2010 DJ1 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning


Background



2010 DJ1 was discovered on Feb. 17, 2010 by the Mt. Lemmon Survey.   
2010 DJ1 is a very small object, perhaps 15 meters in diameter, and it will be a very 
strong radar target when it approaches within 1 lunar distance (LD) late on Feb. 21. 

We will be tracking it at Goldstone for 2 hours, starting shortly after its closest approach.

Date__(UT)__HR:MN      R.A._(J2000.0)_DEC.         delta(LD)    RTT(sec)
 2010-Feb-21 23:00     62.36523  -4.73612             0.99        2.54
 2010-Feb-22 00:00     52.17470  -8.35570             1.01        2.60
 2010-Feb-22 01:00     42.59813 -11.45534             1.07        2.75
 2010-Feb-22 02:00     34.07817 -13.89676             1.16        2.97

Due to the short round-trip time, we will be using bistatic setup with DSS-14 transmitting and DSS-13 receiving.

2010 DJ1 is optically observable until Feb 22. after which it goes too close to the Sun.

Orbital and Physical Characteristics  
 orbit type               Apollo
 semimajor axis           2.200 AU     
 eccentricity             0.70
 inclination              5.6 deg       
 perihelion distance      0.662 AU     
 aphelion distance        3.737 AU     
 absolute magnitude (H)   26.8
 diameter                 11-25 m
 rotation period          unknown
 pole direction           unknown  
 lightcurve amplitude     unknown
 spectral class           unknown

Last update: 2010 Feb 21

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                                   2010 DJ1

Observations:
     K10D01J* C2010 02 17.40179 10 01 54.84 +20 22 33.1          21.1 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.40560 10 01 54.01 +20 22 31.6          21.0 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.40936 10 01 53.18 +20 22 30.9          21.0 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.41318 10 01 52.39 +20 22 29.8          20.9 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.43673 10 01 47.06 +20 22 15.3          20.4 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.44292 10 01 45.77 +20 22 13.2          20.8 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.45048 10 01 44.23 +20 22 10.2          20.8 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 17.45751 10 01 42.81 +20 22 07.5          20.8 R ED043H01
     K10D01J KC2010 02 18.24613 09 59 21.90 +20 19 38.7          20.1 C ED043G58
     K10D01J KC2010 02 18.25182 09 59 20.19 +20 19 38.8          20.0 C ED043G58
     K10D01J KC2010 02 18.25750 09 59 18.50 +20 19 38.9          20.1 C ED043G58
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.28192409 59 04.19 +20 19 34.0          20.5 V ED043H21
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.29094 09 59 05.96 +20 19 56.7          20.4 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.29404709 59 00.34 +20 19 29.5          20.8 V ED043H21
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.29461 09 59 04.84 +20 19 56.1          20.8 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.29825 09 59 03.62 +20 19 55.4          20.3 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.30021709 58 58.40 +20 19 27.4          20.4 V ED043H21
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.30193 09 59 02.43 +20 19 54.1          20.6 V ED043G96
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.30920 09 58 59.29 +20 19 47.1          19.9 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.31425 09 58 57.64 +20 19 45.8          20.0 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.32160 09 58 55.24 +20 19 43.6          19.9 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.32825 09 58 53.06 +20 19 41.5          19.9 R ED043H01
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.33975 09 58 49.98 +20 19 47.3          20.7 R ED043926
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.34455 09 58 48.36 +20 19 45.7          20.8 R ED043926
     K10D01J  C2010 02 18.34937 09 58 46.78 +20 19 44.3          21.2 R ED043926

Observer details:
926 Tenagra II Observatory.  Observers P. R. Holvorcem, M. Schwartz.  Measurer
    P. R. Holvorcem.  0.81-m f/7 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD.
G58 Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland.  Observers G. McKeegan, C. Jung.
    0.9-m f/8 Cassegrain + CCD + f/6.3 focal reducer.
G96 Mt. Lemmon Survey.  Observer R. E. Hill.  Measurers J. D. Ahern,
    E. C. Beshore, A. Boattini, G. J. Garradd, A. R. Gibbs, A. D. Grauer,
    R. E. Hill, R. A. Kowalski, S. M. Larson, R. H. McNaught.  1.5-m reflector
    + CCD.
H01 Magdalena Ridge Observatory, Socorro.  Observer W. H. Ryan.  2.4-m f/8.9
    reflector + CCD.
H21 Astronomical Research Observatory, Westfield.  Observer R. Holmes.
    Measurer S. Foglia.

