When you first hear the words “Planetary Defense” you might think of a sci-fi movie with spaceships ready to defend Earth from aliens, and maybe some Earthlings in spacesuits holding laser guns. This is not the case. Planetary Defense is slightly more down to Earth, so to speak. It does involve defending Earth, but it…
Mountain View and Marseille, June 11, 2020. Citizen science pioneers recently made two contributions to a better knowledge of outer space. Backyard astronomers of the SETI Institute and Unistellar network conducted in April citizen science observations, and their discoveries will improve our understanding of asteroids and exoplanets. Thanks to their work, we know precisely the…
We are contacting you today to participate in a citizen science campaign in the night between Saturday, June 6th to Sunday June 7th. 1632 Siebohme asteroid is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1941 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth. This asteroid will occult a 11.4 magnitude star and this event is visible from your…