NEOCam (Near Earth Object Camera) is a single instrument that has extremely sensitive sensors at two different wavelengths of light in the infrared. This sensitivity allows the darkest of asteroids in the solar system to be detected. NEOCam is largely operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NEOCam hunts for dark and dangerous near-Earth asteroids in the Solar System. Once large and potentially dangerous asteroids are detected, better characterizations can be made and therefore better models of their orbital actions can be established.
The Reddy Research Group uses NEOCam combined with the NASA IRTF to better understand and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) as well as near-Earth asteroids (NEAs).