2 min listen
521-Lunar Space Rock
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Jan 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Recently, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Hannes Growler discovered an Earth approaching asteroid which has a speed consistent with it being ejected from the Moon by the impact of an asteroid or comet long ago. 69 hours after Hannes discovered it, this small space rock passed closer than the communication satellites are from us.
Released:
Jan 29, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
92-An Earth Approaching Comet: A recently discovered Earth Approaching comet reminds us that there are objects like this out there and how they could influence human activity. by Travelers In The Night