[meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY closeapproaching NEO!

[Greg Hupe]

Pretty Cool! Congrats to Leigh Anne and Lisa Marie on being part of a new 
NEO discovery!! I would also like to thank Richard and the CSS team for 
graciously opening their doors (or roof in this case) and time for everyday 
folks, a thrill to be a part of!

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Kowalski" <kowalski at lpl.arizona.edu>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 5:59 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Girls help discover VERY 
closeapproaching NEO!


>I doubt there is anyone on this list that does not know Lisa Marie Morrison 
>and Leigh Anne DelRay Cromwell.
>
> Last night they visited me at the Catalina Sky Survey's 60" telescope on 
> Mt. Lemmon. Lisa Marie is writing an article about CSS for the "EZ Guide" 
> that gets distributed during the Tucson Gem & Mineral Shows each year 
> Leigh Anne joined her as her photographer. I hope you all get a chance to 
> check it out when your where for the shows.
>
> While they were here they got to see how we observer and survey for NEOs. 
> I commented that while we can find NEOs at any time of the night, they 
> tend to start showing up after midnight, so I wasn't sure if they'd get to 
> see anything other than Main Belt Asteroids.
>
> Within minutes of me saying that a new NEO popped up on the screen. It 
> turns out to be a tiny rock, only about 15 feet in diameter, but it makes 
> a special showing today.
>
> Around 3:45 Universal time (or GMT or Zulu time if you like) this Near 
> Earth Asteroid, 2010 WA, will make an extraordinary close approach to the 
> Earth, passing a mere 20,000 miles about the surface. That's closer than 
> Geosynchronous orbiting satellites!
>
> Nice catch ladies!
>
>
>
> -- 
> Richard Kowalski
> Catalina Sky Survey
> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
> University of Arizona
> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/
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