{"id":129291,"date":"2022-06-23T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//?p=129291"},"modified":"2022-06-23T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T20:04:01","slug":"arecibo-observatory-scientists-help-unravel-surprise-asteroid-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//arecibo-observatory-scientists-help-unravel-surprise-asteroid-mystery/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291//","title":{"rendered":"Arecibo Observatory Scientists Help Unravel Surprise Asteroid Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"
When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico jumped into action./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/n
After getting an alert, the radar scientists zoned in on the asteroid, which was coming from Earth/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/u2019s blind spot /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/u2014 solar opposition. Zambrano-Marin and the team had 30 minutes to get as many radar readings as they could. It was traveling so fast, that/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/u2019s all the time she/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/u2019d have it in Arecibo/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/u2019s sights. UCF manages the Arecibo Observatory for the U.S. National Science Foundation under a cooperative agreement./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/n
The asteroid made headline news because it appeared to come out of nowhere and was traveling fast./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/129291/n