Goldstone Asteroid Schedule
Upcoming Goldstone Observations
Last update: 2012 February 03 http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/goldstone_asteroid_schedule.html (The Arecibo asteroid radar schedule is available here.) Needs Needs Physical Target Astrometry? Observations? 2012 Feb 15-20 162421 2000 ET70 No Yes PHA Scheduled 2012 Feb 22-24 2011 CP4 Yes Yes PHA AES Scheduled 2012 May 1998 HE3 No Yes PHA 2012 Jun 2001 CQ36 Yes Yes AES Astrometry is needed shortly before close approach 2012 Jun 2007 LE No Yes PHA 2012 Jun 308242 2005 GO21 Yes Yes PHA AES Astrometry is needed shortly before close approach 2012 Jul 144411 2004 EW9 No Yes 2012 Jul 153958 2002 AM31 Yes Yes PHA AES 2012 Oct 136993 1998 ST49 Yes Yes 2012 Oct-Nov 214869 2007 PA8 Yes Yes PHA AES Astrometry is needed in the fall of 2012 2012 Nov 1994 XD No Yes PHA BINARY 2012 Dec 4179 Toutatis No No PHA AES 2013 Jan 99942 Apophis No Yes PHA AES 2013 Jan 2002 AY1 Yes Yes PHA 2013 Feb 3752 Camillo No Yes 2013 Apr 7888 1993 UC 2013 Apr 2005 NZ6 No Yes PHA 2013 May 163364 2002 OD20 Yes Yes PHA 2013 May-Jun 1998 QE2 YES Yes PHA AES 2013 Jul 153349 2001 PJ9 Yes Yes 2013 Aug 2005 WK4 Yes Yes PHA AES Astrometry is needed shortly before close approach 2013 Aug 137126 1999 CF9 Yes Yes PHA 2013 Aug 52760 1998 ML14 Yes Yes PHA AES 2013 Aug 2007 CN26 Yes Yes PHA 2013 Sep 2002 NV16 No Yes PHA 2013 Sep 152664 1998 FW4 Yes Yes PHA AES 2013 Sep 2002 OA22 Yes Yes PHA 2013 Nov 2001 AV43 YES Yes PHA 2014 Jan 252346 2007 SJ No Yes PHA AES 2014 Feb 2006 DP14 Yes Yes PHA AES Astrometry is needed just before closest approach 2014 Mar 2000 RS11 Yes Yes PHA 2014 Apr 2006 SX217 No Yes PHA AES 2014 May Comet 209P/2004 CB LINEAR Yes Yes COMET 2014 Jun 154275 2002 SR41 YES Yes PHA 2014 Aug 2010 LE15 Yes Yes PHA 2014 Aug 2001 RZ11 Yes Yes Astrometry is needed shortly before closest approach 2014 Aug 163132 2002 CU11 YES Yes PHA AES 2014 Sep 276049 2002 CE26 Yes Yes Astrometry is needed shortly before closest approach 2014 Oct 2340 Hathor No Yes PHA 2015 Jan 2004 BL86 YES Yes PHA Closest flyby by something this large (H=18.8) until 2027: 3.1 LD 2015 Jun 1566 Icarus No Yes PHA 2015 Jul 1994 AW1 No Yes PHA BINARY (not previously observed with radar) 2015 Jul 85989 1999 JD6 No Yes PHA 2015 Aug 2003 RB Yes Yes PHA 2015 Nov 2005 UL5 Yes Yes PHA Astrometry is needed in the fall of 2015 2015 Dec 33342 1998 WT24 Yes Yes PHA 2015 Dec 163899 2003 SD220 Yes Yes PHA 2015 Dec 2008 CM YES Yes PHA Tentative schedule after 2015: 2016 Mar Comet P/2000 G1 LINEAR Yes Yes COMET 2016 Oct 2003 TL4 No Yes PHA 2016 Oct-Nov 164121 2003 YT1 No Yes PHA BINARY 2017 Apr 143404 2003 BD44 No Yes PHA 2017 May 2007 WV4 Yes Yes PHA 2017 Aug-Sep 3122 Florence No Yes PHA 2017 Oct 171576 1999 VP11 No Yes PHA 2017 Nov 2006 UK No Yes PHA 2017 Dec 3200 Phaethon No Yes PHA Possible dead comet 2018 Feb 2002 AJ129 No Yes PHA 2018 May 1999 FN19 Yes Yes Astrometry needed in early 2018 2018 May 66391 1999 KW4 No Yes PHA BINARY 2018 May 68347 2001 KB67 No Yes PHA 2018 Sep 144332 2004 DV24 No Yes PHA 2018 Dec 163899 2003 SD220 No Yes PHA 2018 Dec Comet 46P/Wirtanen Yes Yes COMET 2019 May 66391 1999 KW4 No Yes PHA BINARY 2019 Sep 1998 FF14 No Yes PHA 2019 Nov 2006 SF6 Yes Yes PHA Astrometry needed in 2018-2019 2020 Feb 163373 2002 PZ39 No Yes PHA 2020 Apr 52768 1998 OR2 Yes Yes PHA Astrometry needed in 2020 2020 Nov-Dec 153201 2000 WO107 No Yes PHA 2021 Jan 2008 AF4 Yes Yes PHA 2021 Feb-Mar 1999 RM45 No Yes PHA 2021 Mar 2001 FO32 No Yes PHA 2021 Dec 163899 2003 SD220 No Yes PHA 2021 Dec 4660 Nereus No Yes PHA Lightcurves are desirable "Physical observations" refer to lightcurves, colors, spectroscopy, and infrared radiometry. "PHA" = Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
Past Goldstone Observations
