| Taras Pankov Radar Telescope
Division: | Health Sciences | Category: | Senior | Region: | Toronto | City: | Toronto, ON | School: | Giles School, The | Abstract: | This project's objective is to develop an improved method for detecting Near-Earth Asteroids by utilizing radar technology. By reflecting an electromagnetic pulse off of an asteroid, it is possible to calculate its distance from the Earth, relative velocity and diameter. A scaled experiment was conducted to prove the concept. |
Awards | Value | Award for Excellence in Astronomy Senior Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada | $200.00 | Total | $200.00 | |