--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: We have a telescope that takes images…" description: "\"We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. And then, every potentially new asteroid i..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/carrie-nugent-18083_asteroid_we-have-a-telescope-that-takes-images-an_3184284.jpg" --- # We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very… ![“We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. And then, every potentially new asteroid is vetted by eye, so we take a look at each one, and then we send our observations to the Minor Planet Center.” quote by Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/carrie-nugent-18083_asteroid_we-have-a-telescope-that-takes-images-an_3184284.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/carrie-nugent-18083_asteroid_we-have-a-telescope-that-takes-images-an_3184284.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/carrie-nugent-18083_asteroid_we-have-a-telescope-that-takes-images-an_3184284.jpg) > “We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. And then, every potentially new asteroid is vetted by eye, so we take a look at each one, and then we send our observations to the Minor Planet Center.” [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Astronomers use telescopes and software to detect moving objects, then manually verify each potential asteroid before reporting it. **In simple terms:** Detect and verify asteroids with tech and human eyes. Key Takeaway Support automated detection with human review. Themes science technology collaboration verification space Mood analytical optimistic Type scientific educational When to use this quote - observatory work - educational outreach - citizen science projects Key Concepts astronomy data analysis human‑computer interaction Questions to Reflect On - How can AI improve asteroid verification? - What training helps volunteers spot real asteroids? 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Once you discover it, you have the right to name it, but there's a catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/there-are-all-these-interesting-rules-about-asteroid-nomenclature/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [An asteroid impact is a preventable natural disaster. It's in part preventable because we have the technology, and it's in part preventable because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/an-asteroid-impact-is-a-preventable-natural-disaster-it-s-in-part/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/an-asteroid-impact-in-the-worst-case-scenario-is-a-terrifying-thing/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/back-in-the-day-i-ve-heard-particularly-with-the-near-earth-asteroids/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [If we found a hazardous asteroid, we could nudge it out of the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/if-we-found-a-hazardous-asteroid-we-could-nudge-it-out-of-the-way/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-happens-if-a-big-asteroid-hits-earth-judging-from-realistic/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [ Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now \[with climate change\], yet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/imagine-a-giant-asteroid-on-a-direct-collision-course-with-earth-that/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-ve-seen-australia-and-i-ve-lived-on-an-asteroid-and-i-d-take-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-lerner/lots-of-science-fiction-deals-with-distant-times-and-places-intrepid/) [Edward M. Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-lerner/) > [And you know, talk about something else is falling from the sky. And that is an asteroid. What's coming our way? Is this an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-feyerick/and-you-know-talk-about-something-else-is-falling-from-the-sky-and/) [Deborah Feyerick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-feyerick/) > [“50 light years from Earth, there is a 2,600-mile-long asteroid made of diamond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bathroom-readers-institute/50-light-years-from-earth-there-is-a-2-600-mile-long-asteroid-made-of/) [Bathroom Readers' Institute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bathroom-readers-institute/) > [I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/i-only-hope-that-we-shall-not-wait-to-adopt-the-program-until-after/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [“The world’s refusal to leave me out of its activities made me consider its destruction. Bring on the wave. Please, the asteroid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-nevill/the-world-s-refusal-to-leave-me-out-of-its-activities-made-me/) [Adam Nevill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-nevill/) > [I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-don-t-want-to-be-the-embarrassment-of-the-galaxy-to-have-had-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) ## More by Carrie Nugent > [There are all these interesting rules about asteroid nomenclature. Once you discover it, you have the right to name it, but there's a catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/there-are-all-these-interesting-rules-about-asteroid-nomenclature/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [NEOWISE needed a cryogen coolant to keep its sensors cool, and that ran out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/neowise-needed-a-cryogen-coolant-to-keep-its-sensors-cool-and-that/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [We've actually named asteroids for other famous women in history, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. But it's really this Malala one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/we-ve-actually-named-asteroids-for-other-famous-women-in-history-like/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/an-asteroid-impact-in-the-worst-case-scenario-is-a-terrifying-thing/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/back-in-the-day-i-ve-heard-particularly-with-the-near-earth-asteroids/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Certainly what happened to the dinosaurs was not good - that was a terrible day for the dinosaurs, very sad. But I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/certainly-what-happened-to-the-dinosaurs-was-not-good-that-was-a/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [The best thing to do is to study these asteroids so we know the range of