics APIs. Modelled as a real provider with an honest status; no approach distance or date is shown until it is connected.
Data
Scientific data & provenance
Data & provenance
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organization:cneos- Type
- Organization
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- 6
- Graph version
- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/organization:cneos
Scientific quality
Substantial3 of 4 applicable dimensions complete
- Description
- Complete
- Source coverage
- Complete
- Relationship coverage
- Complete
- Review coverage
- None
- Citation coverage
- Not applicable
- Image coverage
- Not applicable
- Timeline coverage
- Not applicable
Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.
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- NEO pipeline stageDecision & Mission PlanningLinked through Risk Communication
- PlanetEarthLinked through CNEOS 2014-01-08
Sources & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
- NASA JPLJet Propulsion Laboratory / Solar System Dynamics
Orbital data, ephemerides, and small-body parameters for planets, asteroids, and comets.