My Citizen Science Research for the NASA DART Mission and Learnings from the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference, UNOOSA, Vienna
Arushi Nath. The 8th Planetary Defense Conference was held at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna, Austria, from 3 - 7 April 2023. The Conference, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics, is held once...
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Strengthening Planetary Defense: Developing Algorithms to Determine Asteroid’s Physical Properties and Success of Deflection Missions
September Update: The 34th European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) was held in Brussels, Belgium from 11-17 September 2023. It brought together 136 promising young scientists aged 14 to 20, from 36 countries across the EU and beyond for a f... (Link)
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Strengthening Planetary Defense: Detecting Unknown Asteroids using Open Data, Math, and Python
Asteroid collision risks are real and unpredictable. 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid impact wiped away the dinosaurs. My project strengthens planetary defense by using robotic telescopes, open data, math, and python to find unknown asteroi... (Link)
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