Ep. 570: Discovering Comets

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 570: Discovering Comets Discovering comets is one of the fields that amateurs can still make a regular contribution to astronomy. But more and more comets are getting found by spacecraft, automated systems and machine learning. This week we'll talk about how comets are discovered and how you can get your name on one!

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0:00.0	Astrombicast, episode 570, Discovering Comments.
0:11.4	Welcome to Astrombicast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos, where we help
0:14.8	you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:17.9	I'm Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today with me is always Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior
0:22.7	scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic Quest.
0:27.2	Hit Pamela, how are you doing?
0:28.2	I'm doing well, how are you doing, Fraser?
0:30.7	Great, full on paradise is back here on the west coast of Canada.
0:38.1	Everything is growing like crazy, I can't weed fast enough to keep up with the new plants
0:45.8	coming.
0:46.8	I have that, yes.
0:48.8	Yes.
0:49.8	I put eight garbage pales out filled with yard waste for the garbage trucks to come and
0:58.2	take away.
0:59.2	Oh, jeez.
1:00.2	It's just madness, yeah.
1:01.8	And it's beautiful.
1:02.8	Like every way you're like, oh, it'll never, it just looks like such a horror show.
1:07.8	And then boy, come, may, everything is just paradise again.
1:12.5	I love it out here.
1:13.5	I did plant my peas too early and they have little frost-tinge leaves for the ones that
1:19.5	didn't get underneath my cold frame fast enough.
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