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David Morrison / Near-Earth Asteroids

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David Morrison / Near-Earth Asteroids

Part 2 of Asteroids!, featuring David Morrison, Senior Scientist of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute at NASA Ames Research Center, discussing the cataloging of asteroids that may pose a danger to Earth.

Asteroids!:
Part 1: Peter Jenniskens / Chelyabinsk Meteor
Part 2: David Morrison / Near-Earth Asteroids
Part 3: J.L. Galache / Finding Asteroids
Part 4: Alex Tabarrok / DisAsteroid Economics
Part 5: Sharon Cisneros / Meteorites for Sale
Part 6: Christina Richey / OSIRIS REx

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