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Interstellar nomads: The problem of detecting cometsThis paper shows that, using only a modest extrapolation of current phased-array radar and massively parallel processor computer technologies, radar transmitter in the outer solar system or in interstellar space could be used to detect comets passing within 1 or 2 AU of the transmitter. It discusses how this potential development could be instrumental to the colonisation of the outer solar system and beyond. This development is germane to contemporary investigations of the population of the Oort cloud as well as to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) question.
Document ID
19950046711
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jones, Eric M.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM United States)
Newman, William I.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM United States)
Campbell, Donald B.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: British Interplanetary Society, Journal
Volume: 46
Issue: 1
ISSN: 0007-094X
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
95A78310
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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