Podcaster: Dr. Pamela Gay;
Title: Escape Velocity Space News – EVSN: Eccentric Minor Planet to Make Close Pass to Saturn’s Orbit in 2030
Organization: Cosmoquest
Link: http://dailyspace.org/
Description:
From Jun 22, 2021.
Minor planet 2014 UN271, discovered in data collected by the Dark Energy Survey, is set to make a close pass to Saturn’s orbit at the end of the decade, giving astronomers a chance to observe a rare trans-Neptunian object from up close…ish. Plus, Venus, Jupiter, the Milky Way, and an invisible galactic structure discovered quite by accident.
Bio: Dr. Pamela Gay is a Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute and a Director of CosmoQuest.
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