Podcast appearances and mentions of catalina mountains

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org From Mar 10 & 17, 2023. Today's 2 topics: - For the first time in history, an asteroid hunting team, the Catalina Sky Survey, has discovered more than 1,000 Earth approaching asteroids in a single year. They are an interesting part of our environment. - The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org Today's 2 topics: - My Catalina Sky Survey team mate Greg Leonard finds an interesting potentially hazardous asteroid.Since asteroid hunter's main concern are the large space rocks which we don't know about, my team the Catalina Sky Survey continues to scan the skies 24 nights per month using two telescopes located in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. - The Cosmic Campground is one of the last places where one can experience the natural night sky in the lower 48.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.

Even as a child I was astounded by the silence of snow. I wonder if there is a name for silent snow? Around our little homestead it's called, “the snow that helps Petey sleep.” The plant that helped me sleep one recent winter night is Arizona rosewood. I first saw Arizona rosewoods growing among the oaks around Molino Basin in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson. That was around 1968 or '69. Yikes!!! Later in the 1980s when I was working at a wholesale nursery in Tucson we grew and offered rosewoods as an oleander substitute. It still is and here's the good news; there are are several species of rosewoods available in the horticulture trade. Hmm, I should say, species, subspecies and in the case of pauciflora, variety. Around us in the borderlands of southeastern Arizona we have 2 named rosewoods; Arizona rosewood and let's call the variety pauciflora Guadalupe Mountain rosewood. Go west to Texas or south into Mexico and you can start adding other rosewoods. Is that cool? Very. There are some nice rosewood descriptions, photographs and landscape uses in a couple of favorite books found on my book shelf; Cool Plants for Hot Gardens (revised) by Greg Starr and Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes by Judy Mielke. Judy's book is still as useful as when it came out 30 years ago and I suspect Greg's book will be the same in 30 years, but no need to wait. The photos are mine and taken this winter at our little homestead.

My Catalina Sky Survey team mate Greg Leonard finds an interesting potentially hazardous asteroid.Since asteroid hunter's main concern are the large space rocks which we don't know about, my team the Catalina Sky Survey continues to scan the skies 24 nights per month using two telescopes located in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona.

