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90E-102-Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
90E-102-Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
2014 US7 is called an Aten [Ah tin] type of asteroid. The first of its type was discovered by Dr. Eleanor Key Francis "Glo" Helin in 1976. She was an American astronomer who discovered more than 800 asteroids and several comets. During her long career she made the transition from glass plates to the latest electronic detectors. She was a leader in the establishment of the Near-Earth Tracking Project which discovered more than 36,000 asteroids.
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
83-Two Space Rocks Come Close: Two Earth approaching asteroids were discovered on the same night. by Travelers In The Night