NEOWISE reactivation mission: 2nd yr data

DOI

The Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission continues to detect, track, and characterize minor planets. We present diameters and albedos calculated from observations taken during the second year since the spacecraft was reactivated in late 2013. These include 207 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and 8885 other asteroids. Of the NEAs, 84% NEAs did not have previously measured diameters and albedos by the NEOWISE mission. Comparison of sizes and albedos calculated from NEOWISE measurements with those measured by occultations, spacecraft, and radar-derived shapes shows accuracy consistent with previous NEOWISE publications. Diameters and albedos fall within +/-~20% and +/-~40%, 1-sigma, respectively, of those measured by these alternate techniques. NEOWISE continues to preferentially discover near-Earth objects which are large (>100m), and have low albedos.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51520063
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/63
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Provenance
Creator Nugent C.R.; Mainzer A.; Bauer J.; Cutri R.M.; Kramer E.A.; Grav T.,Masiero J.; Sonnett S.; Wright E.L.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2016
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy