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| System Name | Party On |
|---|---|
| Processor | Xeon w 3520 |
| Motherboard | DFI Lanparty |
| Cooling | Big tower thing |
| Memory | 6 gb Ballistix Tracer |
| Video Card(s) | HD 7970 |
| Case | a plank of wood |
| Audio Device(s) | seperate amp and 6 big speakers |
| Power Supply | Corsair |
| Mouse | cheap |
| Keyboard | under going restoration |
This device would be able to locate 10 times the number of total NEOs (NEAR EARTH OBJECTS) ever found, using infrared detectors.
In recent years, Congress has recognized the threat of smaller, 'midsized' NEOs, which they've categorized as being 140 meters or larger, according to Scientific American.
The NEOCam space telescope will survey the regions of space closest to the Earth's orbit, where potentially hazardous asteroids are most likely to be found.
NEOCam will use infrared light to characterize their physical properties such as their diameters.
NEOCam consists of a single scientific instrument: a 50 cm diameter telescope operating at two heat-sensing infrared wavelengths that are capable of detecting even the dark asteroids that are hardest to find.
After launch, NEOCam will carry out a four year baseline survey to find 2/3 of the near-Earth objects larger than 140 m (large enough to cause major regional damage in the event of an Earth impact).
NEOCam can also make accurate measurements of NEO sizes and can gain valuable information about their composition, shapes, rotational states, and orbits by using two heat-sensitive infrared imaging channels,
With current technologies, mainly three ground-based optical telescopes and Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (WISE), capabilities are limited to small windows of time and light conditions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html
While WISE can search for NEOs based on their thermal glow, it is set to cease operations around 2017.
http://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/page/mission
In recent years, Congress has recognized the threat of smaller, 'midsized' NEOs, which they've categorized as being 140 meters or larger, according to Scientific American.
The NEOCam space telescope will survey the regions of space closest to the Earth's orbit, where potentially hazardous asteroids are most likely to be found.
NEOCam will use infrared light to characterize their physical properties such as their diameters.
NEOCam consists of a single scientific instrument: a 50 cm diameter telescope operating at two heat-sensing infrared wavelengths that are capable of detecting even the dark asteroids that are hardest to find.
After launch, NEOCam will carry out a four year baseline survey to find 2/3 of the near-Earth objects larger than 140 m (large enough to cause major regional damage in the event of an Earth impact).
NEOCam can also make accurate measurements of NEO sizes and can gain valuable information about their composition, shapes, rotational states, and orbits by using two heat-sensitive infrared imaging channels,
With current technologies, mainly three ground-based optical telescopes and Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer spacecraft (WISE), capabilities are limited to small windows of time and light conditions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html
While WISE can search for NEOs based on their thermal glow, it is set to cease operations around 2017.
http://neocam.ipac.caltech.edu/page/mission