The San Xavier Mine can be found on the Santa Cruz River. The Silver Bell Mine is about 35 miles west of the town of Marana. PINAL COUNTY The American Flag Mine is in the vicinity of the town of Oracle, in the Catalina MOuntains. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY The Austerlitz Mine can be found on the Arivaca-Peña Lake. The Oro Blanco Mine is some 9 miles due southeast of the town of Arivaca. The Salero Mine is in the Santa Rita mountain range, close to the foot of Salero Peak. YAVAPAI COUNTY The Congress Mine In the year 1929, near the US-Mexico border southeast of the town of Ajo, three miners chanced upon a collection of 700 gold bars. The last of these miners perished in the year 1963, never having disclosed where this secret cache was located. It had become an accepted fact since this discovery that the 700 bars they found were only one small portion of a much larger hoard that was in the process of being shipped to Mexico around 1648, by Jesuits who had come under attack by natives and forced to hide their treasure. It is believed that somewhere in the same area as the cache is buried treasure amounting to 4,000 to 5,000 bars of silver, as well as 2,000 bars of gold. A single Jesuit priest was the sole survivor of this attack. This priest attempted to relocate the hidden treasure a year later, but failed to find it again. A silver bullion from the famous Cerro Colorado Mine, reported to be hidden in a cave that lies between the Cerro Colorado and Cerro Chiquito mountain ranges. It is valued at more than $150,000. The Lost Carretta Canyon Treasure, also referred to as the Ajo Treasure is another treasure near the Tumacacori Mission, said to be hidden along the old Carretta Road that connected the mission to the Mexican town of Sonora , Sonora state. The treasure is said to be valued at more than $2 million, and is made up of silver and gold bullion, along with church vessels. The Lost Arivaca Treasure is reportedly in the vicinity of the town of Arivaca, supposedly inside of a cave in the Baboquivari Mountains. The Lost Arivaca Treasure was said to have been found by a Papago native in the year 1880. What he saw was a cache of silver and gold bars, hidden in the 1600s by Spanish Jesuits. This native took some bars to purchase supplies from a trading post nearby, and was never seen again. Before he disappeared, he did tell the people in the trading post where he found it, but was only able to give them approximate directions to this cave. The Blackgown's Treasure is reported to be “slightly to the west of Tubac '', specifically in the “third little mountain” somewhere due southwest of Tubac Presidio. This means that it is in Santa Cruz County, likely some 10 to 15 miles due north of Arivaca, in the Sierrita Mountains. The Blackgown's Treasure is said to be made up of gold bars, nuggets, dust, chalices, and statues hidden by Spanish missionaries in the 1700s. Some time ago, a hunter hailing from Tucson went searching for the Blackgown's Treasure, and decided to look into an abandoned mining shack near to the suspected location. There, he found two large tin cans, which were filled with gold nuggets that were worth more than $20,000. The Guadalupe Treasure is one of the most well-known hidden treasures in Arizona. Legend has it that the Guadalupe Treasure is the hiding place of more than 200 mules' worth of gold nuggets and solid bars, as well as 2,000 mules' worth of silver ore. This caravan belonged to Jesuits who were forced from the Spanish New World colonies during the Jesuit expulsion of 1767. This extensive mule train was a large target for bandits, especially Native American raiders, who would band together to intercept it as the Jesuits were around 4 miles to the southwest of Tumacacori Mission. According to the legend, all of the treasure carried by the mule train was deposited in a nearby abandoned mine, before they fled to Mexico. Although it has sparked a lot of interest, the legitimacy of this story is thro --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/treasure-revealed/support

Last summer, the Bighorn Fire swept across the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, coming close to the community of Summerhaven. Wildlife officials and Summerhaven residents explain how life is returning a year later.

The Bighorn Fire in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, AZ. started on June 5th of 2020 and as I sit…

A recently discovered asteroid spends most of its time high above the plane of the solar system far from our Sun. Unknown asteroids on such a path worry asteroid hunters since one could appear from out of nowhere and be on a collision path with planet Earth. Fortunately the odds that this will occur are vanishingly small. The prospect of a suddenly appearing dangerous celestial visitor keeps my team the Catalina Sky Survey going to our telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Az.

A recently discovered asteroid spends most of its time high above the plane of the solar system far from our Sun. Unknown asteroids on such a path worry asteroid hunters since one could appear from out of nowhere and be on a collision path with planet Earth. Fortunately the odds that this will occur are vanishingly small. The prospect of a suddenly appearing dangerous celestial visitor keeps my team the Catalina Sky Survey going to our telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Az.

