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Kete: Predicting Known Minor Bodies in Images
D. Dahlen, Y. G. Kwon, J. R. Masiero +2
Kete is an open-source software package for quickly and accurately predicting the positions and magnitudes of asteroids and comets in large-scale, all-sky surveys. It can predict o…
COSINE (Cometary Object Study Investigating their Nature and Evolution) I. Project Overview and General Characteristics of Detected Comets
Yuna G. Kwon, Dar W. Dahlen, Joseph R. Masiero +8
We present the first results from the COSINE (Cometary Object Study Investigating their Nature and Evolution) project, based on a uniformly processed dataset of 484 comets observed…
Visual-band brightnesses of Near Earth Objects that will be discovered in the infrared by NEO Surveyor
Joseph R. Masiero, Tyler Linder, Amy Mainzer +2
NEO Surveyor will detect asteroids and comets using mid-infrared thermal emission, however ground-based followup resources will require knowledge of the expected visible light brig…
The Sensitivity of NEO Surveyor to Low-Perihelion Asteroids
Joseph R. Masiero, Yuna G. Kwon, Dar W. Dahlen +2
Asteroids with low orbital perihelion distances experience extreme heating from the Sun that can modify their surfaces and trigger non-typical activity mechanisms. These objects ar…