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  Assemble lightcurves of a large set of Jovian Trojan asteroids. Analyze for rotational signatures, derive periodicities.
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  Deliverables: Refereed papers

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Solar system object follow-up and monitoring with Nieves Observatory

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>		At Soka University of America, in Aliso Viejo CA (near Irvine) we have a robotic/programmable 0.3-meter system which includes a FLI CDK14 telescope and mount, and an FLI Proline CCD camera. We call it the Nieves Observatory at Soka University of America: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://sites.soka.edu/SUO/&source=gmail&ust=1663198518713000&usg=AOvVaw3xoRDQr5jh1djA6CrRom_F" href="https://sites.soka.edu/SUO/" target="_blank">https://sites.soka.edu/SUO/</a>
  We have been monitoring a selection of Near-Earth asteroids and comets, and welcome suggestions for new monitoring campaigns.
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 Team: Mike Kelley, Quanzhi Ye, Dennis Bodewits

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Planet 9

Identify fields of interest for "Planet 9" and examine for direct detections of the object.

Team: Nate Golovich, Travis Yeager

Deliverables: Refereed papers

Earth Trojans

Dynamical study and discovery of asteroids in and around the Earth L4 and L5 points.

Team: Nate Golovich, Travis Yeager

Deliverables: Refereed papers

Taurid complex NEA swarm

Observe the Taurid meteoroid stream complex to discover associated near-Earth asteroids.

Team: Quanzhi Ye, Kumar Venkataramani

Deliverables: Refereed papers

Anomalous asteroids

Aggregate a large, multifaceted data set on asteroids, from lightcurves to orbits. Examine for outliers.

Team: Ashish Mahabal

Deliverables: Refereed papers

Jovian Trojan asteroid rotational dynamics

Assemble lightcurves of a large set of Jovian Trojan asteroids. Analyze for rotational signatures, derive periodicities.

Team: Zeljko Ivezic, Lynne Jones, and students

Deliverables: Refereed papers

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 HST+Swift+ZTF outburst study

Study the dynamics and composition of well-observed outbursts of comet 29P through a multi-telescope project.

Team: Dennis Bodewits, Michael Kelley, Quanzhi Ye, post-docs / students

Deliverables: Refereed papers

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NEOZTF

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Asteroidal phase curves

 
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Comet Outburst Discovery and Follow-Up

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Deliverables: Refereed paper

 
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Spectroscopic studies of Themis family asteroids with SEDM

 
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Active Asteroid Warning System

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Super-fast Rotator and rotation period Survey

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Solar system object follow-up and monitoring with Nieves Observatory

 
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Twilight Survey

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

 
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Synthetic Tracking Experiment

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NEO and small body discoveries with ZTF

 
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Sparse/Long-term lightcurve fitting

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>		Team: George Helou, Tom Prince, Kumar Venkataramani, Quanzhi Ye, with contributions from students and follow-up observers
 
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Rotation period using sparse lightcurve

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NEO co-discovery with Sierra Remote Observatory

 
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Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery (THOR) on ZTF

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Prompt cometary outburst discovery and follow-up

 
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Rotation period of TNOs using ZTF sparse lightcurves

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>		Deliverables: Public announcements via telegrams
 
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Archival cometary outburst search and summary

 
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Postdoc Projects

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NEOZTF

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 Abstract: TBD

Twilight Survey

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Abstract: constraining the population of Atira and 'Ayló'chaxnim asteroids with ZTF Twilight observations.

 
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TNO Survey

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  Leads: Rich Dekany, Mike Brown

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 Abstract: searching for near-Earth objects (NEOs) in all ZTF datasets.

NEOZTF Scanning Instructions

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Comet Monitoring

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Comet Outburst Discovery and Follow-Up

  Leads: Mike Kelley, Dennis Bodewits
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Active Asteroid Warning System

Lead: Quanzhi Ye

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  We have built a minor planet detection linking algorithm capable of discovering moving objects at high completeness without the need to build or observe tracklets. We have run it on two weeks of ZTF detections (finding 97% of all known moving objects with at least 5 detections) and are now working on running it on all of ZTF's detections.
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Rotation period of TNOs using ZTF sparse lightcurves

Master student: HanJie Tan

Supervisor: Chan-Kao Chang (Rex)

The rotation periods of TNOs are very limited. We have extracted the light curves of TNOs from ZTF archive PSF source catalogs and are analyzing thier rotation periods and phase curve. We hope to add some reliable rotation periods of TNOs to the current inventory.

 

Postdoc Projects

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  Supervisor: Chan-Kao Chang (Rex)
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Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery (THOR) on ZTF

PhD student: Joachim Moeyens

Supervisor: Mario Juric

We have built a minor planet detection linking algorithm capable of discovering moving objects at high completeness without the need to build or observe tracklets. We have run it on two weeks of ZTF detections (finding 97% of all known moving objects with at least 5 detections) and are now working on running it on all of ZTF's detections.

 

Postdoc Projects

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NEOZTF

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 NEOZTF Scanning Instructions

Comet Monitoring

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 zchecker daily digest (UMD)
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Super-fast Rotator and rotation period Survey

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Active Asteroid Warning System

 
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Super-fast Rotator and rotation period Survey

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Twilight Survey

 
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Twilight Survey

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TNO Survey

 
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TNO Survey

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Synthetic Tracking Experiment

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Lead: Quanzhi Ye

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Rotation period using sparse lightcurve

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Supervisor: Chan-Kao Chang (Rex)

 
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Postdoc Projects

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 Leads: Mike Kelley, Dennis Bodewits

zchecker daily digest (UMD)

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Super-fast Rotator Survey

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Super-fast Rotator and rotation period Survey

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 Lead: Lynne Jones (there is overlap with projects by Rex Chang, and Daniela Huppenkothen is the lead for the Gaussian Processes portion of the project, which includes non-ZTF experiments and data too).

Thesis Projects

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PhD student: Ting-Shuo Yeh, Supervisor: Chan-Kao Chang (Rex)

 

Postdoc Projects

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Sparse/Long-term lightcurve fitting

Abstract: We are attempting to understand best methods for fitting rotation curves, and (next-up) phase curves, for known asteroids detected by ZTF. Currently we are using the alert photometry, but hope to extend this to using matchfile photometry. One area of investigation is fitting the rotational light curve with simple two-component Fourier models; another area is fitting lightcurves with Gaussian Processes.

Lead: Lynne Jones (there is overlap with projects by Rex Chang, and Daniela Huppenkothen is the lead for the Gaussian Processes portion of the project, which includes non-ZTF experiments and data too).

 

Thesis Projects

TBD

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NEOZTF

 
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NEOZTF Scanning Instructions

Comet Monitoring

Abstract: TBD

Leads: Mike Kelley, Dennis Bodewits

zchecker daily digest (UMD)

Super-fast Rotator Survey

Abstract: TBD

Lead: Chan-Kao Chang

Twilight Survey

Abstract: dedicated NEO search using 12-18 deg twilight time.

Lead: Quanzhi Ye

TNO Survey

Abstract: TBD

Leads: Rich Dekany, Mike Brown

Specific Projects

Synthetic Tracking Experiment

Abstract: testing the synthetic tracking technique.

Lead: Quanzhi Ye

Thesis Projects

TBD

Postdoc Projects

TBD

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Homeworks for everyone...

Chan-Kao Chang: asteroid spin-rate study, general shape distribution, and phase-curve relation.

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Homeworks for everyone...

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