The Fear and Fun of Near-Earth Asteroids
Ζωντανή μετάδοση στις 21 Ιαν 2016
The
explosion of an asteroid over Russia in 2013 caught by hundreds of
dashcams, and the perennial reminder of the dinosaurs' demise due to an
earlier, and bigger, asteroid impact, serve to illustrate the fear that
asteroids may inspire in us. But near-Earth asteroids, our closest
neighbors in the Solar System, also offer hitherto unimagined
opportunities for exploration and resource harvesting. They might even
be the stepping stones we require to seed the solar system with space
colonies. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center,
located at the CfA, is on the front line of asteroid discoveries and is
vital to the research of asteroid scientists the world over. We'll
explore its inner workings and how it contributes to both the fun and
fear of near-Earth asteroids.
explosion of an asteroid over Russia in 2013 caught by hundreds of
dashcams, and the perennial reminder of the dinosaurs' demise due to an
earlier, and bigger, asteroid impact, serve to illustrate the fear that
asteroids may inspire in us. But near-Earth asteroids, our closest
neighbors in the Solar System, also offer hitherto unimagined
opportunities for exploration and resource harvesting. They might even
be the stepping stones we require to seed the solar system with space
colonies. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center,
located at the CfA, is on the front line of asteroid discoveries and is
vital to the research of asteroid scientists the world over. We'll
explore its inner workings and how it contributes to both the fun and
fear of near-Earth asteroids.
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