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Asteroids, Comets and Where to Find Them

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Scientists’ latest plans for welcoming interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas next month, and arranging a rendezvous with comet Apophis in 2029, as heard this week at the EPSC-DPS international planetary science joint meeting in Helsinki.

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Ella Hubber, with Alex Mansfield
Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

(Image: The asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the L'LORRI. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab).
11 Sep English United Kingdom Science

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