Asteroids
Posted May 3, 2022
Crash Course Pods: The Universe
Ep. 1: The First Fraction of a Second
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Last week we talked about boring old rocks on the ground. This week, we're again talking rocks, but these are rocks... from SPACE!
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[Trivia Question]
2020 QG asteroid flyby
[Fact Off]
Libyan desert glass
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5196362.stm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0022309384901777?via%3Dihub
https://www.mindat.org/min-39796.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X13004998
Hopewell asteroid event
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05758-y
[Ask the Science Couch]
Asteroid belt won’t become a planet
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-science-fiction-movies/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015IAUGA..2256597V/abstract
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth/
https://lasp.colorado.edu/outerplanets/kbos_dwarfplanets.php
https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/origin?show=hs_origin_story_jupiters-influence
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/k/Kirkwood+Gaps
[Butt One More Thing]
Meteorism medical condition farts