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Workshop Location and Dates

The Apophis T–9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense workshop scheduled for November 9–10, 2020 at the Hôtel Le Saint Paul, Nice, France has been rescheduled as a virtual event on November 4–6, 2020.

See the Registration page for updates regarding pre-paid workshop registration fees and hotel reservations for the originally scheduled in-person workshop.

Purpose and Scope

This workshop will explore the dynamical details and corresponding science opportunities presented by the April 13, 2029 near-miss passage of the asteroid Apophis. Knowledge is the first line of planetary defense, and the 2029 Apophis encounter is a once-per-thousand-year opportunity for investigating an asteroid as large as 350 meters passing within 6 Earth-radii. Time is of the essence as we have less than a decade to plan Earth-based and possible in-situ missions whose measurements can deliver unprecedented detailed knowledge on the physical nature of Apophis as the prototype example (poster child) of potentially hazardous asteroids.

The workshop will consist of invited talks and contributed presentations, including contributed posters.

 

Note: All electronic submission forms are part of the Meeting Portal, which requires users to set up a personal profile to access our electronic forms (setting up a profile is quick and easy, requiring only a few minutes of your time).