Astronomers deflect scare-stories heading for media overkill

Steve Nadis

Nature, 1999, vol. 401, issue 6749, 103-103

Abstract: BOSTON New guidelines by the International Astronomers' Union will ask astronomers to have their calculations checked by a panel of experts before publicizing any prediction that an asteroid is likely to hit the Earth.

Date: 1999
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