NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference

NASA News Releases <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:08:00 +0000 (UTC)

July 14, 2020 
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-082
 NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference 

NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live and follow up media teleconference on Wednesday, July 15. The comet is visible with the naked-eye in the early morning sky and starting this week, after sunset.

The NASA Science Live episode will air live at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday on NASA Television and the agency's website, along with Facebook Live, YouTube, Periscope, LinkedIn, Twitch, and USTREAM.

Viewers can submit questions on Twitter using the hashtag #AskNASA or by leaving a comment in the chat section of Facebook, Periscope, or YouTube.

NASA will follow the broadcast with a media teleconference at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The media teleconference audio will stream live at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

The teleconference participants include:

	Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer and program executive of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA Headquarters
	Emily Kramer, co-investigator on the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) science team, NASA JPL 
	Amy Mainzer, NEOWISE principal investigator, University of Arizona 

To participate in the teleconference, media must email their name and affiliation to joshua.a.handal@xxxxxxxx by 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 15.

For information about NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, including its Near-Earth Object Observation Program, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense

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	July 14, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-082 NASA to Highlight Comet NEOWISE with Public Broadcast, Media Teleconference NASA experts will discuss and answer public questions about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE during a broadcast of NASA Science Live and follow up media teleconference on Wednesday, July 15. The comet is visible with the naked-eye in the early morning sky and starting this week, after sunset. The NASA Science Live episode will air live at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday on NASA Television and the agency's website, along with Facebook Live, YouTube, Periscope, LinkedIn, Twitch, and USTREAM. Viewers can submit questions on Twitter using the hashtag #AskNASA or by leaving a comment in the chat section of Facebook, Periscope, or YouTube. NASA will follow the broadcast with a media teleconference at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The media teleconference audio will stream live at: https://www.nasa.gov/live The teleconference participants include: Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer and program executive of NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, NASA Headquarters Emily Kramer, co-investigator on the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) science team, NASA JPL Amy Mainzer, NEOWISE principal investigator, University of Arizona To participate in the teleconference, media must email their name and affiliation to joshua.a.handal@xxxxxxxx by 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 15. For information about NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office, including its Near-Earth Object Observation Program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense -end-
	Press Contacts Joshua Handal / Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-374-9832 / 202-358-0668 joshua.a.handal@xxxxxxxx / grey.hautaluoma-1@xxxxxxxx
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