Asteroids NeoWs
Number of APIs: 1
Asteroids - NeoWs
NeoWs (Near Earth Object Web Service) is a RESTful web service for near earth Asteroid information. With NeoWs a user can: search for Asteroids based on their closest approach date to Earth, lookup a specific Asteroid with its NASA JPL small body id, as well as browse the overall data-set.Data-set: All the data is from the NASA JPL Asteroid team (http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/).This API is maintained by SpaceRocks Team: David Greenfield, Arezu Sarvestani, Jason English and Peter Baunach.
Neo - Feed
Retrieve a list of Asteroids based on their closest approach date to Earth. GET https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/feed?start_date=START_DATE&end_date=END_DATE&api_key=API_KEY
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| start_date | YYYY-MM-DD | none | Starting date for asteroid search |
| end_date | YYYY-MM-DD | 7 days after start_date | Ending date for asteroid search |
| api_key | string | DEMO_KEY | api.nasa.gov key for expanded usage |
Example query
https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/feed?start_date=2015-09-07&end_date=2015-09-08&api_key=DEMO_KEY
Neo - Lookup
Lookup a specific Asteroid based on its NASA JPL small body (SPK-ID) ID GET https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/
Path Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| asteroid_id | int | none | Asteroid SPK-ID correlates to the NASA JPL small body |
| api_key | string | DEMO_KEY | api.nasa.gov key for expanded usage |
Example query
https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/3542519?api_key=DEMO_KEY
Neo - Browse
Browse the overall Asteroid data-set GET https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse/
Example query
https://api.nasa.gov/neo/rest/v1/neo/browse?api_key=DEMO_KEY