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Science reporter at the New York Times. Pluto, dinosaurs, NASA, viral math & more...

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    1. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 26 May 2016

      Nathan Myhrvold's “simple guide” to his 110-page NEOWISE asteroid criticisms is 5,400 words, not including refs http://bit.ly/1WklGWJ 

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    2. iDreamOfSushi‏ @FaizaFaria 27 May 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt

      And a simple way to see how *wildly* wrong that guy is, just see the three verifiable measures - https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mpml/conversations/messages/32032 …

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    3. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
      Replying to @FaizaFaria

      NEOWISE is wildly wrong at times too. Would be amazing if it weren’t. It’s assuming spherical asteroids + fudge factors.

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    4. iDreamOfSushi‏ @FaizaFaria 27 May 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt

      Do you have an example of NEOWISE being wildly wrong? Anything like this guy saying 39x34km asteroid is actually 6.6km?

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    5. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
      Replying to @FaizaFaria

      Al the Elder mentioned asteroids with NEOWISE albedos of ~1.0. No one thinks they are really that bright.

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    6. iDreamOfSushi‏ @FaizaFaria 27 May 2016
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      Specifically: any example of NEOWISE measurement of the size of a known size asteroid being wildly wrong? One example?

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    7. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
      Replying to @FaizaFaria

      1. Their own claim is error more than 10% half of the time,

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    8. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt @FaizaFaria

      2. They calibrated fudge factors to known asteroid sizes, so they should be close, right? Would really like someone to explain.

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    9. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
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      3. I would say an albedo of 1.0 would likely be “wildly wrong.” But can’t check independently.

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    10. iDreamOfSushi‏ @FaizaFaria 27 May 2016
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      Albedo 1 means perfectly reflective, 0 means perfectly black. Myhrvold complains that NWOWISE team does'nt account for albedo. /2

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      Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
      Replying to @FaizaFaria

      I know def of albedo. You think the NEOWISE albedo is genuine or likely wrong?

      5:02 PM - 27 May 2016
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        1. iDreamOfSushi‏ @FaizaFaria 27 May 2016
          Replying to @kchangnyt

          NEOWISE did not measure albedo, they measured asteroid size.

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        2. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
          Replying to @FaizaFaria

          Mainzer said they fit observations to 4 parameters: diameter, albedo, 3-micron albedo and beaming. I don’t know what beaming is.

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        1. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
          Replying to @kchangnyt @FaizaFaria

          I have no problem writing a story saying Nathan Myhrvold completely screwed up, but that’s not what I’ve seen yet.

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        2. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 27 May 2016
          Replying to @kchangnyt @FaizaFaria

          I do think Lee Billing had a good story in SciAm today laying out both sides fairly and in detail.

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