Reminder for NEOWISE: Searching the Infrared Sky for Asteroids and Comets
This is just a friendly reminder that the NEOWISE: Searching the Infrared Sky for Asteroids and Comets (general meetings event) is scheduled for Nov 16, 2016, 07:30 PM. We will be conducting our annual elections at this meeting. Please come out and join us as we usher in the 2017 SAS Board!
NEOWISE: Searching the Infrared Sky for Asteroids and Comets
Details
Public
Type: General Meetings
Keywords: Infrared Asteroid Comet
Held on: Nov 16, 2016 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Nov 16, 2016 (Wed) at 09:00 PM
Speaker: Joe Masiero
Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A102, Seattle, Washington
Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel
Overview
The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) is undertaking an all-sky thermal infrared survey to both discover new near-Earth asteroids and comets, and characterize previously known NEOs. NEOWISE provides simultaneous imaging at 3.4 and 4.6 microns, measuring the thermal emission from NEOs and allowing their diameters to be computed. JPL scientist Joe Masiero will give an overview of the NEOWISE mission, and present some recent results from this dataset.
