It’s been too long since I’ve written on the Vera Rubin Observatory, and there’s progress to be seen- dynamic progress. The glass is on the telescope, and a camera too, but it’s the ComCam (Commissioning Camera), an under-populated version of… Read More »Vera Rubin Obs. Update Dec. 11 2024
I wrote previously (twice) on the Japanese COIAS Program (Come On! Impacting ASteroids) and its connection to the manga/TV show Asteroid in Love (Koisuru Asteroido in Japanese, abbreviated Koi As). Now I write again, courtesy of the IAU’s Working Group, Small… Read More »…COIAS Continued…
Nothing new for anyone who already works in NEOs, but… here’s a nice overview paper. In the latest issue of Remote Sensing (vol. 16, issue 22, November #2): Espartero, F. Cubas, J. Nespral, D. et al. New Astronomical Observatory Design… Read More »Note, Paper: Get A Sense Of All Them
From the EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects: Wednesday, 11/13/24 ( … see also Monday and Tuesday) Polarimetric observations Double Trouble: Polarimetric Insights into the Didymos- Dimorphos post-DART Evolution Zuri GrayOn September 26, 2022, the NASA DART… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs pt. III
The EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects continues. For Tuesday, 11/12/24, we continued phase curves, but after that it was thermal infrared observations and polarimetry: https://indico.esa.int/event/530/contributions/ Absolute magnitudes and photometry from the MPC catalog Peter Vereš (Minor… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs pt. II
In Icarus (the ‘international journal of Solar System science’) for vol. 424, Dec 2024: Föhring, D. Conversi, L. Micheli, M. et al. Site selection for the second Flyeye telescope: A simulation study for optimizing near-earth object discovery Art 116281 .116281Laurent-Varin,… Read More »Note, Paper: Icar-ical data
Yes, an incoming impactor was detected before impact. Object 2024 UQ was spotted (by the ATLAS telescope system) and reported back to the NEOCP (the Minor Planet Center‘s Confirmation Page). A trajectory solution determined that the object was likely to… Read More »Pre-detection of Impacting Meteor 2024 UQ
This month’s issue (Oct) of PSJ (Planetary Science Journal) has planetary defense coverage. In vol 5, #10: Masiero, J. R. Linder, T. Mainzer, A. et al. Visual-band Brightnesses of Near-Earth Objects that will be Discovered … p. 222 ad7859 leva, S. Mazotta… Read More »Note, Paper: Bullseye!
Recently, I’ve posted only secondhand on the Vera Rubin Observatory, via its implications and our expectations. It’s time to get caught up on the progress at the Cerro Pachon peak. The dome is practically built; the telescope mount works (with… Read More »Vera Rubin Obs. update, Oct. 2024
It’s the last day of the American Astronomical Society‘s 56th annual DPS Meeting (Division for Planetary Sciences, #DPS2024). Just a little longer now. Here’s the schedule, per my highly biased blog and patch: submissions.mirasmart.com/DPS56/Itinerary/EventsAAG.aspx 405 – Small Bodies with JWST… Read More »AAS DPS meeting, four