The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results

EC Bellm, SR Kulkarni, MJ Graham… - Publications of the …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses
the Palomar 48 inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg …

Tuning the legacy survey of space and time (LSST) observing strategy for solar system science

ME Schwamb, RL Jones, P Yoachim… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to start the Legacy Survey of Space and
Time (LSST) in early to mid-2025. This multiband wide-field synoptic survey will transform …

Machine learning for the zwicky transient facility

A Mahabal, U Rebbapragada, R Walters… - Publications of the …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Zwicky Transient Facility is a large optical survey in multiple filters producing
hundreds of thousands of transient alerts per night. We describe here various machine …

Asteroid light curves from the Palomar Transient Factory survey: rotation periods and phase functions from sparse photometry

A Waszczak, CK Chang, EO Ofek, R Laher… - The Astronomical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We fit 54,296 sparsely sampled asteroid light curves in the Palomar Transient Factory survey
to a combined rotation plus phase-function model. Each light curve consists of 20 or more …

Solar system science with ESA Euclid

B Carry - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. The ESA Euclid mission has been designed to map the geometry of the dark
Universe. Scheduled for launch in 2020, it will conduct a six-year visible and near-infrared …

Asteroid spin-rate studies using large sky-field surveys

CK Chang, HW Lin, WH Ip, TA Prince, SR Kulkarni… - Geoscience Letters, 2017 - Springer
Eight campaigns to survey asteroid rotation periods have been carried out using the
intermediate Palomar Transient Factory in the past 3 years. 2780 reliable rotation periods …

Small near-earth asteroids in the palomar transient factory survey: A real-time streak-detection system

A Waszczak, TA Prince, R Laher, F Masci… - Publications of the …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) in the 1–100 meter size range are estimated to be∼
1,000 times more numerous than the∼ 15,000 currently cataloged NEAs, most of which are …

The need for speed in Near-Earth Asteroid characterization

JL Galache, CL Beeson, KK McLeod, M Elvis - Planetary and Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract We have used Minor Planet Center (MPC) data and tools to explore the discovery
circumstances and properties of the currently known population of over 10,000 NEAs, and to …

Asteroid spin-rate study using the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory

CK Chang, WH Ip, HW Lin, YC Cheng… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Two dedicated asteroid rotation-period surveys have been carried out in the R band with∼
20 minute cadence using the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory (iPTF) during 2014 …

FOSSIL. III. Lightcurves of 371 Trans-Neptunian Objects

E Ashton, CK Chang, YT Chen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
From the first phase of the high-cadence Formation of the Outer Solar System: an Icy Legacy
(FOSSIL) survey, we analyzed lightcurves, ranging from one to four nights in length, of 371 …