by Colin Stuart | Oct 9, 2017 | Astronomy, Explainer, solar system
I was delighted and stunned to learn that, in recognition of my work to popularise astronomy, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has renamed the asteroid formerly known as (15347) 1994 UD. It is now called (15347) Colinstuart. A main belt asteroid, it sits...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 27, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
NASA has released new data from yesterday’s cosmic fly-past when asteroid 2004 BL86 zoomed past the Earth at a slightly greater distance than our Moon. Those observations appear to reveal the asteroid has a moon of its own. The main asteroid is 325 metres across...
by Colin Stuart | Jan 20, 2015 | Astronomy news, Uncategorised
The latest image from NASA’s Dawn mission has revealed the same unexplained white spot observed by the Hubble Space Telescope as far back as 2003. Its true nature is one of many mysteries the mission hopes to resolve when it sidles up to the asteroid later this...