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    Available Expert - How does an asteroid pass earth undetected?

    Monday, July 24, 2023

    On July 13 a 200-foot-wide asteroid called 2023 NT1 passed earth but wasn’t detected until two days after it had already passed – and this isn’t the first time astronomers have been in the dark on asteroids coming close to earth.

    Professor Sarah Sadavoy (Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy) is available to speak to media about general asteroid detection techniques, why they are so hard to find, and where asteroids tend to live in our solar system.”

    To arrange an interview, please contact Media Relations Officer Mitchell Fox (343-363-1794) or Mitchell.Fox@queensu.ca at Queen’s University News and Media Services Department in Kingston, Ont., Canada.

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