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Old 24-07-2010, 04:17 PM
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Wide-field Infrared Space Explorer

Ron and Alex here is some more on WISE. It's just a 16" scope! not

"Now another space observatory has completed a panoramic view of the universe. This time it's the work of WISE, short for Wide-field Infrared Space Explorer."
"WISE has already made a lasting contribution to solar-system science, because it has identified more than 100,000 asteroids. Most of these were previously known and in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. But more than 200 of them are near-Earth asteroids, and roughly a quarter of these are new finds."
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/98794229.html

Also http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WISE/main/index.html
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