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506-Large PHA
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bige…
7 years, 7 months ago
505-What A Night
To give you an idea of the celestial traffic in our neighborhood, on a recent clear night, using our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona, my Cat…
7 years, 7 months ago
504-Vulcan
In the fictional Star Trek series, Vulcan, Spock's home planet was imagined to orbit the A component of the triple star system 40 Eridani [Eri-dani ]…
7 years, 7 months ago
503-Fuls III
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Carson Fuls discovered his third comet, Comet C/2018 R4 (Fuls). It is now on its way back into deep space. G…
7 years, 7 months ago
502-Pair of PHAs
Asteroid Hunters keep careful track of nearly 2,000 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids [PHAs] to make sure that they are no threat to humanity. The rece…
7 years, 7 months ago
501-Carson's Night
A small space rock is spotted 4 days before it came very close to the Earth and our Moon.
7 years, 7 months ago
500-Why Look
What asteroid hunters fear is that a small space rock capable of injuring people and damaging buildings is heading our way and that we will not find …
7 years, 8 months ago
499-Oppy
The NASA Mars Opportunity Rover, nicked named Oppy by those who operate and love it ,was designed to last 90 days on the Martian surface but has cont…
7 years, 8 months ago
498-Tiny Travelers
Although small space rocks pose no threat to humans, they are an interesting part of our environment, offer a chance for asteroid hunters to develop …
7 years, 8 months ago
497-First One
Asteroid hunters were able to discover a small Earth approaching asteroid after 57 nights of continuous rain and clouds.
7 years, 8 months ago