40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans

EPISODE · Apr 10, 2016 · 12 MIN

40: Keeping an eye on asteroids with Dr. Yeomans

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Dr. Don Yeomans, head of JPL's Near-Earth Object office until his recent retirement, describes how the field of asteroid discovery has changed over the decades. He recalls  when early data indicated that asteroid Apophis had a small chance of hitting the Earth (spoiler alert: today, with more data, we know that Apophis will not hit the Earth).

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