TWO MORE ROCKS

GANYMEDE 1036

Ganymede 1036 is a NEO with a size of 32 kms and a very well known orbit.

Was discovered by Walter Baade in 1924 and it has a roughly spherical shape.

Next week, the october 13th it wil pass at the distance of  53,721,200 kms from earth so its a good time to observe it.

ALPHONSINA 925 

This is a very special asteroid to me, because it was discovered from my natal city, Barcelona, in 1920, when, of course, it had a dark sky. The discoverer was the catalan astronomer Josep Comas Solà, possibly the most important astronomer of this country in that time. He discovered a lot more of asteroids and he died at the age of 69 of a lung illness accelerate by the cold and wet nights beside the telescope.
And what about the place where the discovery was made from? The Fabra Observatory, with MPC code 006 from 1914. It is place middle way up climbing the Tibidabo mountain. From there at night, now you can only see the spectacular light polluted view of Barcelona, but once long time ago, it was a very pleasant place to observe the night sky.

INTERAMNIA 704

For the first time I´ve caught an asteroid and I want to share it with all of you. It´s name is Interamnia 704, and it was discovered in 1910 by the Italian astronomer Vicenzo Cerulli, who named it with the latin version of the name of the little town where he was born (Teramo).

The size of the asteroid is huge, with a diameter of almost 350 Km (the fifth asteroid in size in our solar system) but due to its dark material is actually difficult to study, and this makes of it one of the most unknown catalogued bodys.

The next step for me is to get the MPC code, so that way I would be able to report to the Minor Planet Center every measurement that I could achieve. This would be a way to help the astronomic community from my amateur position.

May be this next summer hollydays will be the time...