Scheduling ESA’s near-earth asteroid telescope network for surveys and impactor detection

D. Föhring; P. Ramirez Moreta; L. Conversi; E. Brendel; E. Dölling; M. Hübner; K. Davies

doi:10.1117/12.3020604

25 July 2024 Scheduling ESA’s near-earth asteroid telescope network for surveys and impactor detection

D. Föhring, P. Ramirez Moreta, L. Conversi, E. Brendel, E. Dölling, M. Hübner, K. Davies

Proceedings Volume 13098, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems X; 130982J (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020604
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

The European Space Agency (ESA) currently operates several ground-based observatories dedicated to observations of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), including the Test-Bed Telescopes in La Silla, Chile and in Cebreros, Spain, the Schmidt telescope at Calar Alto, Spain and telescope time at the Optical Ground Station in Tenerife, Spain. To improve NEO survey capabilities, ESA is currently building the first Flyeye telescope in the Northern Hemisphere and designing a second one for the Southern Hemisphere. These facilities conduct low-elongation surveys and targeted follow-up observations, with a focus on detecting potential imminent impactor asteroids. For the Flyeye telescope network, a custom tasking software has been developed to manage the survey, which also allows scheduling for follow-ups, and is compatible with our existing TBTs. The scheduler allows the creation of a survey with configurable survey parameters and takes into account successful observations from the previous night by the telescope and external observatories. For follow-up it is capable of loading objects from the risk lists of both ESA NEO Coordination Centre, NASA, JPL Scout and NEOfixer, and assigning them a priority based on a figure-of-merit.

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D. Föhring, P. Ramirez Moreta, L. Conversi, E. Brendel, E. Dölling, M. Hübner, and K. Davies "Scheduling ESA’s near-earth asteroid telescope network for surveys and impactor detection", Proc. SPIE 13098, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems X, 130982J (25 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020604

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