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Old 15-02-2020, 09:46 AM
N1 (Mirko)
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From Spaceweather.com today:

"The Vera C. Rubin Observatory currently under construction in Chile will be particularly hard-hit. The innovative observatory will scan large swaths of the sky, looking for near-Earth asteroids, studying dark energy, and much more. According to the IAU, up to 30% of the 30-second images during twilight hours will be affected. In theory, the effects of the new satellites could be mitigated by accurately predicting their orbits and interrupting observations, when necessary, during their passage, but this is a burdensome procedure."

Worst case scenario: the asteroid with our name on it won't be identified for all the satellites.

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