On a night of good seeing it is possible to spot faint Earth approaching asteroids. And a space rock was traveling towards us at 5.5 miles per second.
Nov 7th: Bad Seeing & An Interplanetary Visitor
Tag: asteroid
Oct 31st: Future Impact Possibilities & The Oceans of Ganymede
Today’s story: These three asteroids are some of the objects to be listed on the NASA Sentry Risk Table & the oceans of ganymede
Oct 24th: Close Approaches & Recycling Spacecraft
Today Travelers in the night will talk about the discovery of 2015 EO & 2015 ET and recycling spacecraft
Oct 20th: Awesome Astronomy October 2021 Space Exploration Show
Today Space Exploration Show with @AwesomeAstroPod will discuss about Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, JWST launch on December and many more. All at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 17th: Path to Mars & Big and Close
The human thirst for knowledge about our mysterious next door neighbor. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 11th: Centaurs, Comets & Asteroids
So there are asteroids, and there are comets. But there’s an entirely separate class of objects called centaurs. More about it at #365DaysOfAstro
Oct 10th: Aging Satellites & Illusive Asteroids
Today’s Travelers in the Night discuss about the damage caused by major solar outburst and the discovery of 2020 KT2 in the constellation of Boötes.
Oct 1st: Awesome Astronomy October 2021 News
It’s time for October skyguide and news round-up session with @AwesomeAstroPod. Today we have mysterious case of missing supernova, volcanoes on Venus,and
Sep 26th: Kasper’s First Comet & Earth Grazer
Today Travelers in the Night will take us to the discovery of C/2020 H3 (Wierzchos) and 15 foot diameter 2020 JJ.
Sep 23rd: Simple Physics Explains Diamond Shapes of Ryugu & Bennu
Using a simple model based on granular physics, like those used for modeling sand or sugar deposits, scientists have recreated the diamond shape of asteroids Ryugu and Bennu