2001 Dec 1998 WT24 Completed. 2002 Jan 4660 Nereus Completed. 2002 Mar 2000 GD2 Completed. 2002 Apr 2002 FD6 Completed. 2002 Apr 38071 1999 GU3 Completed. 2002 Jun 2002 FC Completed. 2002 Jun-Jul 5604 1992 FE Completed. 2002 Oct-Nov 35396 1997 XF11 Completed. 2002 Oct-Nov 2002 SY50 Completed. 2002 Nov 2002 VE68 Completed. 2003 Jun 1998 FH12 Completed. 2003 Jun-Jul 2003 MS2 Completed. 2003 Aug 37655 Illapa (1994 PM)Completed. 2003 Sep 2003 RU11 Cancelled: Too weak to detect. 2003 Sep 22771 1999 CU3 Completed. 2003 Sep 2003 SR84 Completed. 2003 Oct 2003 SS84 Completed. 2003 Oct-Nov 2003 TL4 Completed. 2003 Nov 1937 UB (Hermes) Completed. 2003 Nov 1990 OS Completed. 2003 Nov 65803 1996 GT Completed. 2004 Jan-Feb 6239 Minos Completed. 2004 Apr 1999 DJ4 Cancelled due to hardware problems. 2004 May 2003 YT1 Cancelled due to hardware problems. 2004 May 2001 US16 Completed. All but the final track were cancelled due to hardware problems. 2004 Jun 25143 Itokawa Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2004 Jul 1999 MN Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Mar 22753 1998 WT Completed. 2005 Mar-Apr 1999 RR28 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Apr 2005 EU2 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 May 2005 ED318 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Aug 1992 UY4 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Aug 2005 OE3 Completed. 2005 Sep 1999 RQ36 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Sep 66063 1998 RO1 2005 Nov 1862 Apollo Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2005 Nov 2005 JE46 Completed. 2005 Dec 2005 WC1 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2006 Mar 23187 2000 PN9 Completed. Observations at Arecibo were cancelled. 2006 May 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2006 May 2006 GY2 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2006 May-Jun 2004 DC Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2006 Jul 2004 XP14 Completed. 2006 Jul-Aug 2006 BQ6 Completed. Observations at Arecibo were cancelled. 2006 Oct 2001 CB21 Cancelled at Goldstone; observed at Arecibo 2006 Oct 2006 RZ Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2006 Dec 2004 XL14 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2007 Jan 7341 1991 VK Cancelled at Goldstone due to conflicts. Observed at Arecibo. 2007 Jan 2006 AM4 Completed. 2007 Mar-Apr 2006 VV2 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo and Greenbank. 2007 May 1862 Apollo Cancelled due to maintenance. 2007 Jun 6R10DB9 (2006 RH120) Completed. 2007 Jul-Aug 2007 DT103 Completed. 2007 Oct 2340 Hathor Cancelled due to conflicts. 2007 Nov 1989 UR Completed. 2007 Nov 2007 VD12 Completed. 2007 Dec 3200 Phaethon Cancelled due to maintenance and conflicts. Observed at Arecibo. 2007 Dec 2007 XH16 Not scheduled due to conflicts. Observed at Arecibo. 2008 Jan 2005 WJ56 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Jan 2007 TU24 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Feb 4450 Pan CANCELLED DUE TO SPACECRAFT CONFLICTS. Observed at Arecibo. 2008 Feb 153591 2001 SN263 CANCELLED DUE TO SPACECRAFT CONFLICTS. Observed at Arecibo. 2008 Feb 2002 TD66 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Mar 2008 EL6 Not scheduled due to conflicts. Not scheduled at Arecibo due to maintenance. 2008 Apr 2005 NB7 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Jul 2008 BT18 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2008 Jul 90403 2003 YE45 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2008 Jul 2005 RC34 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Aug 35107 1991 VH Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Sep 185851 2000 DP107 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Sep 137032 1998 UO1 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Sep-Oct 2008 QS11 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2008 Oct 164400 2005 GN59 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo 2008 Nov 4179 Toutatis CANCELLED Observed at Arecibo. 