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A new tool to help scientists, the media, and the public assess the potential danger of asteroids and comets, collectively called near-Earth objects (NEOs), was created by Dr. Richard P. Binzel, professor of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His risk-assessment system is similar to the Richter scale used for earthquakes. It is named the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, after the Italian city (Turin), in which the scale was initially adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in June 1999 and officially endorsed by the IAU on July 22, 1999. Based on the orbit trajectory for a given NEO, the scale takes into account the object’s size, speed, and the probability of it striking the Earth.

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