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ATLAS Asteroid Tracking System
February 7 , 2022
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- The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has become the first survey capable of searching the entire dark sky for near-Earth objects (NEOs), every 24 hours.
- ATLAS is a state-of-the-art asteroid detection system.
- ATLAS has recently expanded its reach to the southern hemisphere by including two additional observatories in Chile and South Africa.
- It now comprises four telescopes.
- It has two existing northern-hemisphere telescopes on Haleakala and Maunaloa in Hawai.
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