Travelers in the Night Eps. 325 & 326: Marrakech & Asteroids 2016

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 October 2024.


Today's 2 topics:


- A location 9,000 feet above sea level in the Atlas Mountains of
Morocco is ideal for an asteroid hunter since the weather is
often clear and the skies are dark. It was thus intriguing for me
to see that a new asteroid discovery was posted from J43 which is
the Morocco Oukaïmeden Sky Survey or (MOSS) located near
Marrakech, a name I had not encountered except in the Crosby,
Stills, and Nash song "Marrakech Express". The MOSS observatory
has team members in Morocco, France, and Switzerland, call
themselves amateurs, and produces professional quality results.


 


- 2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters during which
we discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects. My team, the
NASA funded, Catalina Sky Survey, led the pack with 931 Near
Earth Asteroid discoveries.


 


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