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Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                December 14, 1992
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

Jim Elliott
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/286-6256)


NOTE TO EDITORS: N92-108

HUBBLE DISCOVERY BRIEFING

	Pre-planetary systems discovered using the Hubble Space
Telescope will be the subject of a media briefing Wednesday,
December 16, 1992, at 1:00 p.m. EST, in the NASA auditorium, 400
Maryland Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C.

	Dr. C. Robert O'Dell, Rice University, Houston, will present
his discovery of extended disks of dust-- a prerequisite for the
formation of solar systems like our own-- around stars in the
Orion Nebula.

	Dr. Ed Weiler, HST program scientist, and Dr. Steve Strom,
University of Massachusetts, Amhearst, will comment on the
significance of the discovery.

	A color and a black and white photograph will be distributed
at the briefing.  Also, a 30-second video will be available to
broadcast media.

	The briefing will be carried live on NASA Select television,
Satcom F2R, 72 degrees west longitude, Transponder 13.  Questions
will be taken from participating NASA Centers.

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