Feb 04, 2013

Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 dwayne c brown@nasa gov

D C Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-393-9011 agle@jpl nasa gov

Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-0039 nancy n jones@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-027

NASA HOSTS FEB 7 MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON ASTEROID EARTH FLYBY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p m EST, Thursday, Feb 7, to discuss an asteroid 150-feet in diameter that will pass close, but safely, by Earth on Feb 15 The flyby creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids

The teleconference participants are: --Lindley Johnson, program executive, Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington --Timothy Spahr, director, Minor Planet Center, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass --Donald Yeomans, manager, NEO Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif --Amy Mainzer, principal investigator, NEOWISE observatory, JPL --Edward Beshore, deputy principal investigator, Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer Asteroid Sample Return Mission, University of Arizona, Tucson

Reporters can obtain dial-in information by sending an email to Dwayne Brown at dwayne c brown@nasa gov by noon Thursday Requests must include the reporter's name, affiliation and telephone number

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Related images for the teleconference will be available at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/telecon20130207 html

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

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

A Ustream feed of the flyby from a telescope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , will be broadcast from 9 p m to midnight EST on Feb 15 To view the feed and ask researchers questions via Twitter about the flyby, visit:

http://www ustream tv/channel/nasa-msfc

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