Lecture Series

October 2022 - Near Earth Objects – Opportunities for Discoveries

During its examination of the asteroid Ida, NASA's Galileo spacecraft returned images of a second object, Dactyl--the first confirmed satellite or moon of an asteroid; the much smaller moon is visible to the right of Ida.

Asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl, imaged by the Galileo spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

Near Earth Objects – Opportunities for Discoveries

October 13

Time: 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT; 0300 UTC)

Comets and asteroids offer clues to the chemical mixture from which the planets formed some 4.6 billion years ago. If we wish to know the composition of the primordial mixture from which the planets formed, then we must determine the chemical constituents of the leftover debris from this formation process - the comets and asteroids. In this talk, we'll discuss with how Near Earth Objects are opportunities for discovery.

Speaker(s):
Dr. Davide Farnocchia, Navigation Engineer, NASA/JPL

Host:
Marc Razze, Public Services Office, NASA/JPL

Co-host:
Brian White, Public Services Office, NASA/JPL

Webcast:
Click here to watch the event live on YouTube

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech