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IASC Asteroid Discovery: CK12
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2. Asteroids
• Not quite a planet
Not quite a meteoroid
• Main asteroid belt
• Types
– C-type
– S-type
– M-type
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt
3. NEOs (Near Earth Objects)
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What is an NEO?
How close to be considered an NEO?
What is considered to be an NEO?
Why is it important?
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/dbak/images/public/science/asteroid
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4. International Astronomical Search
Collaboration (IASC)
A public education outreach program
IASC Staff & Contributors
– Patrick Miller (Hardin-Simmons) IASC Director
– Robert Holmes (Astronomical Research Institute) ARI
Director
– Leonid Elenin(Russian Academy of Science) IASC
Astronomer
5. What We Do
Order of Operation
1. Obtain telescope images
a) Astronomical Research Institute (ARI)
b) NASA WISE satellite
2. Use Astrometrica to observe/collect data
3. Compile findings in MPC report
4. Send to Patrick Miller
6. NASA Wide-Field Infrared Survey
Explorer (WISE)
• Launched December 2009
• New generation Infrared technology
• Mission:
– Asteroids
-Comets
– N.E.O.
-Detailed look at Milky Way
– Dim stars
-Size Distribution
– Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies
9. MPC Report
• Minor Planet Center
• Data of the marked asteroid includes;
• Position
- Right ascension
- Declination
• Name of the object
• Limiting Magnitude
10. N E O Follow Ups
• NEO Confirmations
-Refining the calculations of unknown NEO
orbits.
• NEO Observations
-Further data calculations of known NEO.
12. Conclusion
• Participated in IASC campaign (Feb March)
• Used Astrometrica and telescope/WISE
images to find Asteroids and NEO’s
• UT Austin (Physics Joint Meeting)
• For future students: persistence