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Amy Mainzer (born January 2, 1974) is an American astronomer, specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy.She was the deputy project scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and is the principal investigator for its NEOWISE extension to study minor planets [1] and for the future Near Earth Object Surveyor space telescope mission.
Dr. Amy Mainzer reveals whether a comet could actually destroy Earth, like we see in Adam McKay’s newest movie Don't Look Up (on Netflix Dec. 24), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence ...
[4] [5] [6] The NEO Surveyor mission will be a successor to the NEOWISE mission, and the two missions have the same principal investigator, Amy Mainzer at the University of Arizona. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Since first proposed in 2006, the concept repeatedly competed unsuccessfully for NASA funding against science missions unrelated to planetary defense ...
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, observatory code C51, Explorer 92 and MIDEX-6) was a NASA infrared astronomy space telescope in the Explorers Program launched in December 2009.
The NASA Lucy mission will closely fly by the first of 10 asteroid targets on Wednesday. The mission will capture detailed images of Dinkinesh’s surface.
Amy Mainzer (born 1974), American astronomer specializing in astrophysical instrumentation and infrared astronomy; Esmeralda Mallada (born 1937), Uruguayan astronomer and instructor; Rachel Mandelbaum, American astronomer; Karen Masters (born 1979), American astrophysicist studying galaxy formation and evolution
Amy Mainzer Near-Earth objects; Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a space observatory mission, similar in design and concept to the Kepler space telescope, that will hunt for and identify potentially hazardous Near-Earth objects (NEOs).
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