2008 Dec 2008 EV5 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Jan 136849 1998 CS1 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Feb 2006 AS2 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Feb 1999 AQ10 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Mar 2009 DR3 Completed. 2009 Mar 2009 DO111 Completed. 2009 Mar 2008 SV11 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 May 2001 SG286 Requested; could not be scheduled. 2009 May-Jun 143651 2003 QO104 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Jun 136617 1994 CC Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Jun 2001 FE90 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Aug 2009 KC3 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Sep 2000 CO101 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Sep 152664 1998 FW4 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Oct 68216 2001 CV26 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2009 Dec 2009 WV25 Completed. 2009 Dec 2003 YL118 Cancelled due to large orbital uncertainites. 2010 Jan 2010 AL30 Completed. 2010 Jan 2010 AF40 Completed. 2010 Feb 2009 UN3 Completed. 2010 Feb 2010 DJ1 Completed. 2010 Apr 2005 YU55 Cancelled due to maintenance Observed at Arecibo 2010 Jun 1999 MN Cancelled due to maintenance 2010 Jun 2007 XB10 Cancelled due to maintenance 2010 Sep-Oct (137032) 1998 UO1 Cancelled due to maintenance 2010 Oct 2001 TB Cancelled due to maintenance 2010 Oct Comet 103P/Hartley 2 Cancelled due to maintenance. Observed at Arecibo 2010 Oct 2003 UV11 Completed. Bistatic with Arecibo. 2010 Nov 2002 VE68 Completed. 2010 Nov 2005 GC120 Completed. 2010 Dec 2010 JL33 Completed. 2011 Jan 2011 AH5 Cancelled due to equipment problems. 2011 May-Jun 2009 BD Completed. Echoes not detected, possibly due to pointing problems. 2011 Jun 2011 MD Completed. Echoes not detected, possibly due to pointing problems. 2011 Jul 2011 EZ78 Completed. 2011 Aug Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (HMP) Completed. 2011 Oct 1036 Ganymed Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2011 Oct 2011 LC19 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2011 Nov 2005 YU55 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2011 Nov 175706 1996 FG3 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2011 Dec 2000 YA Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2011 Dec 2003 AK18 Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2012 Jan 2011 YH40 Completed. 2012 Jan 7341 1991 VK Completed. Also observed at Arecibo. 2012 Jan 433 Eros Completed. 2012 Jan 2012 BX34 Completed. 2012 Feb 2006 CJ Completed. Also observed at Arecibo.
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The Goldstone main antenna, DSS14, is a fully steerable,
70-meter, parabolic reflector with horn feeds. Its 500-kilowatt transmitter is the world's most powerful at X-band (8560 MHz, 3.5-cm).
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Bistatic experiments using DSS-14 transmissions and
reception of echoes at DSS-13, a 34-m antenna 22 km away, have been
conducted on several very close targets.
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Bistatic experiments employing transmission from DSS-14 and reception of echoes at the 27-antenna Very Large Array ( VLA) in New Mexico have synthesized a beamwidth as small as 0.24 seconds of arc, vs. 2 minutes of arc for single-dish observations with Arecibo or Goldstone. In coming years, bistatic observations between Arecibo and Goldstone, or using transmission from Arecibo or Goldstone and reception at the 100-m Greenbank Telescope (GBT), now under construction, should prove advantageous for outer-planet satellites and nearby asteroids and comets. Test observations using transmission from Goldstone or Arecibo and interferometric reception with the 10-antenna Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) are planned for 1998, and in principle can produce resolutions near a milliarcsecond.
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