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Title: Imaging of Near-Earth Asteroids
Primary Author: Michael C. Nolan
Secondary Author(s): Lance A. M. Benner, Marina Brozovic, Ellen S. Howell, Jean-Luc Margot
Institution: Cornell University
Summary: Imaging of asteroids is necessary to understand their physical structure for studies of solar system formation, impact hazard, and resources for exploration. Ground based imaging is required to study the population of asteroids. Radar imaging at Arecibo and Goldstone currently best achieve this task
Panel Selection: Primitive Bodies: Asteroids, comets, Phobos, Deimos, Pluto/Charon and other Kuiper belt objects, meteorites, and interplanetary dust.
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