135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman

07/10/2018 23 min Episodio 135
135: Linking asteroid observations with Dr. Holman

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Episode Synopsis

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.