From today, you can help NASA discover new asteroids. At South by Southwest today, space service κυκλοφόρησε την εφαρμογή Asteroid Data Hunter, που ανέπτυξε σε συνεργασία με την μεταλλευτική εταιρεία διαστήματος Planetary Resources σε έναν online διαγωνισμό.
The software, μπορεί να τρέξει σε οποιοδήποτε Mac ή PC και σύντομα σε Linux. Θα μπορεί να δεχτεί pictures from telescopes. It will then run an algorithm to determine which celestial bodies move the way asteroids move. In this way, you will be able to directly contribute to the work of the space agency.
Its new algorithm NASA, is the main achievement of the application, as it is reported to be able to identify 15% more asteroids in the asteroid zone (located between Mars and Jupiter) than all previous solutions. The algorithm not only identifies potential asteroids, but also tries to match them to current known objects near the Earth.
With the free app, anyone lovesart astronomer can analyze the images it will receive from its telescopes noseOr his.
You can download application from here.
