Feb 15, 2013

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov

Janet Anderson Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala 256-544-0034 janet l anderson@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-033

NASA EXPERTS DISCUSS RUSSIA METEOR IN MEDIA TELECONFERENCE TODAY

WASHINGTON -- NASA experts will hold a teleconference for news media at 4 p m EST today to discuss a meteor that streaked through the skies over Russia's Urals region this morning

Scientists have determined the Russia meteor is not related to asteroid 2012 DA14 that will pass safely pass Earth today at a distance of more than 17,000 miles Early assessments of the Russia meteor indicate it was about one-third the size of 2012 DA14 and traveling in a different direction

Panelists for the teleconference are: -- Bill Cooke, lead for the Meteoroid Environments Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala -- Paul Chodas, research scientist in the Near Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif

News media interested in participating should dial 888-843-7186 and use the passcode METEOR

The teleconference will be carried live online at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For detailed information concerning the Earth flyby of 2012 DA14, visit:

http://www nasa gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroidflyby html

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