Jon Giorgini

Solar System Dynamics Group

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Senior analyst at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Solar System Dynamics Group

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About four football fields across, the asteroid  YU55  might not be big enough to eliminate civilization, but if it struck Earth it could leave a crater six miles wide, which could…

Huge Asteroid Makes Earth Fly-By

About four football fields across, the asteroid YU55 might not be big enough to eliminate civilization, but if it struck Earth it could leave a crater six miles wide, which could…

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