Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars
U.S. Newswire, December, 2007
To: SCIENCE EDITORS
Contact: Grey Hautaluoma, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358- 0668, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, or D.C. Agle, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., 1-818-393-9011, agle@jpl.nasa.gov, both of NASA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid estimated to be 164-feet wide that is expected to cross Mars' orbital path early next year. Observations provided by the astronomers and analyzed by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., indicate the object may pass within 30,000 miles of Mars at about 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2008.
"Right now asteroid 2007 WD5 is about half-way between the Earth and Mars and closing the distance...
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