Good day Geeks.
For some reason.
I don't believe there is enough publicity about TB145 flying by our Planet on Halloween night.
What,
you don't like the way Scientist name asteroids flying by the Earth?
Well thank goodness for media outlets who love to sensationalize these kinds of things.
TB145 has officially been nick named,
"Spooky,"
because of it's Oct. 31st flyby.
Thank you media outlets.
When are Astro-Scientist going to wake up and start naming Galaxies,
Stars,
Planets,
Moons,
Asteroids,
and Comets with cool names again?
OK,
they don't have to name these Celestia bodies after themselves like the disease scientist do.
Case in point.
The disease I grew up with,
Osgood-Schlatter!
"Osgood Schlatter Disease was named after the two physicians that first defined it in 1903 - Dr Robert Osgood from Ohio and Dr Carl Schlatter from Switzerland. It is characterized by activity related pain that occurs just below the kneecap (patella), at the top of the shin bone,(tibia)."
I can just envision the Romans naming Venus,
The Goddess of Love,
X X X X.
Which in today's society would mean 4 kisses.
In their society it would mean forty.
I like the name
Venus
much better.
Now,
if you don't have a really good telescope to see
"Spooky"
fly by,
(When it's at its closes to the Earth the Sun will be out in the Northern Hemisphere.)
go to the website,
and watch it live on your smart phone,
tablet,
or computer.
They have a show called,
"Tracking Spooky, The Halloween Asteroid,"
which starts Saturday, Oct. 31st, at 9:30 PDT.
On a side note,
if you are interested in seeing the latest NASA Astronaut taking a Spacewalk outside of the
International Space Station,
you can see it on
They have reached 47.9 million views
and when I streamed it,
1.8 thousand people were streaming at the same time!
NASA also has a channel on
which shows live events.
Like I said,
It is a good day to be a Geek!
This is,
Geek - slang - noun - a digital-technology expert or enthusiast,
Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“The Geeks of the Earth are a Tribe and We are Mighty.”
- Ian McDonald -
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