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891-2026-AA
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Tracie Beuden was observing with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona in the constellation of Persus when sh…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
380E-416-Odd Ball
The orbits of the planets are closely aligned with the extension of the Sun's equator into space and are contained within the flattened disk of mater…
7 months ago
890-Comet 467P(Linear-Grauer)
Astronomers using the 8.1 m Gemini South Telescope in Chile were excited by the fact that 467P (LINEAR-Grauer)’s Centaur like orbit had been changed …
7 months ago
379E-415-Well Done
Once every 1,435 days , a 780 foot diameter space rock that my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls discovered makes an annihilation defying clos…
7 months, 1 week ago
889-Lick Observatory
In 1892 the world’s largest telescope, the Lick Observatory’s 36 inch refracting telescope made the news when E.E. Barnard discovered, Amalthea, the …
7 months, 1 week ago
378E-414-Enormous Visitor
Without additional data, the true nature of the rapidly northward moving point of light my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls had just discover…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
888-Investigating the Mystery of How Life Formed
On Earth living things are everywhere from the deepest ocean depths to the highest mountain tops. On our home planet RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) is a comp…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
377E-413-Fission Rocket
To get an idea of the energy involved in a rocket launch, the NASA Saturn V, moon rocket, fully fueled on the launch pad contained the chemical energ…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
887-Apophis Bound
In April 2029 on one of the luckiest Friday the 13th in human history the 1500 ft by 500 ft asteroid Apophis will pass within 23,600 miles of the Ear…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
376E-412-Tiny Space Rock
Eighteen hours before my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Rose Matheny first spotted a small space rock with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizon…
8 months ago