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Nathan Myhrvold has raised questions about the accuracy of data NASA uses to track asteroids that may impact the earth.
Myhrvold is a former Microsoft chief technologist and a guy with many diverse interests.
Specifically he has questioned the size information and how it was derived.
This concerns the Neowise project which was derived from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) project.
It also has implications for the proposed Neocam (short for Near-Earth Object Camera) satellite.
This has apparently been an argument for about 2 years.
He has now published a peer reviewed paper on it (in Icarus) and might soon publish another.
NY Times story here.
Myhrvold is a former Microsoft chief technologist and a guy with many diverse interests.
Specifically he has questioned the size information and how it was derived.
This concerns the Neowise project which was derived from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) project.
It also has implications for the proposed Neocam (short for Near-Earth Object Camera) satellite.
This has apparently been an argument for about 2 years.
He has now published a peer reviewed paper on it (in Icarus) and might soon publish another.
NY Times story here.