Patent Document ID: 8947524
Application ID: 13417819
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of predicting a trajectory of an asteroid near a celestial object, comprising: continuously monitoring, through a high-definition camera optimized for space viewing, an unlimited expanse of space as visible from a location of the high-definition camera optimized for space viewing; detecting a change in a light intensity of one of a plurality of stars; determining that the light intensity of a star has changed beyond a threshold parameter; detecting an occultation, through a discriminating sensor, when the change in the light intensity of the star is determined; recording a set of properties associated with the occultation; positioning a set of high-definition cameras optimized for space viewing throughout the celestial object to observe occultations of the plurality of stars surrounding the celestial object; and predicting a trajectory of the asteroid causing the occultations based on a set of data gathered from the set of high-definition cameras optimized for space-viewing.