Travelers in the Night Eps. 869 & 870: Taurid Resonant Swarm & Satellite Ashes

Travelers in the Night Eps. 869 & 870: Taurid Resonant Swarm & Satellite Ashes

Published: April 5, 2026

Duration: 6:05

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 October 2025.

Today's 2 topics:

- The planets, millions of asteroids, tens of thousands of comets, distant icy worlds, and countless other bits and pieces of material orbit the Sun. A group of such co-orbiting objects is called the Taurid complex or swarm. It consists of Comet 2P/Enke, a number of near Earth asteroids, and the meteor stream which produces the Taurid meteor shower...