When the football field-sized asteroid comes near and a skyscraper-sized asteroid to pay a visit. This is the story of 2014 YE42 and 2014XL7
Jan 17th: A Dwarf Water Planet in Our Solar System & Rose’s First Asteroid
Today we have stories about the dwarf planet Ceres and asteroid 2014 YW14 discovered by Rose Matheny
Jan 10th: Green Meteors & A Banner Year For Asteroid Hunters
In 2014 asteroids hunters discovered more than 1,450 Earth approaching objects making it the most productive year yet.
Jan 3rd: Eighteen Sleeps Later & Asteroids Accessible By Human Space
Dec 27th: Mining Asteroids & How Close Will It Come To Us?
Science fiction writers have long imagined human space colonies which use the resources they find. Dana Stabenow’s Star Svensdotter Series is an excellent recent example.
Dec 13th: Small Asteroids in Earth-like Orbits & Jupiter Trojan Confusion
The discovery of 10 foot diameter asteroid using University of Arizona 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon.
Dec 6th: Navigating the Earth/Moon Dance & Little Asteroid On An Inside Track
Some months the asteroid hunting community finds more than a half dozen small asteroids that pass closer to the Earth than our Moon.
Dec 2nd: Awesome Astronomy December 2020 News
Welcoming December, @AwesomeAstroPod will have news roundup with Hayabusa 2 as the main story, sky guide, guide to electromagnetic spectrum.
Nov 29th: Peppered By Space Rocks & Where Extension Cords Can’t Reach
Nov 8th: Name That Asteroid & You Are Close To Outer Space
It has been traditional for an asteroid to be named by its discoverer. But new opportunities arise for students to discover and name asteroids. More at #365DaysOfAstro