Pan-African Asteroid Search Campaign: Africa's Contribution to Planetary Defense

Autor: Marcel, Miracle Chibuzor, Diaby, Kassamba Abdel Aziz, Guennoun, Meryem, Nabifo, Betty Rose, Elattar, Mohamed, Rajaonarivelo, Andoniaina, Pius, Privatus, Kgobathe, Molly Nkamogelang, Luis, Immanuel, Shilunga, Sigrid, Etteyeb, Nejmeddine, Qhomane, Keketso, Nyangi, Samuel, Kalunga, Tresford Chilufya, Assano, Nunes Alfredo, Jequecene, Edson Domingos, Joseph, Mafuka Lusala, Sudum, Esaenwi, Gerald, Jorbedom Leelabari, Gore, Christopher Tombe Louis, Hosny, Kareem Waleed, Yasser, Nagat, Franck, Jocelyn, Kourouma, Mamoudou, Bobb, Baboucarr, Jaiteh, Kebab, Sylla, Salma, Obame, Hans Essone, Kiyeng, Dennis, Ngwanw, Thobekile Sandra, Simon, Tawanda Kelvin, Sulayman, Saja Alhoush, Regaibi, Salma, Yahaya, Souley, Ornela, Tengwi Mogou, Viyuyi, Henry Sanderson, Matambo, Fortune Tatenda, Asare-Darko, Matthias, Gbaba, Christian Kontoa Koussouwa, da Silva, Moisés, Joseph, Ntahompagaze, Gomes, Gilberto, Mkhabela, Bongiwe Portia, Bvumbwe, Bauleni, Nkhowani, Tshombe, Gahou, Mawugnon Axel, Abotsi-Masters, Sarah, Simbizi, René, Mugisha, Salomon, Saeed, Ahmed, Eldaw, Mohammed Yahya Alradi, Thomas, Allen, ridha, Ben Abdallah, kaseha, Dieumerci, Baradei, Sherine Ahmed El, Hussein, Nahla Hazem, Fabrice, Bado, Anekwe, Ngozika Frances, Ramessur, Arvind, Koroma, Mohamed Ali, Safary, Harold, Leonardo, Oosthuizen, Dlamini, Mdumiseni Wisdom Dabulizwe, Djabbi, Mamadou Mahamat, Angela, Nonofo, Jalloh, Mamaja, Balde, Mamadou, Olayiwola, Joy, Ibharalu, Elijah, Tchangole, Thierry Martial, Memberu, Kirubel, Dinsa, Lidia, Ezeakunne, Chidozie Gospel
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Asteroid search is a global effort for planetary defense. The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) is the leading global educational outreach program that provides high-quality astronomical datasets to citizen scientists to discover asteroids. Since December 4, 2020, the Pan-African Citizen Science e-Lab (PACS e-Lab) has been IASC's biggest partner on the continent in recruiting and training citizen scientists in asteroid search endeavors. Over 30 asteroids have been discovered by 60 citizen scientists. About 595 citizen scientists from over 40 countries have been engaged in the project up to the time of composing this literature. The group is set to expand its endeavors to the rest of the continent and aims to engage thousands of citizen scientists.
Comment: 16 pages, 10 figures, 5 Tables
Databáze: arXiv