MIT Project Apophis
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MIT Project Apophis: Student Photos
(Photos by: Lillie Paquette, School of Engineering & Vicki McKenna, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences)
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Richard Binzel is a Professor of Planetary Sciences and an MIT Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow. He is the inventor of the Torino Scale, a method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets. |
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David Miller is the Jerome Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the director of the Space Systems Lab and former NASA chief technologist. |
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