Announcements of Opportunity
SURF: Announcements of Opportunity
Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty and JPL technical staff for the SURF program. Each AO indicates whether or not it is open to non-Caltech students. If an AO is NOT open to non-Caltech students, please DO NOT contact the mentor. Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions!
Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. Click here for more tips on finding a mentor. Announcements for external summer programs are listed here.
*Students applying for JPL projects should complete a SURF@JPL application instead of a "regular" SURF application.
*Students pursuing opportunities at JPL must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
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| Project: | Characterization of hazardous asteroids with thermal infrared data. | ||||||||
| Disciplines: | Planetary Science, Astronomy | ||||||||
| Mentor: |
Joseph Masiero,
Dr, (PMA),
jmasiero@ipac.caltech.edu, |
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| Mentor URL: | https://web.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jmasiero/ (opens in new window) | ||||||||
| Background: |
Asteroids that come close to Earth's orbit present a potential hazard to our planet. Detailed characterization of these objects using multiple different data sources allows us to build a complete picture of the physical properties of specific objects, as well as understanding general trends in the population of these objects. This project will work in concert with a larger program to characterize asteroids with polarimetry and thermophysical modeling to understand the properties and origins of these objects. |
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| Description: |
This research project seeks to model the thermophysical properties of a subset of the near Earth asteroids that will be observed as part of the broader program. This work will focus on the objects with the largest infrared data sets that will provide the best support to the main project goals. The student will assist with all phases of this project, including conducting archive searches for available data, validating data quality, running thermophysical modeling routines to constrain asteroid properties, and interpreting results. This will require using existing software and tools to extract data, fit models, and plot results. The student will also present their results to the broader team during the course of their work, and participate in writing up results for publication. |
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| References: |
https://neowise.ipac.caltech.edu/ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AJ....158...97M/abstract |
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| Student Requirements: |
Python programming Conducting astronomical observations |
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| Programs: |
This AO can be done under the following programs:
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