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Asteroid Institute | ADAM: Nate Tellis

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19 April, 2022
Asteroid Institute Hosts First In-person Hackathon in Two Years!

The B612 Asteroid Institute and our Vera Rubin Observatory partners met for a hackathon in person for the first time in two years. Among our goals was bringing the first of our astrodynamics services, Asteroid Precovery, online for internal testing. Asteroid Precovery is part of the...

01 April, 2022
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Press Release: B612 Foundation Announces New Board Chair Futurist Peter Schwartz

  B612 Foundation Announces New Board Chair Futurist Peter Schwartz San Francisco, February 1,  2022 /PRNewswire/ — B612 Foundation, the well-respected non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts, has announced the election of Peter Schwartz as Chair of its Board of Directors.  Peter Schwartz succeeds venture...

01 February, 2022
Asteroid Discovery Analysis + Mapping (ADAM) | Project Update by Dr. Ed Lu

The B612 Asteroid Institute’s Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) project continues to make progress. The acronym for our ADAM project has also evolved (replacing Machine with Mapping). This can be summarized by an article in the Financial Times on the need for mapping the...

01 January, 2022
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“Don’t Look Up” Movie Premiere and Asteroids with Andrew Revkin 

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08 December, 2021
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2021 | Asteroid Institute | Annual Report

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05 November, 2021
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Scott Manley and Asteroid Institute Visit Meteor Crater

Asteroid Institute advisor Scott Manley and researchers visit Meteor Crater to study an ancient asteroid impact   Asteroid Institute recently organized an annual expedition into Meteor Crater. Thanks to the Barringer Family, Asteroid Institute researchers have non-public access to the crater's rim and base. Asteroid Institute is...

11 October, 2021
ADAM Platform Recognized at AAS Division for Planetary Sciences

Asteroid Institute Senior Researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet presents ADAM-related studies   In 2018, the Asteroid Institute announced its partnership with Google Cloud Services Platform and Analytical Graphics Inc (AGI) on the Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) platform. This partnership was a critical launching point for the...

10 October, 2021
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DPS iPoster | The Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) Platform

Presented at the 2021 conference of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society The Asteroid Discovery, Analysis, and Mapping (ADAM) platform   Sarah Greenstreet, Ed Lu, Mario Juric, Joachim Moeyens, and the Asteroid Institute team B612 Asteroid Institute, University of Washington   Abstract The B612 Asteroid Institute has developed the...

10 October, 2021
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