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102E-114-Roses First Asteroid

102E-114-Roses First Asteroid

FromTravelers In The Night


102E-114-Roses First Asteroid

FromTravelers In The Night

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Nov 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Rose Matheny's third solo night of asteroid hunting, using the University of Arizona Schmidt telescope, on Mt. Bigelow, was one of the longest of the year. She had prepared for this night over the past several months by mastering the unique set of observing skills required of an asteroid hunter with the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey. After searching the night sky for about 6 hours a bright fast moving object caught Rose's attention. She gave it the unofficial name of "zippy", Over the next 20 hours this new object was observed by telescopes in Arizona, Japan, and France. These data were used to calculate this small asteroid's orbit around the Sun and it was given the name 2014 YW14.
Released:
Nov 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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