Research Fellows Program Archives

Tito’s CHEERS $1 million Challenge Grant

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29 November, 2022

Asteroids in the Inner Solar System by Dr. Sarah Greenstreet

Asteroid Institute researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet was featured in Physics Today describing how models and observations of asteroid orbits reveal their dynamic lives. [caption id="attachment_27528" align="aligncenter" width="359"] Photo of Asteroid Bennu (NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona)[/caption] In a feature article in Physics Today, Asteroid Institute...

24 August, 2021

Orbit diagram of (30535) Sarahgreenstreet from JPL Horizons.

Asteroid named for Asteroid Institute Senior Researcher

Have you ever wondered how an asteroid gets named? Asteroid Institute Researcher Dr. Sarah Greenstreet describes the asteroid recently named after her. From the first time I heard as a new graduate student that asteroids are often named after astronomers to recognize their contributions to the...

10 August, 2021

The Effect of Warning Time on the Deflection of Earth-Impacting Asteroids | ADAM

As an Asteroid Institute Researcher, I am studying how impacting asteroids need to be "nudged" (re: velocity change/ delta-v) to avoid hitting Earth. Through the Asteroid Decision Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) project, a Google cloud-based platform under development, I and colleagues simulate the impact avoidance of...

02 May, 2019

2018 | B612 Foundation | Annual Report

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30 October, 2018

Asteroid Institute at LSST Solar System Science Collaboration

B612 Asteroid Institute attended the LSST’s Solar System Science Collaboration meeting on July 10-12, 2018 at the University of Washington in Seattle. The B612 Asteroid Institute’s development of the Asteroid Decision and Analysis Mapping (ADAM) platform is largely motivated by the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey...

09 August, 2018

Asteroid Institute Appoints First Senior Research Fellows

We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin as the Asteroid Institute’s first Senior Research Fellows. The fellows will study the application of new technologies for the discovery, tracking and potential deflection of asteroids under the direction of Dr....

17 May, 2018

Press Release: New Research Fellows to work on Asteroid Tracking and Analyses

ASTEROID INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin named first Senior Research Fellows SILICON VALLEY, CA/SEATTLE WASH. (May 17,2018) -- The Asteroid Institute has announced new appointments in the field of planetary defense and asteroids. Dr. Sarah Greenstreet and Bryce Bolin have been selected...

17 May, 2018

Press Release: Asteroid Institute Announces Program with York Space Systems

Asteroid Institute Announces Program with York Space Systems to Explore Low-Cost Space-Based Asteroid Tracking System and Train Next Generation Space Workforce at Metropolitan State University of Denver SILICON VALLEY, CA (May 10, 2018)-- The Asteroid Institute, a program of the B612 Foundation, has announced a new collaboration with York...

10 May, 2018

Alarmist Headline is Not the Right Message by Danica Remy

B612 does not endorse the alarming and sensationalist tone (“humankind could be wiped out at any moment”) of an article it contributed to last week. This is completely contrary to B612’s message that we and others are working towards addressing this issue in a methodical way...

08 May, 2018