Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002 NY40

Abstract

In August 2002, the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40, made its closest approach to the Earth. This provided an opportunity to study a near-Earth asteroid with a variety of instruments. Several of the telescopes at the Maui Space Surveillance System were trained at the asteroid and collected adaptive optics images, photometry and spectroscopy. Analysis of the imagery reveals the asteroid is triangular shaped with significant self-shadowing. The photometry reveals a 20-hour period and the spectroscopy shows that the asteroid is a Q-type.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA526503

Entities

People

  • Dennis Liang
  • Doyle T. Hall
  • Jacob K. Barros
  • John L. Africano
  • John V. Lambert
  • Keith T. Knox
  • Kris M. Hamada
  • Lewis C. Roberts Jr.
  • Paul F. Sydney
  • Paul W. Kervin

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Asteroids
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Observatories
  • Optics
  • Photometry
  • Physical Properties
  • Solar System
  • Space Surveillance
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Surveillance
  • Telescopes
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Space Objects