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Can Earth be hit by an asteroid at any time?

To find the answer, join us at Evergreen Valley College’s Free Monthly Public Astronomy Talk, on Friday, August 12 at 7 pm.

SETI’s research scientist and an expert on the near Earth asteroid -Michael Busch will present his talk:

“Near Earth Asteroid Space Missions and the Impact Hazard”
Overview: The near-Earth asteroids are a population of objects on orbits that come near that of Earth. They are accessible targets for spacecraft missions, but also pose a hazard: asteroids can and do impact Earth. Michael will review programs to discover and characterize near-Earth asteroids, and current and future spacecraft missions to study asteroids and to address the impact hazard.

About the speaker: Michael Busch is a research scientist at SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute. Michael study near-Earth asteroids, using radio and radar techniques. He has particular interest in the shapes, spin states, internal structures, and history of individual objects-especially spacecraft mission targets and potential Earth impactors.

Michael completed his PhD in planetary Science from Caltech, did postdocs at UCLA and at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory – under the Jansky Fellows Program before starting as a research scientist at SETI in 2013.