[meteorite-list] NASA Sets Teleconference To Discuss Recovered Meteorites (from 2008 TC3)

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:46:24 -0500
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 Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov
March 23, 2009
 
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NASA Sets Teleconference To Discuss Recovered Meteorites
 
 
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Wednesday, March 25, at 2
p.m. EDT to reveal science findings from recently discovered meteorites. The
meteorites originate from a small asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere over
the Nubian Desert of northern Sudan on Oct. 7, 2008. The discovery presents
scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to understand these nomads of the
solar system better.

The briefing participants are:

- Peter Jenniskens, meteor astronomer at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett
Field, Calif., and the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif.
- Steve Chesley, scientist in NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
- Michael Zolensky, cosmic mineralogist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston
- Lucy McFadden, professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland in College
Park

Reporters who would like to participate in the call should submit requests for
dial-in instructions to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov. A replay of the
teleconference will be available until May 1 by dialing 888-403-4660.

Supporting visuals will be available online at the start of the event at:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/tc3

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's Web site at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
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