Name That Asteroid!
The OSIRIS-REx mission is going to an asteroid to collect and return a sample to Earth. OSIRIS-REx will launch in 2016, visit the asteroid from 2018 to 2021, and return a sample to Earth in 2023. Scientists will study the asteroid’s orbit, composition, and characteristics to answer questions about the early solar system, the building blocks of life, and potential impact hazards. Instead of traveling to (101955) 1999 RQ36, the asteroid’s provisional designation, we’re asking for help to find a new name. The Planetary Society, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, and the discovers at MIT’s Lincoln Lab will recommend selected names to the International Astronomical Union for selection.
Contestants must choose a name, explain their choice, and submit the application on the Planetary Society website.
The contest starts Tuesday, September 4, 2012. The deadline is Sunday, December 2, 2012.
For contest rules, guidelines, and application visit: www.planetary.org/name
Watch this video and learn more about the contest to Name that Asteroid!
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
For complete transcript, click here.
For More Information
See NASA.gov
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Writer
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Video editor
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Scientist
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
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Producer
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Videographers
- Chris Smith (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
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Actor
- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Name That Asteroid!
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 4:00AM
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