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14-12-2009, 05:25 PM
WASHINGTON — NASA on Monday launched a new breed of satellite called WISE on a mission to orbit Earth and map the skies to find elusive cosmic objects, including potentially dangerous asteroids.
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will use infrared rays to map the locations and sizes of roughly 200,000 asteroids and give scientists a clearer idea of how many space rocks loom and what danger they pose.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gLOPeLbdTSNLaS-p0aH5KFK_nGrg
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) will use infrared rays to map the locations and sizes of roughly 200,000 asteroids and give scientists a clearer idea of how many space rocks loom and what danger they pose.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gLOPeLbdTSNLaS-p0aH5KFK_nGrg