parameters we would have to deal with and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/the-best-thing-to-do-is-to-study-these-asteroids-so-we-know-the-range/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Changing the asteroid's velocity changes the time when the asteroid crosses Earth's orbit. After all, just because it crosses Earth's path doesn't mean there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/changing-the-asteroid-s-velocity-changes-the-time-when-the-asteroid/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [If we found a hazardous asteroid, we could nudge it out of the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/if-we-found-a-hazardous-asteroid-we-could-nudge-it-out-of-the-way/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [One of the reasons NEOWISE is so valuable is that it sees the sky in the thermal infrared. That means that instead of seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/one-of-the-reasons-neowise-is-so-valuable-is-that-it-sees-the-sky-in/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/i-think-the-public-perception-about-asteroids-is-that-they-re-kind-of/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [There are physical bodies, physical worlds that astronauts could visit, that we haven't found yet. Especially, there's these close approaches of asteroids. They pass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/there-are-physical-bodies-physical-worlds-that-astronauts-could-visit/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Becoming a scientist is a long journey, and at every step, I found projects that were exciting, motivating me to continue. My path was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/becoming-a-scientist-is-a-long-journey-and-at-every-step-i-found/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [Most astronomical work has to do with things that are very, very far away and don't affect our lives very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/most-astronomical-work-has-to-do-with-things-that-are-very-very-far/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [NEOCam wouldn't need cryogen, and it would also be able to see entirely new areas of space. It can scan the sky in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/neocam-wouldn-t-need-cryogen-and-it-would-also-be-able-to-see/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) [Explore all 35 Carrie Nugent quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) ## More Asteroid quotes > [I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-don-t-want-to-be-the-embarrassment-of-the-galaxy-to-have-had-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [There are all these interesting rules about asteroid nomenclature. Once you discover it, you have the right to name it, but there's a catch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/there-are-all-these-interesting-rules-about-asteroid-nomenclature/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [“The world’s refusal to leave me out of its activities made me consider its destruction. Bring on the wave. Please, the asteroid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-nevill/the-world-s-refusal-to-leave-me-out-of-its-activities-made-me/) [Adam Nevill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-nevill/) > [An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/an-asteroid-impact-in-the-worst-case-scenario-is-a-terrifying-thing/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/i-only-hope-that-we-shall-not-wait-to-adopt-the-program-until-after/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/back-in-the-day-i-ve-heard-particularly-with-the-near-earth-asteroids/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [“50 light years from Earth, there is a 2,600-mile-long asteroid made of diamond.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bathroom-readers-institute/50-light-years-from-earth-there-is-a-2-600-mile-long-asteroid-made-of/) [Bathroom Readers' Institute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bathroom-readers-institute/) > [And you know, talk about something else is falling from the sky. And that is an asteroid. What's coming our way? Is this an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-feyerick/and-you-know-talk-about-something-else-is-falling-from-the-sky-and/) [Deborah Feyerick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-feyerick/) > [Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-lerner/lots-of-science-fiction-deals-with-distant-times-and-places-intrepid/) [Edward M. Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-lerner/) > [I've seen Australia and I've lived on an asteroid and I'd take the asteroid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/i-ve-seen-australia-and-i-ve-lived-on-an-asteroid-and-i-d-take-the/) [Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/) > [ Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now \[with climate change\], yet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/imagine-a-giant-asteroid-on-a-direct-collision-course-with-earth-that/) [James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/) > [If we found a hazardous asteroid, we could nudge it out of the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-nugent/if-we-found-a-hazardous-asteroid-we-could-nudge-it-out-of-the-way/) [Carrie Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-nugent/) > [What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-happens-if-a-big-asteroid-hits-earth-judging-from-realistic/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [It's much more likely that an asteroid will strike the Earth and annihilate life as we know it than AI will turn evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oren-etzioni/it-s-much-more-likely-that-an-asteroid-will-strike-the-earth-and/) [Oren Etzioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oren-etzioni/) > [“Outside the port, the slashed rock of the unnamed asteroid tumbled and spun in dynamics known only to the gods of chaos mathematics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-simmons/outside-the-port-the-slashed-rock-of-the-unnamed-asteroid-tumbled-and/) [Dan Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-simmons/) [Browse all 53 Asteroid quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asteroid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We have a telescope that takes images, and we use a very nice computer program to isolate the moving images. 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