The Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey. (1st December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Koschny, D.; Busch, M.
• Is Part Of: Planetary and space science. Volume 118(2015)
• Page Start: 305
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2015-12-01
• Subjects: TOTAS -- NEOs -- Survey -- Software; Space sciences -- Periodicals; Atmosphere, Upper -- Periodicals; Sciences spatiales -- Périodiques; Haute atmosphère -- Périodiques; 523
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.08.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-0633

Abstract

Abstract: ESA's 1-m telescope on Tenerife, the Optical Ground Station (OGS), has been used for observing NEOs since 2009. Part of the observational activity is the demonstration and test of survey observation strategies. During the observations, a total of 11 near-Earth objects have been discovered in about 360 h of observing time from 2009 to 2014. The survey observations are performed by imaging the same area in the sky 3 or 4 times within a 15–20 min time interval. A software robot analyses the images, searching for moving objects. The survey strategies and related data processing algorithms are described in this paper.