University of Arizona: Citizen Science Project Nets a New Asteroid, and It's a Close One
December 08, 2023
December 08, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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Members of the public helped the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey spot a previously unknown near-Earth asteroid on its orbit around the sun. The asteroid, TW 2023, has no chance of colliding with Earth.
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Discovering asteroids in space used to be a privilege reserved for astronomers - until now, thanks to a project led by t . . .
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Members of the public helped the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey spot a previously unknown near-Earth asteroid on its orbit around the sun. The asteroid, TW 2023, has no chance of colliding with Earth.
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Discovering asteroids in space used to be a privilege reserved for astronomers - until now, thanks to a project led by t . . .