All Pieces for Al Grauer

 
26-Binary Asteroids
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Binary asteroids are relatively common and would present a challenge if one of the were heading for Earth.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
25-Fireballs
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Fireballs are meteors brighter than the Planet Venus.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
24-Jupiter Friend or Foe
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Jupiter was once thought to provide a shield which has prevented impacts from objects in space. Modern calculations find that Jupiter sends some o...

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
23-Capturing an Asteroid
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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NASA is planning an Asteroid Redirect Mission which will place a small asteroid in orbit about our moon. There it can be visited and studied by hum...

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
22-Asteroid 2013 TV 135
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid 2013 TV135 is a potentially hazardous asteroid which at first appeared to be on a collision course with planet Earth. Subsequent observat...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
21-The Kepler Spacecraft's Search for Earth Like Planets
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Kepler Spacecraft has discovered that planets which are apparently similar to Earth exist outside of our solar system.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
7-2013 UQ4 Comes in From the Cold
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Piece image
A large asteroid with a long orbital period comes near the Earth.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
18-The First Pre-Impact Discovery [2008 TC3]
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Asteroid 2008 TC3 is the first object discovered before it impacted the Earth.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
17-2013 US10 From Asteroid to Comet to Deep Space
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An object is discovered that first appeared to be a huge near Earth asteroid. Subsequent observations show it to be a comet making a single trip t...

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
16-The Discovery of Comet P/2014 A2 (Hill)
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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This piece describes the process of comet discovery.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
12-Mars and a Comet, A Near Miss
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In October of 2014 a comet will make a close approach to the planet Mars.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
15-Suppose An Asteroid Is On A Collision Course With Earth
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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What are our options when we discover that an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth?

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
14-The Rosetta Spacecraft
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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After a tour of the inner solar system, the Rosetta Spacecraft will land on a comet, make measurements, and return data to Earth.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
13-The Tunguska Event
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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In 1908 a small asteroid or comet entered the Earth's atmosphere over Siberia and killed 80 million trees.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
11-Hunting Asteroids on January 7, 2014
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A description of Asteroid hunting with the 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
10-Bennu to Receive A Visitor
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will perform a sample and return mission to the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 7
9-Asteroid 2014 AA Impacted Earth on January 2, 2014
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The first Earth approaching asteroid discovered in 2014 hit our planet 20 hours after its discovery.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
8-A Bad Day for Dinosaurs
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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An asteroid impact changed life on Earth 66 million years ago.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
6-A Near Miss: June 2013 [2013 LR6]
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A small asteroid is discovered and tracked as it passes close to the Earth.

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 7
5-Two Earth Approaching Objects Discovered the Same Day
From: Al Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and a small asteroid which passed very near the Earth were discovered the same day by the telescopes of the Catali...

Bought by KGLP, KRSC, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WKCC, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7

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