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CSI - Comet/Asteroid Scene InvestigationJPL scientists use advanced technologies to track asteroids and comets that have the potential to one day come close to Earth. |
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Dawn's Virtual Flight over VestaThis movie uses data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft to simulate the view from the spacecraft flying over the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. |
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Touring Vesta's CratersThis video takes viewers on a virtual tour of Vesta's south polar basin, the 'snowman' set of craters and a crater called Oppia. |
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12-21-2012 Just Another DayNASA scientist explains why the world won't end in 2012. |
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Sounds of a Comet EncounterDuring its Feb. 14, 2011, flyby of comet Tempel 1, an instrument on the protective shield on NASA's Stardust spacecraft was pelted by dust particles and small rocks. |
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Stardust Swoops by Tempel 1This movie shows what it was like for NASA's Stardust spacecraft to fly by comet Tempel 1. |
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Space Rock CensusNEOWISE principal investigator Amy Mainzer describes the ongoing tally of space rocks and comets amassed by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. |
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Advanced Propulsion for JPL Deep Space MissionsJPL's Dawn mission is en route to rendezvous with the main-belt asteroids Vesta and Ceres, and is using ion propulsion to get there. |
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Asteroid 2007 TU24 Close ApproachJPL scientist Don Yeomans explains how the asteroid will make its swing past Earth around 12:30 a.m., Jan. 29. There is no possibility of an impact with Earth in the foreseeable future. |
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Lecture series: Comets, Asteroids and the Interplanetary Shooting GalleryIn four decades of solar system exploration, we have witnessed the first voyages to the Moon and eight of the nine major planets, as well as to four asteroids and two comets. |
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Audio clips for media: Asteroid 2007 TU24 Close Approach
JPL scientist Don Yeomans explains how the asteroid will make its swing past Earth on Jan. 29. There is no possibility of an impact with Earth in the foreseeable future. |
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