Ground-Based Radar for Planetary Science and Planetary Defense
Whitepaper #239 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: planetary defense; primitive bodies; ground- and space-based telescopes
by Patrick Taylor, Edgard Rivera-Valentín, and Amber Bonsall
Published onMar 18, 2021
Ground-Based Radar for Planetary Science and Planetary Defense
Planetary radar is a unique method for studying solid bodies in the Solar System and arguably the most powerful method for post-discovery, remote physical and dynamical characterization of near-Earth objects. Any breakdown of planetary radar programs would be detrimental to planetary defense, science, and exploration over the next decade.
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