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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">INTERNET ADVISORY: 2009-115<span>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>NASA to Provide
Web Updates on Objects Approaching Earth</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a
centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects – those
asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The "Asteroid Watch" site
also contains links for the interested public to sign up for NASA's new
asteroid widget and Twitter account.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Most people have a fascination
with near-Earth objects," said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's
Near-Earth Object Program Office at JPL. "And I have to agree with
them. I have studied them for over three decades and I find them to be
scientifically fascinating, and a few are potentially hazardous to
Earth. The goal of our Web site is to provide the public with the most
up-to-date and accurate information on these intriguing objects."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The new Asteroid Watch site is
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It provides information on
NASA's missions to study comets, asteroids and near-Earth objects, and
also provides the basic facts and the very latest in science and
research on these objects. News about near-Earth object discoveries and
Earth flybys will be available and made accessible on the site via a
downloadable widget and RSS feed. And for those who want to learn about
their space rocks on the go, a Twitter feed is offered. "Asteroid
Watch" also contains a link to JPL's more technical Near-Earth Objects
Web site, where many scientists and researchers studying near-Earth
objects go for information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">"This innovative new Web
application gives the public an unprecedented look at what's going on
in near-Earth space," said Lindley Johnson, program executive for the
Near-Earth Objects Observation program at NASA Headquarters in
Washington. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">NASA supports surveys that
detect and track asteroids and comets passing close to Earth. The
Near-Earth Object Observation Program, commonly called "Spaceguard,"
also plots the orbits of these objects to determine if any could be
potentially hazardous to our planet. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">JPL is a division of the
California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.</span></p>
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