Pretty Cool! Congrats to Leigh Anne and Lisa Marie on being part of a new
NEO discovery!! I would also like to thank Richard and the CSS team for
graciously opening their doors (or roof in this case) and time for everyday
folks, a thrill to be a part of!
Best regards,
Greg
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Kowalski" <kowal...@lpl.arizona.edu>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:59 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY
closeapproaching NEO!
I doubt there is anyone on this list that does not know Lisa Marie Morrison
and Leigh Anne DelRay Cromwell.
Last night they visited me at the Catalina Sky Survey's 60" telescope on
Mt. Lemmon. Lisa Marie is writing an article about CSS for the "EZ Guide"
that gets distributed during the Tucson Gem & Mineral Shows each year
Leigh Anne joined her as her photographer. I hope you all get a chance to
check it out when your where for the shows.
While they were here they got to see how we observer and survey for NEOs.
I commented that while we can find NEOs at any time of the night, they
tend to start showing up after midnight, so I wasn't sure if they'd get to
see anything other than Main Belt Asteroids.
Within minutes of me saying that a new NEO popped up on the screen. It
turns out to be a tiny rock, only about 15 feet in diameter, but it makes
a special showing today.
Around 3:45 Universal time (or GMT or Zulu time if you like) this Near
Earth Asteroid, 2010 WA, will make an extraordinary close approach to the
Earth, passing a mere 20,000 miles about the surface. That's closer than
Geosynchronous orbiting satellites!
Nice catch ladies!
--
Richard Kowalski
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
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