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Near-Earth Asteroids

Cristina Thomas was in the New York Times, and it was *not* about the DART mission

Posted by Ed on November 1, 2022

‘Planet Killer’ Asteroid Spotted That Poses Distant Risk to Earth

Several [asteroids] no doubt sneak about near Mercury and Venus. But it’s “incredibly difficult to discover objects interior to Earth’s orbit with our current discovery telescopes,” Dr. Thomas said. During most hours of the day, the sun blinds Earth’s telescopes and objects can be hunted only in the few minutes around twilight.

Filed Under: Astronomy and Planetary Science

Local Graduate Student Studies Near-Earth Asteroids

Posted by Author on Source on January 18, 2022

NAU astronomy undergrad Claire Gibson wrote a nice article for the Flagstaff Festival of Science web page about PhD student Lucas McClure

Read it here.

Filed Under: Astronomy, Astronomy and Planetary Science

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