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23E-35-An Asteroid With A Ring
Programs 31-60
Travelers in The Night
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Contents
1 31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid
2 32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon
3 33-A Busy Month in the Earth's Neighborhood
4 34- Num…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
534-Followups
Without followup data, many if not most of the Earth approaching objects would be lost as they move away from us leaving us with no idea when they might return to near Earth space or perhaps even str…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
22E-34-Number 5000
The 5000th Earth approaching asteroid discovered by the University of Arizona's NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey is approximately 3 times the size of the one which injured 1491 people in Russia in Fe…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
533-100 Moons
A small telescope makes a substantial contribution to our knowledge of the celestial visitors to our neighborhood.
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
21E-33-A Busy Month In The Earth's Neighborhood
For us who look for Earth approaching objects, March of 2014 was a busy month. Six asteroids which pass closer than our Moon were discovered and tracked. The smallest of them is the size of an SUV an…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
532-Teddy's Debut
On a recent training night with Teddy Pruyne at the controls of our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, this duo discovered six new Earth Approaching Objects, an inner main belt asteroid, and r…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
20E-32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon
It appears that Hektor and its moon were created by a collision between two icy asteroids early in the 4.5 billion year history of our solar system when things were more chaotic. They happened to lan…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
531-Alex's Catch
On a cold windy night, with clouds frustrating his search, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors while observing with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Ari…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
19E-31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid
An asteroid spins up and comes apart. When the Earth runs into its trail we will be treated to a meteor shower.
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
530-Cuban Meteorites
A large fireball meteor which exploded over Cuba produced a number of interesting results.
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago