NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment

University of Alaska Fairbanks ^ | Dec. 29, 2022 | Rod Boyce

[Ezekiel]

(Photos and image at link.)

A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior.

The asteroid, 2010 XC15, is estimated to be about 500 feet across and is passing by Earth at two lunar distances, which is twice the distance between the Earth and the moon.

Results of Tuesday’s experiment at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research facility at Gakona could aid efforts to defend Earth from larger asteroids that could cause significant damage.

“We will be analyzing the data over the next few weeks and hope to publish the results in the coming months,” said Mark Haynes, lead investigator on the project and a radar systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “This experiment was the first time an asteroid observation was attempted at such low frequencies.

“This shows the value of HAARP as a potential future research tool for the study of near-Earth objects,” he said.

Several programs exist to quickly detect asteroids, determine their orbit and shape and image their surface, either with optical telescopes or the planetary radar of the Deep Space Network, NASA’s network of large and highly sensitive radio antennas in California, Spain and Australia.

Those radar-imaging programs don’t provide information about an asteroid’s interior, however. They use signals of short wavelengths, which bounce off the surface and provide high-quality external images but don’t penetrate an object.

Long wavelength radio signals can reveal the interior of objects.

HAARP, using three powerful generators, began transmitting chirping signals of long wavelength at 2 a.m. Tuesday and continued sending them uninterrupted until the scheduled end of the 12-hour experiment.

The University of New Mexico Long Wavelength Array near Socorro, New Mexico, and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Long Wavelength Array near Bishop, California, are also involved in the experiment.

Data analysis is expected to take several weeks.

The Tuesday experiment also served as a test for probing an asteroid larger than 2010 XC15.

Asteroid Apophis, discovered in 2004, will make its closest approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. It will come within about 20,000 miles of Earth, closer than the many geostationary satellites orbiting the planet.

Apophis, which NASA estimated to be about 1,100 feet across, was initially thought to pose a risk to Earth in 2068, but its orbit has since been better projected by researchers and is now not a risk to the planet for at least a century.

Tuesday’s test follows tests in January and October in which scientists bounced long-wavelength signals off the moon in preparation for this week’s experiment.

Haynes said understanding the makeup of an asteroid’s interior, especially of an asteroid large enough to cause major damage on Earth, can increase the chances of an effective defense. Knowing the distribution of mass within a dangerous asteroid could help scientists target devices designed to deflect an asteroid away from Earth.

Amateur scientists from around the world reported receiving the outgoing transmission, said Jessica Matthews, HAARP’s program manager. The reports will help infer the conditions of the ionosphere during the experiment.

“Our collaboration with JPL is not only an opportunity to do great science but also involves the global community of citizen scientists,” she said. “So far we have received over 300 reception reports from the amateur radio and radio astronomy communities from six continents who confirmed the HAARP transmission.”

The University of Alaska Fairbanks operates HAARP under an agreement with the Air Force, which developed and owned HAARP but transferred the research instruments to UAF in August 2015.

ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Ian J. O’Neill, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ian.j.oneill@jpl.nasa.gov

[marktwain]

Apophis, which NASA estimated to be about 1,100 feet across

That is a lot of material, very close to the earth. It may be very valuable.

[airborne]

So they should be able to tell if the asteroid has heavy metals, such as gold, yes?

[Qwapisking]

“THAT’S NO MOON!”.

[C210N]

“This shows the value of HAARP as a potential future research tool..."

I suppose meaning HAARP can be used for good, in addition to evil.

At least in theory.

[Alas Babylon!]

Listening to Art Bell and his guests on HAARP late at night 30 years ago makes me wonder...

Does this have to do with aliens? Was it really used on an asteroid or WAS it a spaceship?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

So they should be able to tell if the asteroid has heavy metals, such as gold, yes?

I doubt it. I have forty years of radar engineering experience. This sounds like something that is a hybrid of inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) and ground penetrating radar. ISAR can characterize the width (cross range dimension) of a rotating body as a function of range, and ground penetrating radar gives a profile of reflectivity vs. depth. Metal detectors are not ground penetrating radar, they detect magnetic field anomalies caused by eddy currents in metals.

Most small asteroids are solid chunks of rock, held together by the tensile strength of their material. Larger asteroids and comets are rubble piles only loosely held together by their weak gravity. A density profile might allow us to determine which model fits. This experiment is a trial run.

It is interesting and troubling that the world's largest radio telescope, FAST, located in China, is not involved. Is that because the U.S. does not trust China, or China does not trust the U.S.? ("Da feelin' is mootchal!") Or possibly there are legitimate technical reasons.

[normbal]

Needs a disclaimer.

“This article reviewed by University of Alaska’s Department of Redundancy Department.”

“The asteroid, 2010 XC15, is estimated to be about 500 feet across and is passing by Earth at two lunar distances, which is twice the distance between the Earth and the moon.“

Indeed.

[dljordan]

“Does this have to do with aliens? Was it really used on an asteroid or WAS it a spaceship?”

Why did the Catholic church build an observatory in Arizona? Why almost overnight did we set up a space command? Hmmm.

[sauropod]

review

[Ezekiel]

Needs a disclaimer.

“This article reviewed by University of Alaska’s Department of Redundancy Department.”

“The asteroid, 2010 XC15, is estimated to be about 500 feet across and is passing by Earth at two lunar distances, which is twice the distance between the Earth and the moon.“

Indeed.

Indeed! They sure HAARPed on that point. 🤣

Happy New Year!

[Ezekiel]

I suppose meaning HAARP can be used for good, in addition to evil.

At least in theory.

Not theory, it's a real Pun House. A test probe of inner character you might say:

Long wavelength radio signals can reveal the interior of objects.
HAARP, using three powerful generators...

