Scientists improve methods for detecting and tracking trajectories of dangerous asteroids
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- 03 May 2023
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The risk of an asteroid impact that would threaten our civilization is minor, but it cannot be ruled out. Scientists are working on improving the methods for detecting and predicting the trajectories of such objects. Possible defence methods are also being developed, Dr. Tomasz Barciński and Dr. Małgorzata Królikowska-Sołtan from the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences told PAP.
Dr. Tomasz Barciński is the head of the Space Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He specializes in control theory and mechatronics. He leads teams that work on the most important space missions with Polish participation, including the construction of the European X-ray space telescope ATHENA and the Comet Interceptor probe designed to intercept a comet from outside the Solar System. He also works on the 'space garbage truck' project in the ESA ClearSpace program, and on the Polish observation satellite Eagle Eye.
Dr. Małgorzata Królikowska-Sołtan, a professor at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, works in the Solar System Dynamics and Planetology Group of the Space Research Centre PAS and is a former head of the Group. Her interests include the dynamics of small Solar System objects, including the influence of non-gravitational effects on their orbits. Read More…
