NASA to Host News Conference on Asteroid Search Findings

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Advisory: 2011-301a Sept. 26, 2011

NASA to Host News Conference on Asteroid Search Findings

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-301a&cid=release_2011-301a

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT) on Thurs., Sept.
29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research. The briefing will take
place at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, launched in December 2009, captured
millions of images of galaxies and objects in space. During the news conference, panelists will
discuss results from an enhancement of WISE called Near-Earth Object WISE (NEOWISE) that
hunted for asteroids.

The panelists are:
--Lindley Johnson, Near-Earth Object program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington
--Amy Mainzer, NEOWISE principal investigator, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
--Tim Spahr, director, Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.
--Lucy McFadden, scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. For NASA TV streaming
video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv . It will also will be
streamed live, with a moderated chat available, at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 .

For more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/wise .

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