DocumentCode
65091
Title
NASA Computational Case Study: Where Is My Moon?
Author
Memarsadeghi, Nargess ; McFadden, Lucy
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Volume
16
Issue
6
fYear
2014
fDate
Nov.-Dec. 2014
Firstpage
92
Lastpage
99
Abstract
A moon or natural satellite is a celestial body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or an asteroid. Several reasons motivate discovering and studying moons of planetary bodies. In this case study we learn how astronomers search for moons of planetary bodies or perform satellite search. In particular, we look for moons of Pluto using Hubble Space Telescope´s data. The Web extra contains four image files, as mentioned in the article.
Keywords
Moon; astronomy computing; Hubble Space Telescope; NASA; Pluto; Web extra; image files; natural satellite; planetary bodies; Filters; Mars; Moon; NASA; Noise reduction; Orbits; Satellite communication; Scientific computing; Space vehicles; Telescopes; Dawn mission; Hubble Space Telescope; NASA science application; Pluto; asteroid Vesta; astronomy; computational algorithms; denoising; filtering; image registration; planetary sciences; resistant mean; satellite search; scientific computing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computing in Science & Engineering
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1521-9615
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCSE.2014.116
Filename
6971012
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