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120E-132-Kowalski's Forever Comet

120E-132-Kowalski's Forever Comet

FromTravelers In The Night


120E-132-Kowalski's Forever Comet

FromTravelers In The Night

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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
Mar 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski has an instinct for discovering interesting objects. Recently he spotted a fuzzy looking moving faint light in the night sky. It was then observed by telescopes in Italy, New Mexico, and Texas and given the name C/2015 D5 (Kowalski). When Kowalski first spotted this comet it was traveling about 12 miles per second away from the Sun and was about 344 million miles from planet Earth. Comet C/2015 D5 (Kowalski) is likely to continue its cold lonely journey between stars till the end of time.
Released:
Mar 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Space, Asteroid Hunting, and Astronomy, an insider view.The music is "Eternity" by John Lyell.Astronomy Asteroids Space NASA Comets Earth Impact