AIDA - From Activism to Asteroids

Dominik Kiersz (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar

Description

The presentation discussed current research efforts in detecting Near-Earth asteroids, why the topic of planetary defence matters and how the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) provides us with an opportunity to perform our first planetary defence mission in the next decade.
Period22 Feb 2020
Event titleNI Science Festival: A Day of Astronomy at Queen's
Event typeOther
LocationBelfast, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionLocal

Keywords

  • Asteroids
  • Near-Earth asteroids
  • Planetary defence
  • disasters
  • surveys
  • AIDA
  • ESA Hera
  • NASA DART

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