Publications (4)
Survey Simulations of a New Near-Earth Asteroid Detection System
A. Mainzer, T. Grav, J. Bauer +10
We have carried out simulations to predict the performance of a new space-based telescopic survey operating at thermal infrared wavelengths that seeks to discover and characterize…
Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE I: Preliminary Albedos and Diameters
Joseph R. Masiero, A. K. Mainzer, T. Grav +15
We present initial results from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a four-band all-sky thermal infrared survey that produces data well suited to measuring the physical…
Preliminary Results from NEOWISE: An Enhancement to the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer for Solar System Science
A. Mainzer, J. Bauer, T. Grav +32
The \emph{Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer} has surveyed the entire sky at four infrared wavelengths with greatly improved sensitivity and spatial resolution compared to its pre…
Initial Performance of the NEOWISE Reactivation Mission
A. Mainzer, J. Bauer, R. M. Cutri +32
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft has been brought out of hibernation and has resumed surveying the sky at 3.4 and 4.6 um. The scientific objectives of t…