Transit Dreams Observatory awarded code W33 from the Minor Planet Center This announcement is late, but I wanted to share it with our friends here who don’t follow us on Facebook. I am proud to announce the International Astronomical Union’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Asteroids
Asteroid (1284) Latvia is a main belt asteroid about 37 km in diameter with an orbit around the Sun of 1572 Earth days. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth in July 1933. It was named after the Republic … Continue reading
Asteroid (1146) Biarmia is a main belt asteroid approximately 31 km diameter at its widest point. It orbits the Sun every 5 years. This asteroid was discovered by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin in 1929. It is currently passing through the … Continue reading
The Asteroid (426) Hippo is a main belt asteroid approximately 127km in diameter at its widest point. It is one of 99 asteroids discovered by French Auguste Honoré Charlois, from Nice, France. This asteroid is one of three … Continue reading
Asteroid 2004BL86, a fast mover, passed within 3 Earth-Moon distances on January 27, 2015. I captured its passage through Cancer using a Canon 60da DSLR mounted on my ES 127mm refractor. The video above is combination of about 265 individual … Continue reading