Reprocessing the NEAT Data Set: Preliminary Results
Abstract We have created a new image analysis pipeline to reprocess images taken by the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking survey and have applied it to 10 nights of observations. This work is the first large-scale reprocessing of images from an asteroid discovery survey in which thousands of archived images are recalibrated and searched for minor planets, and the resulting observations are reported to the Minor Planet Center. We describe the software used to extract, calibrate, and clean sources from the images, including specific techniques that accommodate the unique features of these archival images. This pipeline is able to find fainter asteroids than the original pipeline.
Authors
- C. C. Pedersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7177-0638)
- T. Linder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-673X)
- Michaela G. Blain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9817-584X)
- Ershun Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-9755)
- Cunjin Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3605-6578)
- Yaeji Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-408X)
- J. M. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9542-0953)
- Krzysztof Mackowiak
- Nicole J. Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6541-8887)
- C. Nugent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2504-7887)
- P. Vereš (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2149-9846)
- Mark Goldwater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-7097)
- F. Spoto
- H. C. G. Larsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4346-381X)
- Onelia del Carmen Andrade Benítez
- Nigel A. D'souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-2203)
- Sarvesh Garimella
- Preet Sadhwani
- Z. McGinnis
Institutions
- College of the Canyons (US)
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering (US)
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (US)
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (US)
- Aalborg University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Planetary Science Journal
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/adbca1
- Primary Topic
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- California Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
- Nuclear Safety and Security Commission