HD 139139 or “Random Transiter” had 28 random sharp narrow dips in brightness in only 87 days. And Perhaps new discoveries will be made from the lunar surface by building lunar telescope.
Apr 25th: Weirdest Star & Lunar Telescope
Tag: asteroid
Apr 17th: Backyard Professional Astronomy With Asteroid Hunters
Today’s amateur equipment is now possible to engage in professional-level sky searches for asteroids.
Apr 4th: Asteroid Zoo & Missing
In 2018 Asteroid Hunters discovered 1,839 previously unknown space rocks and statistically, asteroid hunters are thought to have discovered 90 to 95% of the Earth approaching asteroids larger than about 3,000 feet in diameter.
Mar 28th: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
Alex Gibbs found 3,400 foot diameter 2018 XV5 and 1,200 foot diameter 2018 GG5
Mar 14th: A Three-City-Block-Sized Asteroid & Things That Dim In The Night
Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 2015 DH155, a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and Dr. Alice Quillen wonder if there are objects which dim in ways that will tell us about their natures.
Mar 7th: Tied For Third & Buzzed By An Asteroid
Alex Gibbs found his 27th comet. This discovery brings him into a tie for third place, in the list of observers. And Carson Fuls and Jess Johnson discovered 10’ diameter 2015 DD1.
Feb 28th: NASA RADAR Finds Asteroid Moon & Ready Yourself For Alien
RADAR images of 2004 BL86 shows a small moon. And Carl Sagan said that “The Universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
Feb 21st: A New Discovery – Not! & Great Shefford Observator
Observation of 2015 BY310 with an asteroid 2000 BK19 and the story of Peter Birtwhistle one of unsung heroes of the asteroid hunting community.
Feb 14th: Three Is A Mystery & This Comet Will Never Return
Discovery of three asteroids whose orbits are similar enough to conclude that they are part of an asteroid collision fragment family. And the story of Comet C2013 US10/Catalina.
Feb 9th: Back To Basics
In the gutter, looking up at the stars. So the water came from asteroids now? And what are the Voyagers learning about interstellar space?