You can be a guitarist of the pop-rock group Queen and … a recognized scientist. This is the case of Brian May who specialized in the production of stereo images of asteroids. This work, of real scientific and not just artistic interest, he does in close collaboration with his friend Patrick Michel, research director at the CNRS at the Côte d’Azur Observatory, principal investigator and co-investigator of numerous international missions. Discover their work in this video.
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Brian May, co-founder ofAsteroid Day and guitarist of the group Queen, and Patrick Michel, CNRS research director at the Côte d’Azur Observatory, principal investigator and co-investigator of numerous international missions, explain their work of producing stereo pairs of asteroid images and modeling films Said, as opposed to analog, the representation of data or physical quantities by means of characters – generally numbers – and also systems, devices or processes employing this … “data-url =” https: // www .futura-sciences.com / tech / definitions / informatique-numerique-584 / “data-more =” Read more “>digital training and development of asteroids, allowing them to be viewed in 3 dimensions.
These stereo pairs of images have real scientific value
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In addition to the magnificent spectacle they offer, thanks to the artistry of Brian May, these stereo pairs of images have real scientific value. Brian May is also the co-author of several of Patrick Michel’s scientific publications in which his images and stereo films of their simulations are provided.
A common enthusiasm
In this video, which the two friends made together on the occasion ofAsteroid Day, they describe their activity on this subject and the enormous enthusiasm they have in common. In particular, Brian perfectly explains the concept and the difficulties of producing such stereo pairs that allow viewing in 3D from two 2D images! As Patrick Michel also explains, this has an enormous interest, not only to help with the operations of the probes (for example to find landing sites) but also for science, which led to several publications signed by the two accomplices.
“It’s very inspiring, especially for young people who can see a rock star talk about science, get excited about it and produce images of tremendous scientific value, so I think it deserves a great Science of matter.
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