Podcasts Science Astronomy Travelers In The Night 789-Asteroid With A Tail

789-Asteroid With A Tail

Published: March 22, 2024, 4 p.m.

My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Taurus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he came across a very curious object. It has an orbit like an ordinary main belt asteroid. However, amazingly it has a tail extending some 19,000 miles out from a few mile diameter central object.