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<h3> Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters </h3>
<p><font size= We talk with two of our 2019 Shoemaker NEO Grant winners, who received funding to help find, track, and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids. Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants. Youll meet an Italian who watches the skies in Sicily and a Minnesota high school teacher who remotely operates a telescope in Texas. Chief scientist Bruce Betts will tell us why the Society has proudly awarded this funding for 22 years. Hell return for this weeks Whats Up. Weve also got space exploration headlines from The Downlink. Hear and learn more at https://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/1218-2019-shoemaker-neo-winners.html

Featured Speakers: Astronomers Russell Durkee and Alessandro Nastasi, Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts, Host Mat Kaplan

This show was broadcast on December 24, 2019.

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