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9E-18-The FIrst Pre-Impact Discovery [2008TC3]
2008 TC3 is the first of the two of small asteroids which astronomers have been able to find and track into our atmosphere. Samples of these impactin…
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521-Lunar Space Rock
Recently, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Growler discovered an Earth approaching asteroid which has a speed consistent with it being ejected …
7 years, 1 month ago
8E-17-2013 US10 From Asteroid to Comet to Deep Space
An object is discovered that first appeared to be a huge near Earth asteroid. Subsequent observations show it to be a comet making a single trip thro…
7 years, 1 month ago
520-Comet Lemmon
An interstellar traveler visits our neighborhood on its tour of the Milky Way.
7 years, 1 month ago
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7E-16-The Discovery of Comet P:2014 A2 [Hill]
Have you ever wondered how a comet is discovered and named?
7 years, 2 months ago
519-Greg's Comet
The discovery of a Jupiter family comet whose fate is to become a garden variety main belt asteroid.
7 years, 2 months ago
6E- 15-Suppose An Asteroid Is On A Collision Course With Earth
Over geologic times, the impacts of objects from space have produced significant changes to our planet's biosphere. Earth threatening asteroids pres…
7 years, 2 months ago
518-Busy Night
On Halloween night while observing with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona I discovered 21 space rocks streaking thro…
7 years, 2 months ago
5E-13-The Tunguska Event
The Tunguska [ Tun·gu·ska] event occurred on June 30, 1908. It appears to have been caused by a small asteroid or comet which exploded 3-6 miles abov…
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517-Close Again
As asteroid hunters equipment and skills continue to improve we will be able to find and track some of these tiny impactors and perhaps be able to su…
7 years, 2 months ago