Feasibility of asteroid detection using pulsar signals

The feasibility of a Forward Scatter Radar (FSR) system, which exploits pulsars as opportunity transmitters, is examined. We provide a power budget estimate for asteroid detection using such a FSR system and assume the use of the higher-gain radio telescopes as the receivers. The numerical results are obtained for three types of pulsars and large asteroids, whose diameters equal and overcome 150 m.

Schlagworte

Asteroid

Detection

Forward scatter effect

Pulsar

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000: Allgemeines, Wissenschaft

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Feasibility of asteroid detection using pulsar signals