OBJECTIVE:
To serve as an early-warning system against
earth-threatening meteors and other objects
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS:
- Find all celestial objects in the
vicinity of the Solar System
- Track all such objects
- Predict the orbits of all known objects
- Tag as 'dangerous' any object coming within a certain
'safe' distance of the earth.
- Tag unusual objects for further study (after we define
'unusual')
I believe this project, or a variation, is already being implemented.
See the following links for more information:
Spacewatch
Spaceguard
Survey