Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21640904d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #409.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.817
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), which launched in Dec 2009, is currently scanning the sky in the infrared. While the primary objectives for WISE are observations of of bodies outside the the solar system, WISE will detect a large number of solar system bodies, many previously unknown.
WISE will observe 99% of the sky, imaging each position eight or more times over approximately two days. The WISE Moving Object Pipline Subsystem (WMOPS) was designed to take advantage of the WISE spacecraft's survey pattern and detect solar system bodies in the data with minimum human interaction required. This was done with an emphasis on Near-Earth objects (NEOs), while maintaining sensitivity to more distant solar system bodies as well. An additional requirement was minimizing the time required to report new objects, so as to facilitate timely follow up observations and recovery. We will briefly summarize the WMOPS detection strategy and provide an overview of the solar system science these observations have yielded.
Bauer James
Cutri Roc
Dailey John
Denneau Larry
Grav Tommy
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