On this episode, Derek sits with Dr. David Tholen, who holds a PHD in Planetary Sciences and works at the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy. Dr. Tholen talks about getting interested in Astronomy, his very early successes identifying asteroids, the success of the NASA DART System and the discovery that put him on the map, Asteroid 99942 Apophis, which for a reasonable amount of time was classified as a Near Earth object which crossed into the orbital path of our Planet Earth within 20 years.
Website: https://home.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/tholen/
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