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Proposal Identification No.:

R3052

Date Received:

2015-Oct-21 17:06:02

Technical Page
This proposal has not been submitted before. Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Urgent Planetary Radar Solar System 3.0 Hours 1.0

Radar Observations of a Temporary Satellite of Earth

We request one 3-hour observing track, October 23 from 03:30 to 06:30 AST, to detect a (presumably artificial) temporary satellite of Earth designated WT1190F by the Minor Planet Center. Because the ob ject is closer to Earth than the Moon, we require a bistatic experiment where Arecibo transmits at S-band and the Green Bank Telescope receives the echoes. These observations will help confirm if the ob ject is artificial and improve prediction of its future tra jectory, which currently suggests an eventual impact into Earth's atmosphere in mid-November.

Name Patrick A Taylor

Institution Arecibo Observatory

E-mail ptaylor@naic.edu

Phone 787-878-2612 x358

Student no

Remote Observing Request

X

Observer will travel to AO Remote Observing In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Instrument Setup
S-Band radar S-band receiver

Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned

1