Richard, List,
Since smaller meteoroids and asteroids are nearly undetectable in space,
and we're currently searching optically with telescopes. Is it possible
to detect meteoroids/asteroids with space based radar?
Will radar even work in space? If so, what's the range, and how would it
work? Do we have something like this?
I know we have space based weather radar satellites, but what about
pointing them into empty space to search for asteroids?
Sorry if this is a dumb question... Just curious.
Regards,
Eric
On 4/13/2011 10:00 PM, Richard A. Kowalski wrote:
Small chunks of Vesta in earth crossing orbits, say 10 meters in
diameter, the size that can drop tens of kilos on the earth's surface,
are very difficult to detect. In fact something this size may only be
detected a few days before impact, if at all.
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