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Observed asteroid surface area in the thermal infrared
C. R. Nugent, A. Mainzer, J. Masiero +5
The rapid accumulation of thermal infrared observations and shape models of asteroids has led to increased interest in thermophysical modeling. Most of these infrared observations…
Discovery of a Possible Cool White Dwarf Companion from the AllWISE Motion Survey
Sergio B. Fajardo-Acosta, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam C. Schneider +6
We present optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of WISEA J061543.91124726.8, which we rediscovered as a high motion object in the AllWISE survey. The spectra of this object ar…
The Far-Infrared Surveyor Mission Study: Paper I, the Genesis
M. Meixner, A. Cooray, R. Carter +27
This paper describes the beginning of the Far-Infrared Surveyor mission study for NASA's Astrophysics Decadal 2020. We describe the scope of the study, and the open process approac…
NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year Two: Asteroid Diameters and Albedos
C. R. Nugent, A. Mainzer, J. Bauer +6
The Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission continues to detect, track, and characterize minor planets. We present diameters and albedos calculated…
The Albedo Distribution of Near Earth Asteroids
Edward L. Wright, Amy Mainzer, Joseph Masiero +2
The cryogenic WISE mission in 2010 was extremely sensitive to asteroids and not biased against detecting dark objects. The albedos of 428 Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) observed by WI…