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180E-192-WISE Alive
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Length:
2 minutes
Released:
May 10, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
When the NASA WISE spacecraft ran out of frozen hydrogen, its detectors warmed up, and it was no longer able to conduct its primary mission. It was placed in a hibernation mode and left to orbit the Earth in silence. A couple of years ago NASA engineers figured out that the spacecraft, even with warm detectors, could find some interesting asteroids and decided to wake it up. The WISE spacecraft in turn has produced data on more than15,000 solar system objects including more than 350 Earth approaching asteroids and 60 comets.
Released:
May 10, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
88-Space Rocks: Space rocks have been observed hurtling between planets, flying through our atmosphere, and lying on the surface of planet Earth. by Travelers In The Night