The Washington Post, February 28th, 1994
One of the hottest fields in astronomy is the detection and study of asteroids whose orbits cross near Earth. But these objects - potentially millions of them - are too small to be studied by even the best ground-based optical telescopes. Now scientists say they have developed a powerful and relatively cheap way to capture the desired images: by combining radar astronomy and computer modeling. Scott Hudson of Washington State University and Steven Ostro of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California spent three years creating the first detailed, three-dimensional computer reconstruction of...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'Astronomy: Picturing Asteroids With Radar'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
