From the JPL NEO (Near-Earth Object) news list�
<http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020325/441062.html> Sentry of outer space A NASA Web site keeps track of asteroids that could cross Earth's path Chris Knight National Post (Canada) March 25, 2002 There's good news for anyone trying to calculate the end of the world. Earlier this month, NASA launched a Web site dedicated to reporting how many asteroids are in our planetary neighbourhood, how big they are, and how likely it is that one will crash into Earth. The site, called Sentry, is operated by NASA's Near Earth Object office. Sentry offers a mixture of technical data for scientists, and general information for people who like to gamble on when the world will come to an end. Donald Yeomans, who manages the office in Pasadena, Calif., calls the new site, at <http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov>, a "one-stop shopping place for information on Near Earth Objects," or NEOs. Yeomans says the site, which gets thousands of visits a day, is educational for the public: "They enjoy it and it gives them in a few seconds a view of what the object looks like. "And it drives home how it gets close to Earth." By tracking asteroids, NASA hopes to have enough advance warning, should a big one be heading toward Earth, to send up a spacecraft to nudge it out of the way. Full story here: <http://www.nationalpost.com/home/story.html?f=/stories/20020325/441062.html>
