Finding hazardous asteroids using infrared and visible wavelength telescopes

Finding hazardous asteroids using infrared and visible wavelength telescopes

"Near Earth objects (NEOs) have the potential to cause significant damage on Earth. In December 2018, an asteroid exploded in the upper atmosphere over the Bering Sea (western Pacific Ocean) with the explosive force of nearly 10 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. While the frequency of NEO impac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (autor)
Autor Corporativo: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Committee on Near Earth Object Observations in the Infrared and Visible Wavelengths, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press [2019]
Colección:National Academies ebooks.
A consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44947008*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction and background
  • The components of planetary defense
  • Current and near-term NEO observation systems
  • The advantages of space-based infrared platforms
  • Techniques to obtain NEO sizes
  • The role of archival data
  • Impact hazards not explicitly considered by the George E. Brown, Jr. Act
  • Appendixes.

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