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Near Earth Object Observations in the Infrared and Visible Wavelengths

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will establish an ad-hoc committee to investigate and make recommendations about a space-based telescope's capabilities regarding the following:

  • Explore the relative advantages and disadvantages of IR and visible observations of near Earth objects (NEOs).
  • Review and describe the techniques that could be used to obtain NEO sizes from an infrared spectrum and delineate the associated errors in determining the size.
  • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these techniques and recommend the most valid techniques that give reproducible results with quantifiable errors.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine will establish an ad-hoc committee to investigate and make recommendations about a space-based telescope's capabilities regarding the following:

  • Explore the relative advantages and disadvantages of IR and visible observations of near Earth objects (NEOs).
  • Review and describe the techniques that could be used to obtain NEO sizes from an infrared spectrum and delineate the associated errors in determining the size.
  • Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these techniques and recommend the most valid techniques that give reproducible results with quantifiable errors.

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Committee Membership Roster Comments

added Michael Mommert - approved for term to begin 2/11/19

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NASA

Staff

Dwayne Day

Lead

Sarah Brothers

Anesia Wilks

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