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Guardians of (a very small part of) the galaxy with Dr. Fast
Episode 117
Published 8 years, 6 months ago
Description
Dr. Kelly Fast tells us about the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, which finds asteroids before they find us. She talks about a recent exercise involving the tiny asteroid 2012 TC4, where asteroid hunters across the world coordinated to observe this object on a recent fly-by. We also talk about 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar asteroid ever discovered.