Nasa has launched a new software that can help amateur astronomers detect new asteroids in an efficient way.
Developed in partnership with Planetary Resources of Redmond, Washington, D.C., the desktop software application showed a 15-percent increase in positive identification of new asteroids in our solar system's main belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.The application is based on an Asteroid Data Hunter-derived algorithm that analyses images for potential asteroids. It is a tool that can be used by amateur astronomers and citizen scientists.
The Asteroid Data Hunter challenge was part of Nasa's Asteroid Grand Challenge.
"The Asteroid Grand Challenge is seeking non-traditional partnerships to bring the citizen science and space enthusiast community into Nasa's work," said Jason Kessler, program executive for Nasa's Asteroid Grand Challenge."The Asteroid Data Hunter challenge has been successful beyond our hopes, creating something that makes a tangible difference to asteroid hunting astronomers and highlights the possibility for more people to play a role in protecting our planet," he added.
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