Queen's Park Event
6 June 2006
Taras Pankov
Toronto Region
Mr. Pasha Mohammed,
Regional Councillor, Toronto Region, Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT)
Radar Telescope
This project's objective is to develop an improved method for detecting Near-Earth Asteroids by utilizing radar technology. By reflecting an electromagnetic pulse off of an asteroid, it is possible to calculate its distance from the Earth, relative velocity and diameter. A scaled experiment was conducted to prove the concept.
 
Photo by David Noordhoff.