Programs 31-60Travelers in The NightProgramsContents 1 31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid 2 32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon 3 33-A Busy Month in the Earth's Neighborhood 4 34- Number 5000 5 35-An Asteroid With A Ring 6 36- Earth and Moon as Evening Stars 7 37-Slow Movers At The Edge of Our Solar System 8 38-The Big Ones 9 39-Dash Cams and the Anatomy of An Airburst 10 40-Itokawa A Strange Space Peanut 11 41-Navigating The Night Sky 12 42-Astronauts Reveal Sobering Data On Asteroid Impacts 13 43-First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' 14 44-A Unique Metal World; Asteroid Psyche 15 45-A World Full of Holes 16 46-How Far Is Forever 17 47-Earth Approaching Space Rocks Collected Over 6 Nights 18 48-Large Dangerous Asteroids Still Appear Suddenly Without Warning 19 49-Earth Approaching Wannabees 20 50-Asteroid 2014 JO25: What An Incredible Ride 21 51-Asteroid 2007 VK184 - Eliminated As An Impact Risk to Earth 22 52- Another Large Bright Suddenly Appearing Asteroid 23 53- Where Is Juno 24 54- Tour a Neighbor World 25 55-RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid 26 56-A Whopper or A Comet 27 57-Hold A Traveler In The Night In Your Hand 28 58-NASA Hunts for A Special Asteroid 29 59-Spotting Travelers In The Night 30 60-A Close Visit With A Message31-A Gentle Breakup Of An AsteroidClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 21, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Newton formulated that the change in motion for an object depends on the amount of force and the length of time it is applied. For this reason a baseball pitcher tries to have a long pull on the ball before releasing it.Astronomers have a theory, called the Yorp effect, that light from the Sun produces a very tiny torque which increases the rate of spin of an object. The effect is so small that it would take billions of years to be produce a measurable outcome. How can such an idea ever be tested?In September of 2013, the Pan-STARRS group found a strange moving object in the night sky. The plot thickened when the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea Hawaii found that instead of being a single body it appeared to be three small objects embedded in a cloud of gas and dust several thousands of miles in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to see what is going on.Hubble found that this object changes significantly over a period of months, that it has 6 tails, and that pieces of it continue to emerge from the center and slowly move away at a walking pace.An asteroid collision is too violent to cause what is seen. The object is too cold for expanding gases to cause it to break up. The best explanation which fits the data is that Sun light has slowly, over billions of years, increased P/2013 P5's rate of spin causing it to gently come apart. Some of the dust and small particles which escape from it will orbit the Sun. When the Earth runs into them we may see them as meteors in our night sky.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information On The Break Up Of An Asteroid32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a MoonClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 29, 2014remixed July 15, 2014It appears that Hektor and its moon were created by a collision between two icy asteroids early in the 4.5 billion year history of our solar system when things were more chaotic. They happened to land in a gravitational dip which has allowed them to remain relatively undisturbed for billions of years.The asteroid Hektor orbits the Sun at a point where the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter create a stable point 60 degrees in front of the giant planet. In 1907 Hector was discovered as a moving point of light in the night sky. For the next 99 years its true nature remained unknown. In the past few years the Keck Telescope in Hawaii has discovered that the main body is a 230 mile long peanut shaped object. Most recently Keck was used to discover that Hektor has a 7.5 mile diameter moon which has a dense core surrounded by icy layers. This asteroid moon orbits the peanut shaped Hektor in a stable orbit every 3 hours.Recently, NASA scientists using the Goldstone Radar telescope were taking advantage of a close approach of a potentially hazardous asteroid to obtain radar images. These data show 2006 DP14 is a peanut shaped object about 1300 feet long. It slowly spins with a 6 hour period. Previous data from Goldstone and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggests that more than 10 % of near Earth asteroids larger than 650 feet in diameter have a peanut shape. This knowledge will be important if we find one of these strange objects is on a collision course with our planet.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information on This Program33-A Busy Month in the Earth's NeighborhoodClick to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014For us who look for Earth approaching objects, March of 2014 was a busy month. Six asteroids which pass closer than our Moon were discovered and tracked. The smallest of them is the size of an SUV and the largest would fill an NBA basketball court. Fortunately none of them were on a collision course with Planet Earth.Interest in smaller space rocks has increased since a semitrailer truck sized asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia in February of 2013. Most of the nearly 1500 injuries could have been avoided if people in the impact area had been warned to stay away from windows.In January of 2014 a refrigerator sized asteroid was discovered about 20 hours before it exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is estimated that there are a billion near Earth Asteroids of similar size.It is likely that we have discovered 90% of the approximately one thousand near Earth asteroids whose impact would cause global climate change. There are probably 300,000 smaller Earth approaching asteroids whose impact would devastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's surface. So far we have discovered about 5,000 of them. There are many millions of space rocks which could cause window breaking sonic booms. Happily we have not discovered any of these objects which will impact the Earth any time soon.An Asteroid impact is a natural disaster whose effect we have the ability to minimize . The NASA Near Earth Object Program's goal is provide the early detection essential to mitigate such an event.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore On Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth34- Number 5000Click to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014The 5000th Earth approaching asteroid discovered by the University of Arizona's NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey was found early in 2014. It is approximately 3 times the size of the one which injured 1491 people in Russia in February of 2013. It was discovered by my teammate Jess Johnson. Happily, its closest approach to Earth is slightly farther than our moon.The other 4999 asteroids discovered since 2003 consist of:> 141 that are large enough to cause global climate change,> 1892 that are large enough todevastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's Surface, and> 2966 that upon entering our atmosphere would createwindow shattering sonic booms.Fortunately none of these objects will impact the Earth anytime soon.Our team operates two telescopes, 24 nights per month in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. This effort has discovered 47% of the near Earth Asteroids known to exist. We are part of the NASA near Earth Object Program who goal is to provide the early warning time which is essential to mitigate the effects of an asteroid impact.Fortunately large asteroids which impact the Earth are extremely rare. Small asteroids are the most numerous and thus mostly likely to present a problem. In the future we hope to have the equipment in place to obtain a heads up if a small asteroid is likely to be an impactor. Then people that are in a potentially effected area will be warned to seek shelter in a manner similar to a tornado warning.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore on the 5000th Asteroid35-An Asteroid With A RingClick to ListenPublished PRX April 18, 2014Recorded April 12, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Saturn had a strange appearance in Galileo's telescope. At first he described it as being a composite of three objects. A few years later, better telescopes showed a beautiful ring system surrounding Saturn. For more than 350 years Saturn was the only known planet with rings. Now we are aware that Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune also have ring systems.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is an asteroid which orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus every 63 years. It was discovered in 1997 by James Scotti an astronomer with Spacewatch on Kitt Peak in Arizona.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is the first asteroid to show a ring system. Perhaps there are others.

