The Planetary Science Journal (Jan 2023)

The Second International Asteroid Warning Network Timing Campaign: 2005 LW3

  • Davide Farnocchia,
  • Vishnu Reddy,
  • James M. Bauer,
  • Elizabeth M. Warner,
  • Marco Micheli,
  • Matthew J. Payne,
  • Tony Farnham,
  • Michael S. Kelley,
  • Miguel R. Alarcon,
  • Paolo Bacci,
  • Roberto Bacci,
  • Mauro Bachini,
  • Kevin Baillié,
  • Giorgio Baj,
  • Daniel Bamberger,
  • Anatoly P. Barkov,
  • Stefan Beck,
  • Guido Betti,
  • Enrico Biancalani,
  • Bryce T. Bolin,
  • David Briggs,
  • Luca Buzzi,
  • Haowen Cheng,
  • Eric Christensen,
  • Alessandro Coffano,
  • Luca Conversi,
  • Christophe Demeautis,
  • Larry Denneau,
  • Josselin Desmars,
  • Anlaug A. Djupvik,
  • Leonid Elenin,
  • Paolo Fini,
  • Tobias Felber,
  • Randy Flynn,
  • Gianni Galli,
  • Mikael Granvik,
  • Bill Gray,
  • Zuri Gray,
  • Luca Grazzini,
  • Werner Hasubick,
  • Tobias Hoffmann,
  • Robert Holmes,
  • Marco Iozzi,
  • Alexander L. Ivanov,
  • Viktor A. Ivanov,
  • Natalya V. Ivanova,
  • Cristóvão Jacques,
  • Hai Jiang,
  • Zheng Jinghui,
  • Anni Kasikov,
  • Myung-Jin Kim,
  • Balaji Kumar,
  • Hee-Jae Lee,
  • Bin Li,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Javier Licandro,
  • Tyler Linder,
  • Vadim E. Lysenkov,
  • Martina Maestripieri,
  • Andrea Mantero,
  • Vladimiro Marinello,
  • Jennie McCormick,
  • Darrel Moon,
  • Alessandro Nastasi,
  • James D. Neill,
  • Guenther Neue,
  • Artem O. Novichonok,
  • Francisco Ocaña,
  • Gianpaolo Pizzetti,
  • Anton Pomazan,
  • Josiah N. Purdum,
  • Christophe Ratinaud,
  • Dong-Goo Roh,
  • Filipp D. Romanov,
  • Nello Ruocco,
  • Toni Santana-Ros,
  • Toni Scarmato,
  • Anastasia Schmalz,
  • Sergei Schmalz,
  • Miquel Serra-Ricart,
  • Clay Sherrod,
  • Nick Sioulas,
  • Andrea Soffiantini,
  • Giacomo Succi,
  • David J. Tholen,
  • Jeppe S. Thomsen,
  • William Thuillot,
  • Richard Wainscoat,
  • Guy Wells,
  • Robert Weryk,
  • Nikolai A. Yakovenko,
  • Hong-Suh Yim,
  • Chengxing Zhai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acfd22
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 11
p. 203

Abstract

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The Earth close approach of near-Earth asteroid 2005 LW3 on 2022 November 23 represented a good opportunity for a second observing campaign to test the timing accuracy of astrometric observation. With 82 participating stations, the International Asteroid Warning Network collected 1046 observations of 2005 LW3 around the time of the close approach. Compared to the previous timing campaign targeting 2019 XS, some individual observers were able to significantly improve the accuracy of their reported observation times. In particular, U.S. surveys achieved good timing performance. However, no broad, systematic improvement was achieved compared to the previous campaign, with an overall negative bias persisting among the different observers. The calibration of observing times and the mitigation of timing errors should be important future considerations for observers and orbit computers, respectively.

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