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SUMMARY:“Real and Perceived Risks of Asteroid Impacts”
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DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Crisis Studies and Mitigation presents Prof. A
 lan Fitzsimmons\, Queen’s University Belfast.  \n\nAsteroid and comet co
 llisions with the Earth are a classic example of a low-probability\, hig
 h-consequence risk. Public reaction to this topic ranges from “it’ll nev
 er happen” to “we’re doomed”\, partly due to the complexity of understan
 ding that risk. In this webinar we will introduce what is known about Ne
 ar-Earth Objects\, how we discover and track them\, and how that transla
 tes into impact probabilities of varying societal consequence. After des
 cribing the current risk\, we will cover how we are currently attempting
  to mitigate that risk through both astronomical observations and space 
 missions\, and why this risk will not disappear in our lifetimes.\n\nAla
 n Fitzsimmons is a Professor of Astronomy at Queen's University Belfast.
  His field of research is measuring the properties of comets and asteroi
 ds. Highlights of his work have been studying the effects of the collisi
 on of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter\, studying the first small ast
 eroid predicted to enter our atmosphere\, and investigating the first in
 terstellar objects found passing through our Solar system. He has sat on
  bodies including the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society and the 
 ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committees. Currently he
  is an active member of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert Syste
 m (ATLAS) and the ESA Hera planetary defence mission. Neither Asteroid (
 4985) Fitzsimmons not Comet C/2018X2 Fitzsimmons will hit the Earth\, wh
 ich is a good thing as far as he is concerned.\n\nFor more information a
 nd to register: https://bit.ly/3kVkyYu.
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