Asteroid Univofutah (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Asteroid Univofutah

Caption

This sequence of low-resolution telescope images (the best that are available) shows an asteroid discovered in 2008 as a tiny dot (with an arrow pointing toward it) as it moves across the sky against a background of stars. The International Astronomical Union this month named the asteroid 'Univofutah' in honor of the University of Utah. It was discovered in 2008 by longtime Utah astronomy educator Patrick Wiggins, who also has discovered four other asteroids and an exploding star, or supernova.

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Patrick A. Wiggins, University of Utah.

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