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135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman
Episode 135

135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman

Spacepod · Carrie Nugent

October 7, 201823m 3s

Show Notes

Dr. Matt Holman, head of the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stops by to talk asteroids. The Minor Planet Center handles about a hundred thousand asteroid observations a night, from observatories all around the world. He talks about the difficulties in linking asteroid observations, and the discovery of the first interstellar asteroid, 'Oumuamua.