iota funding status: going after the science paul maley (iota) and bill merline (swri) 2011 iota...
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IOTA FUNDING STATUS: GOING AFTER THE
SCIENCEPAUL MALEY (IOTA) AND BILL
MERLINE (SwRI)2011 IOTA ANNUAL MEETING
16 JULY 2011
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BACKGROUND
• PRESENTATION AT COLORADO MEETING• INTEREST FROM SWRI• BENEFIT TO INTEGRATE VARIOUS
METHODSKOALA• UPGRADING OF IOTA TECHNOLOGY TO MEET
PROFESSIONAL DEMANDS
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• KOALA (for Knitted Occultations, Adaptive-optics and Light-curves Approach) is an algorithm which allow to derive the absolute size, rotational pole and shape of a celestial body based on disk-resolved images, stellar occultation chords and optical light-curves.
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ISSUES
• OCCULTATION PATHS ARE SCATTERED• FEW EVENTS IN THE US IN 2012• TRAVEL EXPENSES ALWAYS PAID BY
VOLUNTEERS• NEED FOR FUNDING BASED ON ECONOMY
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HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT CANDIDATE OCCULTATIONS
• Number of sites that could be fielded• Urgency for scientific solutions• Difficulty for travel• Weather risk
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CRITERIA (1)
• AVOID EVENTS THAT HAVE PATH ERRORS LARGER THAN 1.0 DIAMETERS
• LOOK AT MAJOR EVENT LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE WHERE OBSERVERS COULD BE DEPLOYED
• AVOID SMALL TARGET LUNAR ELONGATIONS• AVOID AREAS CONSTRAINED BY COLD WEATHER
(e.g. Hilda, Feb 9 Canada)• AVOID EXPENSIVE TRAVEL OPTIONS• FOCUS ON MAXIMIZING MULTISTATION
RETURNS (FEWEST OBSERVERS, MOST STATIONS)
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CRITERIA (2)• AVOID LOW MAG DROPS• AVOID PATHS THAT DON’T CROSS AREAS
ACCESSIBLE BY OBSERVERS• AVOID STARS FAINTER THAN 11+• AVOID DOUBLE STARS• AVOID STARS WITH PROPER MOTION ISSUES• PATH PROXIMITY TO TWILIGHT LINE• AVOID CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MOON• CONSIDER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
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VALUE TO SCIENCE
• TIME TO MILLISECOND LEVEL• RECORDED IMAGERY• BLANKET COVERAGE (SINGLE CHORDS NOT
HELPFUL)• EXPAND ASTEROID MODEL CONTRIBUTIONS:
SAME ASTEROID AT DIFFERENT PHASE ANGLES
• MINIMIZE DATA COLLECTION ERROR SOURCES
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ENABLERS
• GROW THE BUSINESS (E.G. IOTA-ME)• RELY ON NEW TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSION
(KIWI, BLACK BOX, JXD990, ETC.)• MULTISTATION INDEPENDENCE• OBTAIN $$ SUPPORT ON A CONTINUING BASIS• PUBLISH, PUBLISH, PUBLISH RESULTS!!!
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PRIORITY EVENTS FOR 2011 (TBC)
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PRIORITY EVENTS FOR
2012
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MNEMOSYNE 3/11/12
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AUSONIA 3/21/12
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PALES 4/24/12
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EUNIKE 8/3/12
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EUROPA (8/12/12): Mv10.7, 81s
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BACKLUNDA 9/17/12
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ATE (10/5/12)
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BRIXIA (10/22/12)
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SIBYLLA (11/25/12)