« A Useful Tool |
Main
| Aldridge Thoughts »
Killer Asteroid Detection Breakthrough
It's a mathematical one. Discovered by a couple high school students.
[via Paul Hsieh]
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 29, 2004 02:54 PM
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.transterrestrial.com/mt-diagnostics.cgi/2236
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference
this post from
Transterrestrial Musings.
Comments
Detection? Not quite, but still a noteworthy achievement. This was about determining closest distance of objects already detected. It does very little to mitigate the risk of a sucker punch from some object not yet discovered.
Posted by ken anthony at March 30, 2004 08:54 AM
Yes, detection in the sense of quickly identifying which ones pose a hazard and which can be safely ignored.
Posted by Rand Simberg at March 30, 2004 09:28 AM
I stand corrected. That would indeed be an example of detection (ie. To discover or ascertain the existence, presence, or fact of; To discern.)
Posted by ken anthony at March 31, 2004 01:07 PM
Post a comment
