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| Discovering Near-Earth Asteroids |
| Dr. Grant Stokes |
| Thursday, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:00 PM |
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| The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program has become the world’s premiere asteroid search capability, finding ~50% of the near-Earth asteroids discovered since 1998, and has contributed significantly to the discovery of asteroids and comets and to the knowledge of the asteroid population in the solar system. The LINEAR search technology and search results will be described along with the current estimated impact risk to the Earth. The LINEAR program is operated by MIT Lincoln Laboratory under NASA and Air Force sponsorship
Speaker Bio
Our speaker, Dr. Grant H. Stokes, is Head of the Aerospace Division of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, responsible for the Laboratory’s programs in space control and electro-optical systems and technology. Dr. Stokes directs the development and operations of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program, under NASA and Air Force Space Command sponsorship.
Dr. Stokes supervised the demonstration and transition of the first space-based space-surveillance system to Air Force operations and has initiated programs to develop next-generation technology for establishing Space Situation Awareness. These programs include the Space Surveillance Telescope, which will provide a 3.5-meter aperture prototype ground-based space surveillance search system, and a program to upgrade the Haystack Radar to W-band operations, yielding high resolution radar images of satellites.
Dr. Stokes was recently a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). In that capacity, he was the Chairman of the 2006 SAB Summer Study on Space Survivability. In addition, he chaired the 2006 Science and Technology Review of the VS Directorate of Air Force Research Laboratory and the 2007 review of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Dr. Stokes was honored with the Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his four years of service to the Air Force Science Advisory Board.
Dr. Stokes holds a Ph.D. degree in physics from Princeton University and is a member of the International Astronomical Union.
Please join us for a pre-meeting dinner discussion at Changsho, 1712 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA at 6:00pm before the meeting. |
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