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July 30,2009
Big Impact on Jupiter
The big news this week is the impact on Jupiter that took place on July 19, 2009. This appears analogous to the 1994 impacts of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, except that in this case the hit was from a single projectile. Read more...

June 5,2009
Planetary Defense Conference, April 2009
An International Planetary Defense Conference was held in Granada, Spain, on April 27-30, 2009. Following is a summary of some highlights from this meeting. Read more...
 
 
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