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		taf2 on Dec 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Set up a Raspberry Pi meteor detector Wow if that is correct then we really are blind to incoming end the world meteors

some-human on Dec 20, 2020 [–]

This wouldn't generally help with that, as these record meteors that are passing through the atmosphere.

Potentially Hazardous Objects have to be modelled from quite far away and have their courses plotted. Most PHOs would not show up on cameras such as this.

jstanley on Dec 20, 2020 | [–]

And if they did, it would be too late!

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