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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n...id/index2.html
We were all waiting for this announcement. Arecibo is a science jewel. |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
D. Orbitt wrote:
Arecibo is going to be closed down, the univesity can't find anybody with the money to keep it open. A shame too since they just finished an upgrade and repainting not too long ago. If they get some really good shots of TU24, maybe they will reconsider. Asteroids are a major threat. |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
bob haller safety advocate wrote:
On Jan 25, 4:35�pm, "D. Orbitt" wrote: . If they get some really good shots of TU24, maybe they will reconsider. Asteroids are a major threat. Not bloody likely, until AFTER a BIG ONE hits and causes major panic. Only THEN will there be a political scramble for more and better sapceguard funding and deployment. Absent that major knock onthe head, don't count on politicians to do anything about it. They can't think ahead any further than their next election. "If they get some really good shots of TU24, maybe they will reconsider." Not unless they charge 2 million per picture. I think that's the bare minimum the University spends on annual operations for "El Radar". Could be more. Federal funding was cut with NASA's official blessing, of course they just do what the President tells them. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. �There are none so blind as those who will not pay to let the telescope continue to see. When they shut down Aricebo, the Goldstone dish will be the largest remaining operational radio telescope I know of that's at all steerable. �Goldstone, last I read, is usually tied up most of the time for DSTN and planetary probe communications work. There may be a powerful radar/radio telescope in Russia somewhere that's bigger, but their programs are even more destitute than ours, it's probably been turned into condos for nuveau-rich oil oligarcs and Russian mafiosi. Things look bleak and the best "hope" is to pray for a disaster, not good. nasa cuts all science in favor of ISS, even to the point of cutting science from ISS That's not true, they are cutting science if favor of VSE and ESAS. Back to the topic at hand, there are preliminary images : http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1692 Hopefully Arecibo will do better. |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
When they shut down
Aricebo, the Goldstone dish will be the largest remaining operational radio telescope I know of that's at all steerable. Effelsberg in Germany is larger (100 m vs 70 m dish diameter) and is used for research exclusively. But loosing Arecibo will really be a shame. Jan |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
Jan Vorbrüggen stelde dit idée voor :
When they shut down Aricebo, the Goldstone dish will be the largest remaining operational radio telescope I know of that's at all steerable. Effelsberg in Germany is larger (100 m vs 70 m dish diameter) and is used for research exclusively. But loosing Arecibo will really be a shame. Jan Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm André |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see
http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope (about 100m, steerable). But Arecibo, at 305 m, is much larger than any of these (although it is only slightly steerable, so you have to wait for your target to pass over the dish). |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
Jim Kingdon heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd :
Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope (about 100m, steerable). But Arecibo, at 305 m, is much larger than any of these (although it is only slightly steerable, so you have to wait for your target to pass over the dish). Ah, okay... I thought you were talking about a disk array, not about a single disc. Anyway, here a google earth web link of Westerbork telescope array http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.43...842,-79.839411 André |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
André wrote:
Jim Kingdon heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd : Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope (about 100m, steerable). But Arecibo, at 305 m, is much larger than any of these (although it is only slightly steerable, so you have to wait for your target to pass over the dish). Ah, okay... I thought you were talking about a disk array, not about a single disc. Anyway, here a google earth web link of Westerbork telescope array http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.43...842,-79.839411 Thanks guys, we'll all be looking for those close passing asteroid photo ops. I think asteroid location, tracking and spectroscopy should be an orbital affair as well, one would think it would work well enough in LEO. Maybe that should be the next big thing, it would only take one good impact to open peoples eyes and minds to the possibility of space. That Peruvian impact just wasn't big enough, it only traumatized the local villagers, which is not near enough of a crowd to do much good. |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
kT wrote:
André wrote: Jim Kingdon heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd : Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope (about 100m, steerable). But Arecibo, at 305 m, is much larger than any of these (although it is only slightly steerable, so you have to wait for your target to pass over the dish). Ah, okay... I thought you were talking about a disk array, not about a single disc. Anyway, here a google earth web link of Westerbork telescope array http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.43...842,-79.839411 Just in : http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsyst...-20080129.html |
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2007 TU24 to be Radar Imaged in Great Detail.
On Jan 29, 7:06 pm, kT wrote:
kT wrote: André wrote: Jim Kingdon heeft ons zojuist aangekondigd : Don't forget the dish array at Westerbork, see http://www.astron.nl/p/WSRT2.htm Alsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope(about 100m, steerable). But Arecibo, at 305 m, is much larger than any of these (although it is only slightly steerable, so you have to wait for your target to pass over the dish). Ah, okay... I thought you were talking about a disk array, not about a single disc. Anyway, here a google earth web link of Westerbork telescope array http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.43...=0.3,0.3&t=k&q... Just in : http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsyst...-20080129.html There is also a dish in Holland being brought back in Dingeloo. about 80 ft, Stainless Steel Mesh. I am working on keeping Jamesburg (30 meter steerable) from the wrecking ball, and think we may have a buyer, who wants to use it for Xprize Communications. A bunch of volunteer hams brought jamesburg from dormancy, and are doing Kick Butt moonbounce with it. |
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