A little light listening for your weekend: the new episode of Startalk ‘radio’ (actually a podcast) will feature Rick Binzel as their guest.
Startalk Radio is the podcast of Neil DeGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and a comedian (in this case, Chuck Nice). Their guest is Dr. Richard Binzel of MIT, eminent small-body scientist, with years of papers and other works to his credit. Among other things, he helped formulate the scale which grades asteroid threats- the Torino Scale. Yes, Torino Scale, not Binzel Scale. Torino, Italy is the venue where the scale was formally adopted by the IAU. This is relevant here because 2024 YR4 will be on the episode’s menu.
So give it a (download and a) listen, from wherever podcast aggregator you use- iTunes, Google Play, wherever. Even if you’re tired of hearing about 2024 YR4, they’ll bring up a range of topics like asteroid samples and Planet Nine. Bon écoute!