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The UK Near Earth Object Information Centre (NEOIC)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Iwan P. Williams
Iwan P. Williams*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary, University of London, London, E1 4NS, UK email: i.p.williams@qmul.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Following the report of the ‘task force’, the UK Government decided to accept some of it's recommendations. In particular, it accepted two that recommended the setting up of a British National Centre for Near Earth Objects. The final outcome was the setting up of a Near Earth Object Information Centre to inform the general public of the dangers or otherwise from impact on the Earth of Near Earth Objects. The Centre has now been running for several years and in this publication we examine the current workings of the Centre and discuss some of its successes and failures.

Keywords

Impact riskoutreach activities
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S236: Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk , August 2006 , pp. 471 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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