Planetary Radio • February 11, 2013
NEOWISE and NEOCam Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NEO Sciences LLP CEO and Shoemaker NEO Selection Committee Chair
Planetary Defense Officer, NASA
OSIRIS REx Deputy Principal Investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson
The 45-meter Near Earth Asteroid flies by on February 15. In a recent media briefing, NASA assembled asteroid experts to discuss it and others of its threatening kind. Bill Nye adds his comments about the big space rock, while Bruce Betts provides 2012 DA14 Random Space Facts. Emily Lakdawalla is looking down on Earth through Landsat, and back at the Galileo mission to Jupiter.NOTE THE LINK TO THE NEW WHAT'S UP! CONTEST ENTRY FORM BELOW.
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Hey, listeners! According to La Sagra Observatory's Jaime Nomen, where was the discoverer of 2012 DA14 when the discovery was made?
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In Earth years, how long is a Sedna year?
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What is the largest known Near Earth Asteroid? (Defined as those that come within 1.3 AU of the Sun.)
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Asteroid 1036 Ganymed is 32 kilometers in diameter.
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David Gash: 2013/02/12 02:22 CST
Bill Golisch: 2013/02/12 02:58 CST