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Results of the first Italian planetary radar experiment |
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| Authors: | M Di Martino S Montebugnoli S Ostro S Righini S Poppi A Orlati C Bortolotti Y Gavrik |
| Institution: | a INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Strada Osservatorio 20, Torino 10025, Italy b CNR-Istituto di Radioastronomia, Via Fiorentina Aia Cavicchio, Villafontana 40059, Bologna, Italy c ISAC-CNR, Via P. Gobetti, Bologna 101 - 40129, Italy d JPL, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, (818) 354-4321, USA e IRE-RAS, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Vvedensky Square 1, Fryazino 141190, Russia f INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Strada 54, loc. Poggio dei Pini, Capoterra 09012, Cagliari, Italy |
| Abstract: | We describe the first intercontinental planetary radar initiative undertaken in Italy.We present the results of the observations of Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) 33342 (1998 WT24), performed in December 2001 using the bistatic configurations Goldstone-Medicina and Evpatoria-Medicina, with the 32-m Medicina dish used to receive echoes in both cases.The experiment goal was to characterise the system for radar follow-up observations of NEA and artificial orbiting debris, in the framework of a feasibility study which aims at using the Sardinia Radio Telescope, at present under construction, also as a planetary radar facility. |
| Keywords: | Asteroids Radar Remote sensing Spectroscopy |
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