The Register // Killer asteroid hunter takes first snaps

Gizmo · 28-June-06, 07:04 PM

Near-Earth objects beware

The PS1 telescope. Photo: Pan-STARRS/University of Hawaii The first of four powerful telescopes which will eventually be capable of locating 99 per cent of potentially-threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs) bigger than 300 metres has captured its first test images, New Scientist reports.?

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Nerdz · 28-June-06, 07:41 PM

That video doesnt look true. An object that big might become the earths moon, plus would it really do all that damage to the earth? It may (for all we know) Crash, and then bounce back into orbit, becoming our moon. Or it could be sling shot back into space- OR become a new field of mining .

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Gizmo News Hound Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Floating among Data streams, waiting for the right moment Posts: 44,024	The Register // Killer asteroid hunter takes first snaps Near-Earth objects beware The first of four powerful telescopes which will eventually be capable of locating 99 per cent of potentially-threatening near-Earth objects (NEOs) bigger than 300 metres has captured its first test images, New Scientist reports.? Advertisement Link To Original Article

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Nerdz Sir Knight of Spamalot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Water-hoe-Bury, CT Posts: 6,587	Re: The Register // Killer asteroid hunter takes first snaps That video doesnt look true. An object that big might become the earths moon, plus would it really do all that damage to the earth? It may (for all we know) Crash, and then bounce back into orbit, becoming our moon. Or it could be sling shot back into space- OR become a new field of mining . __________________ I still fold "No amount of Experimentation can Prove Me right, It only takes one to prove me Wrong"-Albert Einstein

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