The PHASTT Network

It seems that near-Earth space is a pretty busy place. Asteroids whizzing by all the time. Really, it’s just a matter of time before one finds us. The most recent (Oct. 1) was asteroid 2008 SZ150. A 70ish metre object that passed within 25 lunar distances. A couple of nights before that it was the 225 m diameter 2002 NV16 which passed within 14 lunar distances. September 29th saw a 79m object pass within 59 lunar distances. The day before that, 2013 SK20 passed within 2.3 lunar distances. And the list goes on. Every day small objects whiz by Earth. And, occasionally they hit…

Below is a neat video of asteroid Toutatis moving through the night sky as imaged by the TFRM Baker-Nunn camera.