The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC)—Citizen Scientist System for Asteroid Discovery
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Miller, Patrick, Weryk, Robert, Wainscoat, Richard, Perret, Jules, Hartung, Steve, Vorobjov, Tomas, Buzzi, Luca, Raab, Herbert, Chastel, Serge, Fairlamb, John, Huber, Mark, Ramanjooloo, Yudish, Chambers, Kenneth, de Boer, Thomas, Gao, Hua, Lin, Roger Chien-Cheng, Magnier, Eugene and Pennypacker, Carlton. 2024. "The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC)—Citizen Scientist System for Asteroid Discovery." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 136 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ad11a0
| Article Title | The International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC)—Citizen Scientist System for Asteroid Discovery |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 1082 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Miller, Patrick, Weryk, Robert, Wainscoat, Richard, Perret, Jules, Hartung, Steve, Vorobjov, Tomas, Buzzi, Luca, Raab, Herbert, Chastel, Serge, Fairlamb, John, Huber, Mark, Ramanjooloo, Yudish, Chambers, Kenneth, de Boer, Thomas, Gao, Hua, Lin, Roger Chien-Cheng, Magnier, Eugene and Pennypacker, Carlton |
| Journal Title | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Journal Citation | 136 (2) |
| Article Number | 024502 |
| Number of Pages | 8 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| ISSN | 0004-6280 |
| 1538-3873 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ad11a0 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ad11a0 |
| Abstract | We describe a citizen science asteroid detection system developed by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) and the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii, utilizing data from the Pan-STARRS telescopes. The goals of this project are to (i) educate and engage citizen scientists (mostly high school students) in science and astronomy, (ii) search for new asteroids to extend the limiting magnitudes of existing asteroid surveys, and (iii) find missed Near-Earth Objects (NEOs—objects with perihelia q < 1.3 au) to support planetary defense efforts. Over the past 15 yr, 50,000 citizen scientists from 96 countries around the world have detected ∼12,000 main-belt asteroids and ∼5 NEOs. Citizen scientists use the software Astrometrica during scheduled campaigns to search for and measure asteroid astrometry and photometry, and submit the data to IASC for vetting. Candidate detections not already submitted by Pan-STARRS are then submitted to the Minor Planet Center, and are typically ∼0.30 ± 0.07 mag fainter. |
| Keywords | Near-Earth objects ; Main belt asteroids; Asteroids |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 5101. Astronomical sciences |
| Byline Affiliations | Hardin-Simmons University, United States |
| University of Southern Queensland | |
| University of Western Ontario, Canada | |
| University of Hawaii, United States | |
| Paris-Saclay University, France | |
| Maxar Technologies, United States | |
| G.V. Schiaparelli Astronomical Observatory, Italy | |
| Johannes Kepler Observatory, Austria | |
| University of California Berkeley, United States |
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