From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 31 2004 - 04:41:32 PDT
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Subject: NASA TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS
Kathleen Burton Aug. 30,
2004
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Phone: 650/604-1731 or 604-9000
E-mail: Kathleen.M.Burton_at_nasa.gov<mailto:Kathleen.M.Burton_at_nasa.gov>
NOTE TO EDITORS AND NEWS DIRECTORS: News media representatives are
invited to view live televised coverage and commentary of a major
extra-solar discovery announcement on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m.
PDT. The coverage will be broadcast live from NASA Headquarters in
Washington on NASA Television and can be viewed in the lobby of the
N-201 auditorium at NASA Ames Research Center, located in
California's Silicon Valley. Following the briefing, Dr. Jack
Lissauer, a NASA Ames planetary scientist, will be available for
interviews. NASA Television can be seen on AMC- 6, Transponder 9
located at 72 degrees west longitude with 3880.0 MHz. vertical
polarization and audio at 6.8 MHz. To reach NASA Ames Research
Center, take the Moffett Field exit off U.S. 101. Proceed to the
main gate where you will be directed to the N-201 auditorium. Members
of the news media must bring current media credentials and a
government-issued photo I.D.
RELEASE: 04-79AR
NASA TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR DISCOVERY OF NEW PLANETS
A team of planet hunters will announce its discovery of a new class
of planets located beyond our solar system at a NASA Science Update
at 10 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The discovery represents a
significant and much-anticipated advance in the hunt for extra-solar
planets.
Panelists include:
-- Dr. Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley;
-- Dr. R. Paul Butler, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie
Institution of
Washington;
-- Dr. Barbara McArthur, University of Texas, Austin;
-- Dr. Alan Boss, staff research astronomer, Department of
Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie
Institution of Washington;
-- Dr. Anne Kinney, moderator, director, Universe Division, Science
Mission Directorate,
NASA, Washington.
The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television, with
two-way question-and-answer capability from participating NASA
centers. The event also will be Webcast live at:
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/webcasts/ssu_0804.html NASA Television is available in the continental U.S. on AMC- 6,
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