Simply put, a good generator is only “good” if it’s reliable.

With so many brands on the market, finding a model that provides dependable backup power without breaking the bank can pose a challenge...

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-generator-brand/

Extra funny is that when people talk about God's command to be fruitful and multiply, who's really thinking about rabbits and endless repetitive pinging, on and on every 2 seconds in the middle of nowhere, like with this here HAARP array, yet right out of the blue HAARP sign...

"Gakona" means rabbit.

🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇

Don't they have a real problem with alcoholism in Alaska? Gotta wonder if the acronym is some kind of inside joke.

Puns... no rules, just "riiight". 😒

Happy New Year!

[marktwain]

Why almost overnight did we set up a space command? Hmmm.

We didn't "almost overnight" set up a space command.

People have been talking about and considering a space force since the 1960's. Heinlein's "Space Cadet" was published in 1948.

The United States Space Force merely unifies and builds upon existing resources, and puts them, logically, under a unified command.

We did not have an "Air Force" until 1947, although we had been using aircraft in combat since the Civil war (balloons as spotters and observers).

[Conan the Librarian]

One reason they built a Vatican Observatory is that Arizona has some of the darkest skies in the world. It was built on top of a mountain, so there isn’t as much atmosphere up there to interfere with studies. It was opened in 1993, so, I think it had nothing to do with Apophis.

The first Vatican Observatory was in Rome. When Rome became too polluted and bright, they moved out to Castle Gandolfo in the mountains nearby. When the sky conditions got bad there, they opened up the site in Arizona.

The current “Pope’s Astronomer” Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, is an American and very entertaining to listen to. He wrote a great book for introduction to Astronomy called “Left Turn at Orion”.

As for Space Command, previous Presidents didn’t see a need yet. Trump did.

[Chode]

friend of mine worked as an electrician there for three years, made damn good money.

[yelostar]

The University of Alaska/Fairbanks website, https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/ (not a link) - has a merchandise section. All merch has "Area 49" on it.

The following words (one acronym) reduce to 49 in Gematria ciphers:

NASA
Auroral
Gakona
Generator
Wavelength
Megahertz
Pinging
Luciferian
Weather weapon
US Air Force

It's the USAF that was in charge of developing HAARP.

There are 49 strings on a harp, as well as 49 keys on a celesta (also know as a celeste) - a percussion instrument that looks like a piano, with a word origin similar to celestial.

[yelostar]

The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) is located on Mount Graham in southern Arizona.

Also located there is what some refer to as the L.U.C.I.F.E.R. Telescope.

The Max Planck Institute For Extraterrestrial Physics, https://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/lucifer (not a link) - confirms that it used to be referred to by that name and that it was changed.

The LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) is a collaboration between astronomical institutes in Germany, Italy, and the US. The telescope is located on Mount Graham, near Tucson, Arizona at an altitude of about 3200 m.

LUCIFER (LBT Near Infrared Spectroscopic Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research) is the near-infrared instrument for the LBT. The name of the instrument was officially changed to LUCI in 2012.

[Ezekiel]

"Area 49"

Thanks for the added material to investigate.

There are 49 strings on a harp...

It turns out that a typical model has 47 strings (hmmm). However, a 49-string harp has a name and description that fits right in to the recent messaging about "great" -- the passing of the great Pele (funeral Jan 2-3), and the Hebrew new year blessing for a "pele gadol", a great wonder:

REUS 49 is an innovative extra-large harp that took four years of research and development. Its dimensions were increased in all: height, number of strings (49, down to 7th Oct. A) and the extension of the sound box and soundboard. The initiative for creating this groundbreaking instrument came from a project commissioned to Salvi Harps by the Dutch Musical Instruments Foundation on behalf of harpist Remy Van Kesteren, who closely followed the development of the harp. REUS 49 is now synonymous for “extra”.

https://www.salviharps.com/harp/reus-49/

Reus in Dutch is pronounced somewhere between roos and royce, and David hails from Rus (Ruth). On the Dutch wikipedia "Reus", there's David, prevailing over the giant.

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Re US:

The motto for the 49th state (January 3, 1959) is

"North to the Future", and Polaris is the feature star on the flag.

Celestial navigation

I found the order/locations of the final state memberships interesting in light of "Who knows 50", because

1. 48 = kokav (star, כוכב), and Arizona (hear Eretz Yonah) was the last contiguous state of the Union.
2. 49 is conceptually/traditionally the last gate that man can reach on his own, and AK is attached as a crown on the continent yet separated from the lower 48.
3. 50 is the ultimate "golden" gate of understanding, not accessed by any land route ("HI" is the most isolated archipelago on the planet). Hawaii is the "Aloha" state of arrival, of Shalom... meaning both hello and goodbye.

Earlier today I was reading the fascinating saga about the Massive Antarctic Exploration Vehicle Lost Somewhere at the Bottom of the World, when this grabbed my attention:

After reaching Boston, the Snow Cruiser was loaded onto the North Star and sent south to Antarctica.

It finally arrived in the land it was meant to conquer on January 12, 1940—barely. The wooden ramp built for it to drive off the boat collapsed under its weight, seen in this video...

I figure that while the hope of finding the snow cruiser seems lost, Earnest Shackleton's ship Endurance was found this past March. She has a big star on her stern because she was originally christened Polaris.

Sea Anenome crown roast just sitting there waiting, waving.

One never knows where a star might lead. Columbus sailed west in order to go east, and discovered a whole new world. In this case, going north (up) by heading south is celestial navigation via endurance.

Great day to crisscross the globe.

1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

It's like that giant sign hanging on the wall in Rachel Revere Square in Boston:

"Welcome to the North End, where Italians trace their Roots."

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Ezekiel.

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