275E-289-Strange Comet

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275E-289-Strange Comet

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Mar 12, 2024

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C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) is my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski's 14th comet discovery. It orbits the Sun once every 68 years on a cold path between Saturn and Neptune.

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Mar 12, 2024

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

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85-Obscuring The Cosmos: In 10 years there will only be a few places in the United States to see the Milky Way clearly or view a meteor striking across the night sky. by Travelers In The Night
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80-Rocks From Space Tell A Tale: The small asteroid which entered the Earth's atmosphere and injured nearly 1500 people in February of 2013 had a history which can be traced back to the Moon forming event. by Travelers In The Night
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76-Waking Up To No Satellites: Humans have become used to having artificial Earth satellites. The close passage of a comet or a mega solar flare could disable them. by Travelers In The Night
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82-Space Travelers-Antartic Meteorites: In the past 30 years more than 20,000 meteorites have been found in Antarctica. Some of them originated on the Moon or Mars. by Travelers In The Night
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83-Two Space Rocks Come Close: Two Earth approaching asteroids were discovered on the same night. by Travelers In The Night
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81-Shores Of The Cosmic Ocean: Through out history humans have viewed the night sky and used it as a source of information and sense of wonder. There is a new place to view the night sky in all of its beauty, the Cosmic Campground. by Travelers In The Night
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78-Up Close And Personal With A Comet: The Rosetta Spacecraft's arrival at a comet's nucleus has begun a process of discovery. by Travelers In The Night
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102-Little Asteroid On An Inside Track: A small asteroid will make close approaches to Earth, our Moon, and Venus. by Travelers In The Night
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129-A 3 City Block Sized Asteroid: An asteroid the size of three city blocks was spotted 50 million miles from Earth. Someday it will make a close approach to our planet. by Travelers In The Night
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84-Space Travelers-Martian Meteorites: Rocks ejected from Mars by the impact of an asteroid or comet can and do find their way to Earth. by Travelers In The Night
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94-You Are Close To Outer Space: Outer space is not far from you, it just takes a lot of energy to get there. by Travelers In The Night
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91-Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: A small meteoroid traveling faster than a rifle bullet has more kinetic energy than a locomotive. by Travelers In The Night
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90-Shine Little Asteroid Shine: A small asteroid becomes bright enough to be seen with a small telescope and an electronic camera. by Travelers In The Night
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87-MOM Reaches Mars: India becomes the first Asian nation to send a spacecraft to Mars. by Travelers In The Night
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86-A Close Flyby: A semi-trailer truck sized, rapidly rotating, asteroid comes almost to the distance of the communication satellites from Earth. by Travelers In The Night
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88-Space Rocks: Space rocks have been observed hurtling between planets, flying through our atmosphere, and lying on the surface of planet Earth. by Travelers In The Night
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77-Extremely Old World Could Harbor life: Astronomers have discovered a planet, twice as old as the Earth, at the right distance from its Sun to harbor life. by Travelers In The Night
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96-Target Asteroids: Students have the opportunity to do original scientific research and to discover and name asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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79-Space Travelers-Lunar Meteorites: Rocks from the Moon can end up on the surface of the Earth and be worth more than diamonds or gold. by Travelers In The Night
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107-Mining Asteroids: Mining asteroids may seem farfetched, however, some on our planet are actively pursuing this goal. by Travelers In The Night
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99-Peppered By Space Rocks: It appears that the human population is at more at risk from smaller rather than larger Earth impacting asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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92-An Earth Approaching Comet: A recently discovered Earth Approaching comet reminds us that there are objects like this out there and how they could influence human activity. by Travelers In The Night
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89-Witnessing An Asteroid Impact: What would it be like to witness an asteroid impact similar to what happened at Tunguska, Russia in 1908. by Travelers In The Night
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115-Ballistic Capture: A new plan for a space trip to Mars will be able to deliver a steady stream of supplies to a human space colony on the red planet. by Travelers In The Night
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123-A New Discovery Not: A seemingly unknown potentially hazardous asteroid is found to be an asteroid discovered 12 years ago. by Travelers In The Night
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98-Objects Visiting Our Neighborhood: Every month we discover small asteroids which come closer than the Moon. by Travelers In The Night
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93-Name That Asteroid: A unique program allows students to discover and name asteroids. by Travelers In The Night
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100-Where Extension Cords Can't Reach: The use of Radioisotope Power Systems has brought us a wealth of knowledge about our solar system. by Travelers In The Night
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111-Green Meteors: Green Meteors which have long been attributed to alien spacecraft or spy devices are in reality beautiful natural events. by Travelers In The Night
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104-Jupiter Trojan Confusion: The Jupiter Trojan asteroids can masquerade as near Earth Objects. by Travelers In The Night
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