6478 Gault in the asteroid belt grew after collision and discovery of 2019 AS5
Mar 22nd: Collision & Tiny Visitor
Tag: travelers in the night
Mar 15th: One Thousand & Home Wrecker
For the first time in history, an asteroid hunting team, the Catalina Sky Survey, has discovered more than 1,000 Earth approaching asteroids in a single year.
Mar 8th: Lunar Space Rock & Comets Africano
More than 340 lunar meteorites have been found in the Darfur region of Oman, in antarctica and other locations.
Brian Africano discovered 2 comets in a 13 night period.
Mar 1st: Greg’s Comet & Comet Lemmon
Greg Leonard noticed P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) in Taurus Constellation and
Richard Kowalski discovered Comet C/2018 U1 (Lemmon) in Cygnus.
Feb 23rd: Close Again & Busy Night
Greg Leonard found 50′ diameter 2018 VO5. Also Al Grauer discovered 21 space rocks on Halloween night 2018.
Feb 16th: Dust Moons & Space Weather
Discovery of dust clouds at the Earth-Moon L4 and L5 points. And the solar wind that impact space weather.
Feb 9th: Mtn Ops & Close Space Rocks
No asteroid will be found by Catalina Sky Survey team without the Mtn Ops. And a story of closest passage by a non-impacting space rock 2011 CQ1.
Feb 2nd: Geomagnetic Storms & Aten
A Sky Quality Meter confirmed that the Sun has entered a deep solar minimum, which enables strong geomagnetic storms. And discovery of 2018 UY1
Jan 26th: Martian Women & Could Space Aliens Detect Life On Earth?
Women have long played a prominent role at the forefront of astronomical & space research. And… could space aliens detect life on Earth?
Jan 19th: Fly Out Of SpacePort America & NASA Mars Spacecraft Prepare For A Close Comet Flyby
SpaceShipTwo will be launched from SpacePort America in New Mexico & the discovery of Comet C/2013 A1. #365DaysOfAstro