Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21822404e&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #218, #224.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We are searching for asteroids that are possible threats to our planet using astronomical images. The images were taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory outside Tucson, Arizona. A variety of measurements of a selected asteroid's orbit is collected and added to an astrometry file. This increases the accuracy percentage of predicting the asteroid's position in the future. The types of software used in this research are Astrometrica, Image J, Find_Orb, and Guide. Astrometrica is an interactive software tool for astrometric data reduction of CCD images. Image J is used to measure the positions of celestial objects. The Find_Orb software is used to generate orbits for the asteroid and the Guide software displays the multiple orbits generated from Find_Orb. This work was supported in part by funding from the IL Space Grant Consortium.
Coble Kim
Cortes Stephanie
Elwood Brian
Puckett Andrew W.
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