Primary Recipient

NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$287,379.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This project is motivated by our lack of knowledge of the physical properties of the very smallest Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) now being discovered. This is particularly true for rotation periods, which can provide information about an asteroid's interna