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215E-227-Planet 9
Astronomers are searching the solar system for new planets. Calculations based on the orbits of the distant objects out near Pluto suggest the existe…
3 years, 2 months ago
725-Mtn Ops(513)
My team, the Catalina Sky Survey, would not find a single asteroid without Steward Observatory's Mountain Lemmon Operations, or Mtn Ops for short. Bo…
3 years, 2 months ago
214E-226-Cosmic Campground
The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.
3 years, 2 months ago
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 faci…
3 years, 2 months 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 …
3 years, 2 months 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 t…
3 years, 3 months 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 …
3 years, 3 months ago
722-Close(509)
Until recently the discovery of very close approaching asteroids was rare, however, due to improvements in telescopes, cameras, and computers asteroi…
3 years, 3 months ago
211E-223-Back Home
A mysterious piece of space hardware comes back to Earth.
3 years, 3 months 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…
3 years, 3 months ago