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A Robotic Platform for High-throughput Protoplast Isolation and Transformation
Published on: September 27, 2016
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Protector del planeta
1Robin George Andrews is a science journalist based in London.
Resumen
La misión NEO Surveyor de la NASA utilizará sus capacidades infrarrojas para descubrir peligrosos asteroides "asesinos de ciudades". Muchos objetos cercanos a la Tierra potencialmente peligrosos aún son desconocidos y representan una amenaza significativa.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias planetarias
- La astronomía
- Ingeniería Aeroespacial
Sus antecedentes:
- Los objetos cercanos a la Tierra (NEOs) representan una amenaza significativa para la seguridad global.
- Una parte sustancial de los asteroides potencialmente peligrosos, en particular los capaces de causar daños catastróficos (a menudo denominados
- asesino de la ciudad
- los asteroides), permanecen sin ser detectados.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para esbozar los objetivos de la misión y las capacidades del NEO Surveyor de la NASA.
- Para enfatizar la necesidad crítica de tecnologías avanzadas de detección de asteroides.
Principales métodos:
- Utilizando un telescopio infrarrojo para examinar el cielo.
- Empleando imágenes avanzadas y análisis de datos para identificar y rastrear NEOs.
Principales resultados:
- La misión tiene como objetivo aumentar significativamente el número de asteroides catalogados potencialmente peligrosos.
- Se espera que NEO Surveyor descubra más de la mitad de los asteroides "asesinos de ciudades" que aún no se han descubierto.
Conclusiones:
- NEO Surveyor es el siguiente paso crucial en la defensa planetaria.
- La detección temprana de asteroides peligrosos es primordial para mitigar las amenazas potenciales de impacto.
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