ADVANTAGES OF SEARCHING FOR ASTEROIDS FROM LOW EARTH ORBIT: THE NEOSSat MISSION

Space-based observatories have several advantages over ground-based observatories in searching for asteroids and comets. In particular, the Aten and Interior to Earth’s Orbit (IEO) asteroid classes may be efficiently sought at low solar elongations along the ecliptic plane. A telescope in low Earth...

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Published in:	Discover Space Vol. 95; no. 1-4; pp. 33 - 40
Main Authors:	HILDEBRAND, A. R, CARROLL, K. A, TEDESCO, E. F, FABER, D. R, CARDINAL, R. D, MATTHEWS, J. M, KUSCHNIG, R, WALKER, G. A. H, GLADMAN, B, PAZDER, J, BROWN, P. G, LARSON, S. M, WORDEN, S. P, WALLACE, B. J, CHODAS, P. W, MUINONEN, K, CHENG, A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2004
Subjects:	Advantages Asteroid missions Asteroids Comets Earth orbits Ground-based observation Low earth orbits Microsatellites Near-Earth Objects Observatories Parallax Satellites Searching Space surveillance Telescopes
ISSN:	2948-2941, 2948-295X
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