Dr. Larry Denneau talks about the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. He talks about how asteroid detection is a data processing problem. Every night ATLAS handles about a quarter terabyte of data. He describes how they find a few asteroids among a billion other sources, and tells us about a unique discovery by the program. This episode was recorded in June 2019, which explains the restaurant noises and the talk of air travel.
220: Walking on the roof of hell with Prof. Stanley
219: Breaking the models with Dr. Merrison
218: Anything we try is new with Dr. Cable
217: A beautiful experience with Dr. Villanueva
Bonus: Carrie's research update
216: Right and wrong theories in planetary science with Prof. McKinnon
215: Naming asteroids with Dr. Williams
214: Astronauts on the moon with Dr. Denevi
213: The Six with Loren Grush
212: A scientific legacy with Dr. Blaney
211: The Sparkler Galaxy with Prof. Mowla
Bonus episode: The upcoming American total solar eclipse
210: Wonders of the Night Sky with Prof. Prinja
209: Mission to the largest moon in the solar system with Dr. Witasse
208: Cosmic tug of war with Dr. Plazas Malagón
207: One of the stranger surfaces in the solar system with Dr. Cartwright
206: Every asteroid observation ever taken with Dr. Veres
205: The moon's right to exist with Dr. Prem
204: Light Pollution with Kelly Beatty
203: 11 hours and 23 minutes with Dr. Chabot
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