Intro

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Intro
Pan-STARRS Moving Object Processing System
Robert Jedicke Institute for Astronomy University
of Hawaii
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MOPS
MOPS
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The MOPS Team (IfA)
Larry DenneauSenior Software Engineer
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Tommy GravJunior Scientific Researcher
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Joe MasieroGraduate Student
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Robert JedickeAssociate Specialist
2.65 FTE
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The MOPS Team (IfA)
Jim HeasleySenior Professor
David TholenSenior Professor
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The MOPS Team (External)
Steven ChesleyJet Propulson Laboratory
Jeremy KubicaCarnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
Mikko KaasalainenUniversity of Helsinki
Andrea MilaniUniversity of Pisa
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The MOPS Team (extended?)
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LSST Software Engineer
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UH ICS Graduate Student
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Moving Object Processing System
Pan-STARRS
Telescopes Survey
ImageProcessingPipeline
MOPS
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Solar System Surveying
Moving Object Processing System
Solar System Surveying
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Solar System Survey
1900 HST
0000 HST
0500 HST
Evening Sweet Spot
Morning Sweet Spot
Opposition
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Solar System Survey Simulator
Opposition 660 fields 4,360 deg2
TOTAL 828 fields 5,460 deg2
Ecliptic Latitude
Evening/Morning sweet-spots 84 fields each 550
deg2 each
Ecliptic Longitude w.r.t. Opposition
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Observing Strategy

• Every survey mode obtains at least twoimages at
  each location separated by a Transient Time
  Interval (15-30 minutes)
• serendipitous positions colours
• Solar system survey re-visits each location after
  3-6 days
• obtain 3-4 nights/month
• 12 day arc

• Every survey mode obtains at least twoimages at
  each location separated by a Transient Time
  Interval (15-30 minutes)
• serendipitous positions colours
• Solar system survey re-visits each location after
  3-6 days
• obtain 3-4 nights/month
• 12 day arc

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Transient Detection (IPP)
4 Telescopes

Combined
Static
Transients

Moving

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Moving Object Processing System
sub-System Tasks
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Intra-Night Linking (Tracklets)
First exposure
Second exposure

• 250 real detections / deg2
• 250 false detections / deg2

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Attributions
Legend
Tracklets
Known Objects
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Inter-Night Tracklet Linking (tracks)
Legend
FirstNight
SecondNight
ThirdNight
FourthNight
FifthNight
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Initial Orbit Determination
Good IOD
Bad IOD
Legend
First Night
Second Night
Third Night
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Differential Orbit Determination
OD
IOD
Legend
First Night
Second Night
Third Night
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Orbit Identification
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Moving Object Processing System
Simulations
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MOPS Synthetic Solar System
10,000
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NEO Sky-Plane Density
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Sweet-Spot Motion Vectors
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Efficiency (old)
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MOPS Data Collection Interface

• http//mopsdc.ifa.hawaii.edu/

Synthetic or Real Data
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MOPS Data Collection Interface
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MOPS Data Collection Interface
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MOPS Data Collection Interface
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Moving Object Processing System
Spacewatch Data
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MOPS Data Collection Interface
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MOPS Data Collection Interface
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Moving Object Processing System
Status Summary
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MOPS sub-system prototypes

• Intra-night linking of detections
• Attribution
• Inter-night linking of tracklets
• Initial orbit determination
• Differential orbit determination
• Orbit identification
• Precovery search
• Efficiency Determinator

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MOPS continuing development

• IPP Interfaces
• PSPSPS Interfaces
• Orbit clean-up / maintenance
• Simulating different survey strategies
• Incorporating Milani code
• Develop testing / regression suite
• More tests on real survey data
• Identifying asteroids in images

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MOPS continuing development

• Identifying comets in images
• Extracting tracklet postage stamps
• Interface w/ impact calculators

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