Programs 31-60Travelers in The NightProgramsContents 1 31-A Gentle Breakup Of An Asteroid 2 32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a Moon 3 33-A Busy Month in the Earth's Neighborhood 4 34- Number 5000 5 35-An Asteroid With A Ring 6 36- Earth and Moon as Evening Stars 7 37-Slow Movers At The Edge of Our Solar System 8 38-The Big Ones 9 39-Dash Cams and the Anatomy of An Airburst 10 40-Itokawa A Strange Space Peanut 11 41-Navigating The Night Sky 12 42-Astronauts Reveal Sobering Data On Asteroid Impacts 13 43-First Earth-Size Planet in 'Habitable Zone' 14 44-A Unique Metal World; Asteroid Psyche 15 45-A World Full of Holes 16 46-How Far Is Forever 17 47-Earth Approaching Space Rocks Collected Over 6 Nights 18 48-Large Dangerous Asteroids Still Appear Suddenly Without Warning 19 49-Earth Approaching Wannabees 20 50-Asteroid 2014 JO25: What An Incredible Ride 21 51-Asteroid 2007 VK184 - Eliminated As An Impact Risk to Earth 22 52- Another Large Bright Suddenly Appearing Asteroid 23 53- Where Is Juno 24 54- Tour a Neighbor World 25 55-RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid 26 56-A Whopper or A Comet 27 57-Hold A Traveler In The Night In Your Hand 28 58-NASA Hunts for A Special Asteroid 29 59-Spotting Travelers In The Night 30 60-A Close Visit With A Message31-A Gentle Breakup Of An AsteroidClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 21, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Newton formulated that the change in motion for an object depends on the amount of force and the length of time it is applied. For this reason a baseball pitcher tries to have a long pull on the ball before releasing it.Astronomers have a theory, called the Yorp effect, that light from the Sun produces a very tiny torque which increases the rate of spin of an object. The effect is so small that it would take billions of years to be produce a measurable outcome. How can such an idea ever be tested?In September of 2013, the Pan-STARRS group found a strange moving object in the night sky. The plot thickened when the Keck Telescope on Mauna Kea Hawaii found that instead of being a single body it appeared to be three small objects embedded in a cloud of gas and dust several thousands of miles in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope was used to see what is going on.Hubble found that this object changes significantly over a period of months, that it has 6 tails, and that pieces of it continue to emerge from the center and slowly move away at a walking pace.An asteroid collision is too violent to cause what is seen. The object is too cold for expanding gases to cause it to break up. The best explanation which fits the data is that Sun light has slowly, over billions of years, increased P/2013 P5's rate of spin causing it to gently come apart. Some of the dust and small particles which escape from it will orbit the Sun. When the Earth runs into them we may see them as meteors in our night sky.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information On The Break Up Of An Asteroid32-A Peanut Shaped Asteroid with a MoonClick to ListenPublished PRX April 3, 2014Recorded March 29, 2014remixed July 15, 2014It appears that Hektor and its moon were created by a collision between two icy asteroids early in the 4.5 billion year history of our solar system when things were more chaotic. They happened to land in a gravitational dip which has allowed them to remain relatively undisturbed for billions of years.The asteroid Hektor orbits the Sun at a point where the gravity of the Sun and Jupiter create a stable point 60 degrees in front of the giant planet. In 1907 Hector was discovered as a moving point of light in the night sky. For the next 99 years its true nature remained unknown. In the past few years the Keck Telescope in Hawaii has discovered that the main body is a 230 mile long peanut shaped object. Most recently Keck was used to discover that Hektor has a 7.5 mile diameter moon which has a dense core surrounded by icy layers. This asteroid moon orbits the peanut shaped Hektor in a stable orbit every 3 hours.Recently, NASA scientists using the Goldstone Radar telescope were taking advantage of a close approach of a potentially hazardous asteroid to obtain radar images. These data show 2006 DP14 is a peanut shaped object about 1300 feet long. It slowly spins with a 6 hour period. Previous data from Goldstone and the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suggests that more than 10 % of near Earth asteroids larger than 650 feet in diameter have a peanut shape. This knowledge will be important if we find one of these strange objects is on a collision course with our planet.