We imagine the asteroid belt as a place where all the rocks hang out in the solar system. But there are 2 huge bands of asteroids that orbit the Sun with Jupiter called the Trojans. And soon we may actually get a chance to see them up close!
Join us today as we talk about radio transmitters found in the twinkling heart of the Milky Way. Then we’ll look at an asteroid that has a comet-like tail. And finally, Bennu is about to be sampled by OSIRIS-Rex, and we helped make that happen!
The discovery of potentially hazardous asteroid 2018 XV5 and 2018 GG5 by Alex Gibbs. #365DaysOfAstro
Today we have stories from near earth object discoveries by Brian Africano and Greg Leonard.
Although you can’t see the extremely faint geocorona, you can observe other components of the Earth’s nightly airglow.
Our 30″ Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona covers an area equivalent to approximately 100 full moons. Eric Christensen observed 116 followup observations on a single night.
Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors including 2019 CR4 & 2019 CD5. While Teddy Pruyne & Richard Kowalski discovered six new Earth Approaching Objects.
Last month astronomers announced that they had detected a tiny asteroid that had been captured by the Earth’s gravity well and had been sharing our orbit for a few years. Today, let’s talk about the smallest moons in the Solar System.
Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet named C/2019 B1 (Africano) and National Weather Service RADAR discovered a large fireball meteor over Cuba.
The first comet discovery of Hannes Groeller and DART will slam projectile into Didymoon in 2022.