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633-Dress Rehearsal
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The situation that asteroid hunters both train for and dread is the discovery of a large space rock on a collision course with planet Earth. Recently we got a chance to practice on a small harmless space rock named 2020 XK1 that eventually zipped past us. About once a month a small space rock like 2020 XK1 enters the Earth's atmosphere, creates a super fireball meteor, bursts into a cloud of fragments at 135,000 feet, and rains fragments of itself onto the ground for meteorite hunters to discover.
Released:
Mar 26, 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