
NASA Study Finds Near-Earth Asteroid Is Actually Comet - NASA
New research led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has revealed the identity of a puzzling near-Earth object by
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Davide Farnocchia works at Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
Lead author of the study and navigation engineer at CNEOS.
Olivier Hainaut works at European Southern Observatory
Study coauthor and astronomer at ESO.
Goldstone Solar System Radar Group is a member of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The radar group is managed by JPL.
Planetary Defense Coordination Office is a member of NASA
PDCO is an office at NASA headquarters.
SCaN program office is at NASA headquarters.
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope is a partner of European Southern Observatory
CFHT and ESO astronomers partnered to observe the comet activity.
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Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is a member of Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Center for Near Earth Object Studies is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
California Institute of Technology leads Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a member of NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a NASA research and development center.
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