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My posts vary between summaries of my research, my research interests, in-depth explanations of technical topics, and some side projects for fun.

Patrick Shober

How small rocks miss the Earth based on data of rocks hitting the Earth

Our model of centimeter-sized rocks encountering the Earth show a net-positive flux of asteroidal debris onto comet-like orbits. In 2017,...

Patrick Shober

A rock grazed the Earth's atmosphere and just kept going

In 2017 the Desert Fireball Network observed a meteoroid travel over 1300 km through the atmosphere before making its way back to space....

Patrick Shober

One of Earth's minimoons hit Australia

On August 22, 2016 over South Australia, the Earth likely lost one of its moons. Yeah, you heard me. The Desert Fireball Network is a...