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276E-290-Screaming Aten

276E-290-Screaming Aten

FromTravelers In The Night


276E-290-Screaming Aten

FromTravelers In The Night

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

I knew from the short regularly space streaks on the four images I had just obtained with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch on Mount Lemmon, Arizona, I was looking at the path of an Earth approaching object. Turns out, this previously unknown object, is an unusual Aten astrtoid in that its orbit is inclined 38 degrees to the path of the Earth around the Sun. It's high relative speed is caused by the fact that our paths intersect at a large angle making it similar to two vehicles coming together on intersecting highways.
Released:
Mar 19, 2024
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