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore Information on This Program33-A Busy Month in the Earth's NeighborhoodClick to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014For us who look for Earth approaching objects, March of 2014 was a busy month. Six asteroids which pass closer than our Moon were discovered and tracked. The smallest of them is the size of an SUV and the largest would fill an NBA basketball court. Fortunately none of them were on a collision course with Planet Earth.Interest in smaller space rocks has increased since a semitrailer truck sized asteroid entered the Earth's atmosphere over Russia in February of 2013. Most of the nearly 1500 injuries could have been avoided if people in the impact area had been warned to stay away from windows.In January of 2014 a refrigerator sized asteroid was discovered about 20 hours before it exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is estimated that there are a billion near Earth Asteroids of similar size.It is likely that we have discovered 90% of the approximately one thousand near Earth asteroids whose impact would cause global climate change. There are probably 300,000 smaller Earth approaching asteroids whose impact would devastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's surface. So far we have discovered about 5,000 of them. There are many millions of space rocks which could cause window breaking sonic booms. Happily we have not discovered any of these objects which will impact the Earth any time soon.An Asteroid impact is a natural disaster whose effect we have the ability to minimize . The NASA Near Earth Object Program's goal is provide the early detection essential to mitigate such an event.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore On Asteroid Close Approaches to Earth34- Number 5000Click to ListenPublished PRX April 10, 2014Recorded April 10, 2014remixed July 15, 2014The 5000th Earth approaching asteroid discovered by the University of Arizona's NASA funded Catalina Sky Survey was found early in 2014. It is approximately 3 times the size of the one which injured 1491 people in Russia in February of 2013. It was discovered by my teammate Jess Johnson. Happily, its closest approach to Earth is slightly farther than our moon.The other 4999 asteroids discovered since 2003 consist of:> 141 that are large enough to cause global climate change,> 1892 that are large enough todevastate thousands of square miles of the Earth's Surface, and> 2966 that upon entering our atmosphere would createwindow shattering sonic booms.Fortunately none of these objects will impact the Earth anytime soon.Our team operates two telescopes, 24 nights per month in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. This effort has discovered 47% of the near Earth Asteroids known to exist. We are part of the NASA near Earth Object Program who goal is to provide the early warning time which is essential to mitigate the effects of an asteroid impact.Fortunately large asteroids which impact the Earth are extremely rare. Small asteroids are the most numerous and thus mostly likely to present a problem. In the future we hope to have the equipment in place to obtain a heads up if a small asteroid is likely to be an impactor. Then people that are in a potentially effected area will be warned to seek shelter in a manner similar to a tornado warning.For Travelers in the Night this is Dr. Al Grauer.Go to travelersinthenight.org for more information.© 2014 A. D. Grauer and ℗ 2014 A. D. GrauerMore on the 5000th Asteroid35-An Asteroid With A RingClick to ListenPublished PRX April 18, 2014Recorded April 12, 2014remixed July 15, 2014Saturn had a strange appearance in Galileo's telescope. At first he described it as being a composite of three objects. A few years later, better telescopes showed a beautiful ring system surrounding Saturn. For more than 350 years Saturn was the only known planet with rings. Now we are aware that Uranus, Jupiter, and Neptune also have ring systems.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is an asteroid which orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus every 63 years. It was discovered in 1997 by James Scotti an astronomer with Spacewatch on Kitt Peak in Arizona.Chariklo (“KAReekloe”) is the first asteroid to show a ring system. Perhaps there are others.

