Sep 02, 2010
Dwayne C Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne c brown@nasa gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-124
NASA, NEWSEUM INVITE MEDIA TO DISCOVER AND ENCOUNTER COMETS
WASHINGTON -- NASA will commemorate a quarter-century of comet discoveries and discuss upcoming comet encounters during a symposium at 9 a m EDT on Friday, Sept 10, in the Knight Studio of the Newseum
The Newseum is located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW in Washington The event will be covered live by NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website
Comets are remainders of material formed in the coldest part of our solar system Impacts from comets played a major role in the Earth's evolution, primarily during its early history billions of years ago Some believe comets brought water and a variety of organic molecules to Earth
The symposium participants are: -- James Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Anita Cochran, assistant director, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas -- Robert Farquhar, executive for space exploration, KinetX, Inc , Tempe, Ariz -- Mike A'Hearn, principal investigator for an upcoming NASA comet encounter mission, University of Maryland -- Joe Veverka, principal investigator for upcoming NASA comet encounter mission, Cornell University
For more information about NASA TV downlinks and streaming video, visit:
http://www nasa gov/ntv
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