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105E-117-A Football field Sized Asteroid Comes Near

105E-117-A Football field Sized Asteroid Comes Near

FromTravelers In The Night


105E-117-A Football field Sized Asteroid Comes Near

FromTravelers In The Night

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Dec 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

I was observing with the Catalina Sky Survey, NASA funded, University of Arizona, 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon when a bright fast moving point of light caught my attention. It seemed much too bright not to be known, but when I checked with the Minor Planet Center, it was not in any of their catalogues. It was was subsequently observed by more than a dozen telescopes scattered around the world and given the name 2014 YE42. The asteroid hunting community will be keeping track of 2014 YE42,in the extremely unlikely event that its path is changed, to make it a threat, as it passes other objects in space.
Released:
Dec 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Space, Asteroid Hunting, and Astronomy, an insider view.The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell.Astronomy Asteroids Space NASA Comets Earth Impact