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WISE, a mission that will find ALL the neighbours
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post Jan 25 2010, 07:41 PM
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QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 25 2010, 10:28 AM) *
H55, G96, and 291 observe nearly every single new NEO discovered.

Pardon my ignorance, but who are these numbers?


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post Jan 25 2010, 08:42 PM
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Those are observatory codes; if you read the MPECs you'll see the codes given next to the observations used for discovery and astrometry. There is a unique one issued to every telescope who does minor planet astrometry.


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post Jan 25 2010, 08:49 PM
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291 is the 1.8-meter Telescope of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, at Kitt Peak operated by the University of Arizona, Tuscon

G96 is a 60" reflector at the summit of Mt. Lemmon North of Tuscon

H55 consists of the 32" and the 24" telescopes at the Astronomical Research Observatory, Charleston. Illinois.


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post Jan 25 2010, 08:59 PM
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These post and links answer my questions as well. Followup on the WISE findings is complex and will involve lots of observatories--guess I wasn't the only one slightly confused by the initial reports--more information helps a lot.


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post Jan 26 2010, 04:53 AM
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The best part, for me, anyway, is that they really do have a wise and well-thought-out plan for following up on all potential asteroid observations. Now I'm ready to sit back with some popcorn and watch the results come in!

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post Jan 26 2010, 05:07 AM
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QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Jan 25 2010, 08:53 PM) *
Now I'm ready to sit back with some popcorn and watch the results come in!

One hopes we don't watch the asteroids come in.... laugh.gif

Thanks for the clarification Emily and Dan!


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post Feb 10 2010, 02:28 AM
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WISE has found its first new comet!
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002337/

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post Feb 16 2010, 02:09 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jan 25 2010, 10:42 PM) *
Those are observatory codes; if you read the MPECs you'll see the codes given next to the observations used for discovery and astrometry. There is a unique one issued to every telescope who does minor planet astrometry.


Full list of observatory codes can be found at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/ObsCodesF.html
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post Feb 18 2010, 03:18 PM
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NASA has recently released a sample of the first WISE images, showing everything from Comets to Galaxys.

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post Mar 16 2010, 11:11 AM
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http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/sky_coverage.html
More than 1/3 of the mission completed!


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post Mar 20 2010, 06:32 PM
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I noticed that the north and south pole of its orbit satellite photographs over each period of around its orbit. I.e. two sites of the sky the total area of 1.28 square degrees to be obtained 4320 images. Do you plan to search for transiting planets in these data?
For comparison with the same area COROT field of about 2 square degrees, and time monitoring of up to 5 months.


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post May 14 2010, 07:55 AM
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NASA's Youngest Space Telescope Shouldn't Get Longer Life, Panel Says
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post May 14 2010, 04:36 PM
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Well, I'm not sure how useful "Warm Wise" would have been anyway. It'd be nice to see how much they're finding in the four frequencies they have vs. the two they'd have left (after the hydrogen is gone).

I note they're 2/3 done with the first pass now.

http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/sky_coverage.html

Still no reports of brown dwarf companions to Sol.

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post May 26 2010, 09:43 PM
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Just past 75% coverage now.

http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/sky_coverage.html

No press releases since February 11, when they reported a new comet. Wonder why not?

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post May 26 2010, 10:55 PM
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JPL posted a news item on Tuesday, WISE Makes Progress on Its Space Rock Census. There is an attendant video with an interview of the PI of NEOWISE, Amy Maisner, that is well worth catching. Space Rock Census

According to the feature, 11,000 of the NEOs and asteroids it has observed are new.
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