…see Day 1
The last post was the first day of a big, multi-day conference: lots of pleasantries and generalities. Here now we get into some real meat of the matter.
Session 1: Hypothetical Threat Exercise Technical Session
The international response of space agencies to the PDC 2025 exercise – the ‘SMPAG exercise’ – lessons learned Detlef Koschny
Overall Results of the SMPAG Work Package on Mission Scenarios in Response to the 2025 Planetary Defense Conference Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Threat Scenario Juan Luis Cano
NASA Analysis of Space Mission Options for the 2025 Planetary Defense Conference Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Threat Scenario Brent Barbee
Retasking In-flight Spacecraft for Rapid Response Reconnaissance In Planetary Defense Exercises Justin Atchison
Analysis Of Asteroid Deflection Mission Options For The 2025 Planetary Defense Conference Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Threat Scenario By The Italian Space Agency Delegation At SMPAG Saverio Franzese, Elena Basile
ESA, NEOCC: Impact Assessment of 2024 PDC25 Marco Fenucci
The effect of prior knowledge on planetary defense scenario risk assessments Jessie Dotson
Uncertainty Effects from an Asteroid Risk Assessment Perspective for the PDC25 Impact Scenario Ashley Coates
Simulation of POC 2025 Asteroid Entry, Terrestrial Impacts, Hazard and Consequences with Emphasis on South Africa’s Stellenbosch & False Bay Communities Souheil Ezzedine
Multi-Parameter Monitoring of the Potential Impact of the Exercise Asteroid 2024 PDC25 Christian Koeberl
Panel Session 2 International Disaster Management for Planetary Defense (Panel Chairs: L. A. Lewis, Lorant Cza)
Session 2: Ongoing and Upcoming Space Mission Highlights
The ESA Hera mission to Asteroid (65803) Didymos: On route to its target Michael Küppers
Radar tomography of asteroid deep interior. JuRa/ HERA, to Didymos and the Radar to APOPHIS Alain Herique
The ESA RAMSES Mission: A rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with Earth in 2029 Patrick Michel
OSIRIS-APEX Operations at Apophis Anjali Polit
Planetary Defense Activities in JAXA Makoto Yoshikawa
Science operation planning for Hayabusa2#’s flyby at Asteroid (98943) Torifune Masatoshi Hirabayashi
NEOMIR: Project Status Of ESA’s Space-Based Infrared Mission For NEO Detection Early Warning Luca Conversi
Session 3: Apophis T-4 Years
3D shape model and spin state of 99942 Apophis estimated from 2013 radar and Iightcurve data Marina Brozovic
Spin state of Apophis – predicting its orientation during and after the 2029 flyby Josef Durech
Modeling Apophis at a Bi-Lobate Rubble Pile Body using Contact Dynamics Daniel Scheeres
The Effect of Irreguar Constituent Particle Shape and Internal Structure on the Anticipated Physical Outcomes of the Apophis 2029 Close Encounter Joseph DeMartini
Estimating the effect of Apophis close approach on Earth’s satellites. Marta Ceccaroni
Near-Future Plans for lAWN Apophis Observing Campaigns James Bauer
Rapid Apophis Characterization with Two Satellles (RA’s CATS): Residual Mission Benefit for NEO Tracking and Characterization Nathan Golovich
Leveraging Cislunar Orbits For The Upcoming Apophis Encounter Fazle Siddique
The Caltech Mission to Characterize Apophis Carol Raymond
Apophis 2029: Advancing Planetary Science and Planetary Defense with the Caltech Mission Adriana Daca
TERP RAPTOR (Terrapin Engineered Rideshare Probe for Rapid-response Asteroid Apophis Profiling, Tracking, Observing, and Reconnaissance): Mission Concept Development Adrienne Rudolph
Low energy multi-impact experiments on (99942) Apophis Bhogo Tachibana
Apophis Kinetic Impact Test And Cratering Experiment After Its Close Approach To The Earth Kevin Walsh