After being lost for ten years, the asteroid 2010 WC9 was re-discovered when it came very close to Earth & the life of an asteroid hunter on Mars will be interesting and exciting.
Jul 2nd: Returnee & Martian Asteroid Hunters
Tag: asteroid
Jun 25th: Exiled Asteroid & Big Atira
Today’s Travelers in the Night discuss about asteroid exiled to the outer region of the Solar System and asteroid discovery whose orbit lies completely within that of the Earth.
Jun 22nd: Rubble Pile Asteroids May Be Extinct Comets
After detecting high levels of organic matter using remote sensors at the asteroid Ryugu, numerical models show that it’s possible that rubble pile asteroids are actually extinct comets.
Jun 4th: Hammer & Comets and Asteroids
How to change asteroid path to prevent collision to the earth?
May 21st: Nuking An Asteroid & Cloud 7
Even though the chances are extremely slim, an asteroid hunter could find a sizable asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth.
May 14th: Christmas Comet & Asteroid Homestead
On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave a Christmas present in the form of a comet.
May 7th: Long Winter’s Nights & Meteor Whispers
Today travelers in the Night discuss about long winters night good seeing for asteroid hunters makes new discoveries and about electrophonic meteors produce simultaneous light and sound
Mar 27th: Asteroid Early Warning Systems
The DART mission showed us that we can push an asteroid off its trajectory if we have enough warning. Today we’ll talk about how humanity is building early warning systems to give us time to respond to a dangerous asteroid.
Mar 26th: Martian Debris & Double Comet
Today’s Travelers in the Night explores the story about martian trojan asteroids orbit and an asteroid that turn out to be a double comet.
Mar 12th: Finding Space Rocks & Moons Of Florence
Finding a meteorite that has traveled billions of miles through space to reach it’s present location is exciting. It might even be worth real money. More about it and largest asteroid to come near the Earth in 100 years.