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724-Aten(512)
Aten Asteroids are stealthy space rocks which can be dim and hard to detect since for most of their path about the Sun their illuminated side is facing away from us.
Published on 3 years ago
213E-225-Greg Scores
My Catalina Sky Survey team mate Greg Leonard finds an interesting potentially hazardous asteroid.Since asteroid hunter's main concern are the large space rocks which we don't know about, my team the…
Published on 3 years ago
723-Very Close One(510)
Ten hours and 46 minutes after my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Greg Leonard discovered a Toyota RAV4 sized space rock, now named 2018 UA, streaking through the constellation of Pegasus at 8.8 miles/s…
Published on 3 years ago
212E-224-Aten Ahead
Aten asteroids spend most of their time inside the Earth's orbit, come close to us, travel at speeds our rockets can match, and may be an economical source of raw materials for space exploration.
Published on 3 years ago
722-Close(509)
Until recently the discovery of very close approaching asteroids was rare, however, due to improvements in telescopes, cameras, and computers asteroid hunters are now finding a significant number of …
Published on 3 years ago
211E-223-Back Home
A mysterious piece of space hardware comes back to Earth.
Published on 3 years ago
721-Eric's Night(507)
Asteroid hunters are developing the equipment and skills which enable them to predict the impact of tiny space rocks. Thus in the future you may have the opportunity to witness the light show an impa…
Published on 3 years ago
209E-221-Human Geological Epoch
Humans are creating a new geological epoch
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
720-Large PHA(506)
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when he discovered a 2,000 foot diame…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
208E-220-Deuce
A pair of comet discoveries are reported in the space of 31 hours
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago