Timothy Spahr
Proposed name: Director, Minor Planet Center
Tim directs the Minor Planet Center in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is also the coordinator of the Planetary Society's Shoemaker NEO Grant program.
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2012 DA14--Coming Soon to a Planet Near You!
02/11/2013 | 28:50
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The 45-meter Near Earth Asteroid flies by on February 15. NASA brought together asteroid experts to discuss it and others of its threatening kind.
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