The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.

The extremely remote chance that a dangerous mountain sized space rock has our number on it is what keeps my team going to our four telescopes in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona.

Please excuse the sound quality on this one! Still figuring out how to record these interviews seamlessly :) In this episode, my friend of 10 years Jess Holzworth and I discuss our past phases as creatives longing for something more than alcohol and parties. We discuss the most practical and effective methods of meditation as well as her suggestions on how to connect with all five senses to truly support our daily spirituality. Jess is a yoga & meditation facilitator at the award winning health and wellness retreat Miraval in the beautiful Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Jess believes that yoga is a holistic practice that connects us to our natural essence, when an individual opens to the wisdom of nature through embodying the 5 earth elements within (earth, water, fire, air and space) powerful shifts begin. Jess has a background as a fine artist and music video director. Her phenomenal work has been shown internationally. In her spare time Jess plays her 30” paiste gong, cooks health food, reads all things spiritual and listens to music from Africa. Jess Holzworth completed her RYT 200hour Yoga training with the master teacher Darren Rhodes at Yoga Oasis in Tucson, Arizona in 2015. Jess’s RYT 300 training in Prana Vinyasa was completed in 2018 through the New Mexico School of Yoga with the senior teacher Maria Garre and master teacher Shiva Rae in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jess is also certified in reiki, vibrational sound healing and mindfulness meditation. Your support helps me to create this content and allows us to engage in mutual exchange. If you are able please donate here: https://www.patreon.com/RebeccaConranFor more from Rebecca, one-on-one sessions, mentorship or to sign up for the weekly newsletter visit:WWW.REBECCACONRAN.COMINTUITIVE BIRTH CHART READINGPRIVATE 8 WEEK MENTORSHIP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the space of only four days, my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, Brian Africano, Alex Gibbs, and Greg Leonard, discovered three Potentially Hazardous Asteroids. Searching for such a large space rock on an impact trajectory with planet Earth is what keeps my team, the Catalina Sky Survey, going to our four telescopes, 24 nights per month, when the moon isn't too bright, in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson Arizona.

In the space of only four days, my Catalina Sky Survey teammates, Brian Africano, Alex Gibbs, and Greg Leonard, discovered three Potentially Hazardous Asteroids. Searching for such a large space rock on an impact trajectory with planet Earth is what keeps my team, the Catalina Sky Survey, going to our four telescopes, 24 nights per month, when the moon isn't too bright, in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson Arizona.

