"News
about the asteroids hunting
Prof. Tom Gehrels (University of Arizona, USA)
Abstract:
Moving
celestial objects, including asteroids, are now sought with detector
arrays based on charge-coupled devices. A special Spacewatch program is
being pursued at the University of Arizona in the United States to study
comet and asteroid populations throughout the Solar System. The present
state of the problem and the scientific results of the program are
overviewed in this presentation, which also includes a discussion of the
hazards due to comets and asteroids.