Wednesday, July 21, 2010

WISE Completes a Sky Map

The recently completed WISE survey also observed 100,000 asteroids in our solar system, many of which had never been seen before. 90 of the newly discovered asteroids are near-earth objects, whose orbits cross our own, making them potentially dangerous but also potential targets for future mission.


That's in the first pass. Looking for changes is crucial for new asteroids.

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