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The Arecibo Observatory planetary radar is the world's most powerful instrument for post-discovery characterization and orbital refinement of near-Earth objects. Arecibo radar observations are critical for identifying asteroids that might be on collision course with Earth and, if necessary, preventing a collision. Radar can provide detailed physical characterizations of NEAs:
Radar is invaluable in determining the orbits of potentially hazardous NEAs.
These unique capabilities of radar are critically important as we work towards the 2005 Congressional mandate of detecting and characterizing 90% of NEAs down to 140 m in size.
The Solar System Studies group is a department of the Arecibo Observatory, which is an NSF facility operated under cooperative agreement by SRI International, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), and la Universidad Metropolitana (UMET). The Arecibo Observatory radar is funded through the NASA Near-Earth Objects Observations program and scientific staff in the department are USRA employees.
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All detections in 2016 - most recent first
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2015 XA379All detections in 2015
Asteroid | Dates | Expected Results |
IRTF Target? |
H mag | Request Optical Astrometry? |
Request Optical Lightcurve? |
Request Optical Characterization? |
Notes |
(363599) 2004 FG11 | Apr 05-17 | Imaging | 21.0 | Y | Y | Binary, PHA, period unknown | 252 P/LINEAR | Apr 10-18 | Imaging | Y | Y | COMET! |
2003 KO2 | Apr 25-01 | High-res Imaging | 20.2 | Y | Y | PHA, period unknown | ||
(388945) 2008 TZ3 | Apr 26 | Imaging | 20.4 | Y | PHA, period unknown | |||
2014 US115 | Apr 30 | Imaging | 24.6 | 6 deg! | Period unknown | |||
2009 DL46 | May 20-23 | High-res Imaging | Y | 21.5 | Y | Y | PHA, period unknown |