Travelers in the Night Eps. 793 & 794: Close Space Rock & An Apollo Space Rock to Follow

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an
observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.
travelersinthenight.org


From April 2024.


Today's 2 topics:


- Perhaps the most dangerous Amor asteroid is 2006 HZ51 .It was
discovered by my team the Catalina Sky Survey. Fortunately the
closest 2006 HZ51 will come to our home planet is  June 11
of 2116 when it will pass us harmlessly 26 times the distance to
our moon away from us.


- Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Vivian Carjaval was
asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Minor with our
Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow when she discovered, 2024 BR4, a
two football field diameter Earth approaching asteroid.Vivian’s
Apollo asteroid discovery poses no threat to humans since 2024 is
as close as it will come to Earth in the next few hundred years.


 


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