for tonight's "interview" franklin institute's chief astronomer derrick pitts explores the hysteria and of space. derrick, let's start with this asteroid. can you tell us about that and what its trajectory is? >> this is an asteroid that was discovered just a few weeks ago, john, and it is on a near-earth orbit around the earth such that we think there's a possibility that in 2032 there is a very slim chance it could actually impact earth. that's the reason why it has become very interesting right now. >> john: when you say "interesting," do you mean interesting like "oh, neat. it might go thud in some remote siberian forest"? or "oh, no. it's going to hit and if it did hit the earth it would be a serious thing." >> the idea that it could possibly hit earth is always the one that is most interesting to us. if we need to do something about it, we can. in this instance doesn't look like it. >> john: you and i had a delightful experience being on the air at the same time in 2022 when the dart spacecraft crashed into an asteroid and you were narrating that as it was taking place. is that th