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116E-128-Buzzed By An Asteroid
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2 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammates Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered a rapidly moving point of light in the sky. It was subsequently observed by telescopes in Italy, Arizona, New Zealand, and Australia. Twenty six hours before humans spotted it, this 10 foot diameter space rock came within two and a half Earth diameters of our planets surface and was traveling at 8 miles per second. At that point it was bright enough to be seen in a small telescope had anyone been looking. In the future its orbit allows it to come to about 2,000 miles of the Earth's surface.
Released:
Feb 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
93-Name That Asteroid: A unique program allows students to discover and name asteroids. by Travelers In The Night