Many people revel in the beauty of a familiar landscape.  For Connie Spittler, it’s Arizona’s Catalina Mountains when the setting sun illuminates them.  Spittler believes making time to embrace nature gives her the strength to face life’s challenges.

Visiting Vultee BT-13A, 42-1395, crash in Catalina Mountains on July 9, 1943.Instructor Lowell V. Wright and Chinese aviation cadet Ming Chuan Chwei took off from Avra Auxiliary Field on the morning of July 9, 1943, for a routine flight. Avra Auxiliary Field was one of the many auxiliary fields associated with the larger Marana Army Air Field. Shortly after 10am, the plane crashed below Mt. Lemmon killing both occupants. Wreckage was located two days later. The Army Air Forces conducted an investigation with the hypothesis, “the instructor in the front cockpit had gone to sleep while the student was flying under the hood.” Due to a few forest fires, erosion, flash flood, and dead trees falling on the wreck, a lot has changed at the crash site over the last few decades. Thanks for listening. Like what you hear? Feel free to click the PayPal button and support the show. You can also view more or my work at www.AerospaceArchaeology.comhttp://www.aerospacearchaeology.com/vutee-bt-13a-42-1395-crash-in-santa-catalina-mountains-tucson-arizona-on-july-9-1943.htmlPlease visit www.MadeInArizona.com.

Two F-86s from Davis-Monthan’s 15th Fighter Interceptor Squadron collide over the Catalina Mountains.  Both pilots successfully bailed out. F-86D, 52-3623, crashed into the Catalina Mountains. The other F-86 righted itself after the pilot bailed out and flew east until it ran out of fuel and crashed in New Mexico. Much of the debris from 52-3623 is located off the Butterfly Trail. Opps, at one point in podcast I accidentally say this is F-86 52-3605, that’s incorrect.Thanks to www.MadeInArizona.com, please buy local. http://www.aerospacearchaeology.com/f-86d-52-3623-crash-15-miles-northeast-of-tucson-az-on-july-8-1957.htmlMy other research can be found at www.AerospaceArchaeology.com

B-24H was on a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to Midland, Texas on March 18, 1944. While traveling over the Catalina Mountains, the plane encountered severe weather and attempted to return to Phoenix. According to the AAF mishap report, “there was moderate turbulence, probably hail and icing conditions in the area at the time. Pilot was at too low an altitude and either during or immediately after his turn clipped the left rudder, and probably the underside of the fuselage on a peak, knocking the left rudder completely off the plane...The plane careened on down a canyon finally losing the right wing outer panel, at which time it turned over and struck anther peak with the top of the fuselage. Fatally injured:Judson T. HolmesRandolph AspinwallJames P. SmithMerle O. NorlieLloyd G. KadelWilliam A. ScullyI.RybinskyHarlin S. DarbyHoward W. BinneCharles BishopThis episode brought to you by www.MadeInOhio.com
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Moira Geoffrion is a member of the UA sculpture faculty. Her work responds directly to the primal nature of the landscape and the varied responses of its populations to life within the desert's particularly stringent demands. Geoffrion, whose work has been exhibited internationally and throughout the United States, has public art works in Indiana and Arizona, with recent commissions for Tucson and the Town of Oro Valley. Sculptor Fred Borcherdt, a longtime Tucson resident, creates monumental sculptures in stone, steel and wood that reflect the human tendency to mark our presence on the land. He has been influenced by Native American artifacts and the land formations of the Catalina Mountains where he lives. The majority of his work is meant to be placed outside in the landscape in order to demonstrate visual kinship as well as to subject it to the forces of time. Christopher LaVoie earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture at the UA. The 25-year-old LaVoie was featured recently in his first solo show at Tucson's Dinnerware Gallery. La Voie's work relates to culture and landscape.