A 100 foot diameter asteroid spotted between the orbits of Venus and Earth also a 2000 foot diameter space rock has stories to tell about violent events long ago
Jul 9th: Botswana Bound & Peek a Boo Asteroid
A small space rock with a diameter less than the height of an NBA basketball player crossed the orbit of our Moon and nine hours after, it explode over Botswana. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 2nd: Returnee & Martian Asteroid Hunters
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.
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
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.