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232E-244-Earths Wobble
A careful study of the Earth's motion in space is a key to understanding past climate change and enables us to predict future patterns of flooding an…
3 years ago
742-Cuban Meteorites(530)
A large fireball meteor which exploded over Cuba produced a number of interesting results.
3 years ago
231E-243-Comet Ahoy
Recently a relatively dim object, Comet P/2016 BA14 flew past Earth at about 9 times the distance to our Moon from us. It was the third closest comet…
3 years ago
741-Africano(529)
My Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet while asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Major with our Schmidt te…
3 years ago
230E-242-Spray Paint
A gentle method of causing an asteroid to miss planet Earth.
Will spray paint save the world?
Recently, NASA scientists using the giant RADAR telescope…
3 years ago
740-Asteroid Billiards(528)
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART for short will test methods to make a dangerous asteroid miss Earth
3 years ago
229E-241-Could Be Twins
A pair of possibly related comets pass unusually close to Earth.
It is hard to have a personal feel for the microgravity of a comet since it is only a…
3 years ago
739-Comet Groller(527)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Groller was asteroid hunting with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when he discovered his first c…
3 years, 1 month ago
228E-240-Why
What motivates asteroid hunters?
Large dangerous asteroids are still out there to find.
3 years, 1 month ago
738-Tiny Visitor(526)
A tiny space rock passes through the cloud of communications satellites surrounding the Earth.
3 years, 1 month ago