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2 asteroids named after ASU profs – KPHO Phoenix

Arizona State University 2 asteroids named after ASU profsKPHO PhoenixPhil Christiensen and Dave Williams, plentary geologists, each have asteroids named after them. They are both faculty members in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. Asteroid (10461) Dawilliams was discovered…

Dinosaurs and asteroids – Sidney Sun Telegraph

Dinosaurs and asteroidsSidney Sun TelegraphIn March of 1992, three astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered their ninth comet, hence its name, “Shoemaker-Levy 9.” The team determined that S-L9 was orbiting Jupiter now rather than the sun. Because…

Dinosaurs and asteroids – Sidney Sun Telegraph

Space.com Dinosaurs and asteroidsSidney Sun TelegraphIn March of 1992, three astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered their ninth comet, hence its name, “Shoemaker-Levy 9.” The team determined that S-L9 was orbiting Jupiter now rather than the sun.…

Dinosaurs and asteroids – Sidney Sun Telegraph

Space.com Dinosaurs and asteroidsSidney Sun TelegraphIn March of 1992, three astronomers, Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker and David Levy discovered their ninth comet, hence its name, “Shoemaker-Levy 9.” The team determined that S-L9 was orbiting Jupiter now rather than the sun.…