Podcasts Science Astronomy Travelers In The Night 77E-89-Witnessing An Asteroid Impact

77E-89-Witnessing An Asteroid Impact

Published: May 19, 2020, 3 p.m.

b'Recently I discovered a small asteroid with the NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon. This space rock is about 200 feet in diameter and will never get closer than 1/4 of the distance to the Moon. A friend asked what it would be like to witness the impact of such an object.'