Comments on: Asteroid discovered with shortest orbit yet https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/asteroid-discovered-with-shortest-orbit-yet/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/asteroid-discovered-with-shortest-orbit-yet/#comment-1176050 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 06:09:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=78476#comment-1176050 Call it Vulcan…a solar furnace. Eat out the back and focus a beam out the tailpipe.

]]> By: mkent https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/asteroid-discovered-with-shortest-orbit-yet/#comment-1176021 Tue, 24 Aug 2021 02:21:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=78476#comment-1176021 Knowing how many of course is important, in order to obtain a full census of those asteroids in the solar system that might hit the Earth. To get it will likely require placing a probe designed to look for them.

The NEO Surveyor is already under development.

]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/asteroid-discovered-with-shortest-orbit-yet/#comment-1175958 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:34:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=78476#comment-1175958 I wonder if it’s a “pile of rubble”, or a large chunk of rock? perfect for an observational satellite to shadow!
The astroid protecting the satellite from the suns radiation and static interference, so it can perform its science mission, launching small probes, while searching the inner solar system for more astroids?
Every new discovery comes with it new possibilities…

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