The scientists presented the following NEO (Near-Earth Object) monitoring systems that had been successful and their possibilities in the future:
• Scout Hazard Assessment System. This system contains information about likely space rock candidates. It had already worked effectively when the 2018 LA (near-Earth asteroid the size of a boulder) entered our planet’s atmosphere in the form of a fireball. It flew over the border in June 2018, between Botswana and South Africa.
• LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope). Still ongoing, the LSST mission aims to stay in space for a decade to survey the sky to compile large amounts of astronomical data.
• TOM (Target and Observation Manager). This system is still being developed by California’s Las Cumbres Observatory. TOM is designed to assist projects for astronomical observation.
• NEOWISE. This is the position of the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft that hunts asteroids. This system has already detected 190,000 small objects in space by gathering infrared data while orbiting the Earth’s atmosphere. The latest data dissemination was made last April 11, 2019.
These monitoring systems are efficient in detecting any asteroid that may threaten all life on Earth. They will continue to do so through the help of the people who develop and improve them.
https://www.space.com/iaa-planetary-defense-conference-asteroid-projects.html
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