What a resume! By repeatedly observing the sky from its location in low-Earth orbit, NEOWISE has: 🔭 Made 1.45 million infrared measurements of more than 44,000 solar system objects ☄️ Observed and measured more than 3,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) – 215 of which the space telescope discovered 💫 Discovered 25 comets After 14 years in orbit, the #NEOWISE mission is ending – and in coming months, the space telescope will burn up in Earth's atmosphere in a planned reentry. But before it was a near-Earth object (NEO) hunter, it scanned the entire infrared sky as WISE: https://lnkd.in/giU4tggK
That's impressive! #NEOWISE has truly been a prolific observer and discoverer in our solar system.
We commend you, and will miss you NEOWISE. God speed !
Glad to be a partner with JPL as they continue to “dare mighty things”
Thanks for sharing🔭🤠
Fantastic achievement, what's next?
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3moA worthy mission and an honorable end indeed. The ultimate goal of observing and cataloging Near-Earth Objects is, of course, to provide early warning for any potential asteroid (or comet) strikes and to save human lives. After all, we don't want to go the way of the dinosaurs. For some extracurricular reading, feel free to do a keyword search on the DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test). Or simple go to the link below: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dart/