Orbital elements:
2010 DJ1                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0011 AU
Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5                  MPC
M 331.87262              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30181709     Peri.  259.24550     -0.61969139     +0.78352237
a   2.2011020      Node   332.30024     -0.67634453     -0.56256869
e   0.6990471      Incl.    5.62414     -0.39817165     -0.26383548
P   3.27           H   26.8           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100217 G96  0.9+  0.9+    100218 G58  0.6+  0.7+    100218 H01  0.8+  0.7+
100217 G96  0.7+  0.6+    100218 G58  0.9+  1.1+    100218 H01  0.8+  0.8+
100217 G96  0.4+  1.0+    100218 H21  0.9+  1.0+    100218 H01  0.9+  0.8+
100217 G96  0.8+  1.1+    100218 G96  0.0   0.7+    100218 H01  1.0+  0.7+
100217 H01  0.6+  0.8+    100218 H21  0.7+  0.6+    100218 926  0.6+  0.5+
100217 H01  0.4+  0.9+    100218 G96  1.0+  0.9+    100218 926  0.3+  0.5+
100217 H01  0.4+  0.8+    100218 G96  0.4+  0.9+    100218 926  0.7+  0.8+
100217 H01  0.5+  0.8+    100218 H21  0.9+  0.8+
100218 G58  0.8+  0.3+    100218 G96  0.6+  0.5+

Ephemeris:
2010 DJ1                 a,e,i = 2.20, 0.70, 6                   q = 0.6624
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 02 13    10 07.88   +20 24.8    0.103    1.090   171.2     7.9    22.6
2010 02 14    10 07.13   +20 25.2    0.0918   1.078   171.6     7.7    22.3
2010 02 15    10 06.16   +20 25.3    0.0801   1.067   171.8     7.6    22.0
2010 02 16    10 04.84   +20 25.0    0.0685   1.056   171.9     7.6    21.6
2010 02 17    10 02.98   +20 23.9    0.0570   1.044   171.7     7.8    21.2
2010 02 18    10 00.18   +20 21.7    0.0454   1.033   171.4     8.3    20.7
2010 02 19    09 55.49   +20 16.9    0.0339   1.022   170.6     9.1    20.1
2010 02 20    09 46.06   +20 05.1    0.0225   1.011   169.0    10.8    19.3
2010 02 21    09 17.62   +19 16.6    0.0112   1.000   163.5    16.4    17.9
2010 02 22    03 27.27   -07 45.9    0.00263  0.988    75.7   104.2    17.7
2010 02 23    23 04.39   -20 49.6    0.0124   0.977    14.5   165.3    30.5

Sonia Keys                   (C) Copyright 2010 MPC           M.P.E.C. 2010-D43

SNR Calculation

Target Name:    2010 DJ1
HMag:           26.8
Diameter:       0.015 km  (plus/minus a factor of two)
Period:         0.5 h     (a standard guess for really small objects) 

                                               #    SNR/  SNR/ 
 Start date  UT  window    RA, dec   dist    runs   date  RTT
----------------------------------------------------------------
2010 Feb 21  01:45-11:19   134,  18  0.008    700    90     4
2010 Feb 21  22:10-02:54    48, -10  0.003    700  4100   170
2010 Feb 22  18:02-23:37   348, -21  0.011    531    20     1

Goldstone SNRs assume Ptx = 430 kW, bistatic observations 

Track Assignments


Goldstone track:

        UT          UT          PDT                     Duration  Round-trip
DOY     Date        TX Window   TX Window               hh:mm     time (sec)  SNR/RTT
---     ----        ---------   ---------               --------- -------     -------
052     Feb 21/22   2355-0155   1555-1755    Feb 21     02:00       2.7        170  


Uncertainties

From Jon Giorgini, Feb 21, 2010:
With 91 optical measurements (2010-Feb-17 9:40 to 2010-Feb-21 14:36,
which includes the e-mailed data from R. McNaught and P. Halvorcem),
2010 DJ1 solution #10 was estimated.

Formal 3-sigma X-band uncertainties are below:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma   DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-21 23:00       13.992       114.66       0.002074
 2010-Feb-22 00:00       14.550       626.49       0.002134
 2010-Feb-22 01:00       14.244      1082.16       0.002261
 2010-Feb-22 02:00       13.369      1454.46       0.002443
 2010-Feb-22 03:00       12.245      1742.19       0.002670

From Jon Giorgini, Feb 20, 2010:
With 64 optical measurements (2010-Feb-17 09:40 to 2010-Feb-20 22:22),
2010 DJ1 solution #7  was estimated.
Formal 3-sigma X-band certainties are shown below.

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma   DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-21 22:00      147.389       286.67       0.004733
 2010-Feb-21 23:00      158.944        87.29       0.004601
 2010-Feb-22 00:00      159.503       453.79       0.004645
 2010-Feb-22 01:00      150.152       780.26       0.004860
 2010-Feb-22 02:00      135.008      1046.88       0.005219
 2010-Feb-22 03:00      118.220      1252.82       0.005686

JPL/Horizons solution #4: 41 measurements (2 days)

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN POS_3sigma    DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-21 22:00   1403.064       1178.54       0.019670
 2010-Feb-21 23:00   1480.329        376.16       0.018815
 2010-Feb-22 00:00   1453.336       1895.15       0.019176
 2010-Feb-22 01:00   1338.909       3247.53       0.020638
 2010-Feb-22 02:00   1178.933       4351.12       0.022809
 2010-Feb-22 03:00   1011.913       5203.11       0.025341


From Jon Giorgini, Feb 19, 2010:
With 28 optical measurements 2010-Feb-17 to 2010-Feb-19,
2010 DJ1 soln. #3 formal 3-sigma X-band uncertainties are:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma   DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-21 22:00     5845.004      2547.74       0.027777
 2010-Feb-21 23:00     6094.925       756.98       0.034534
 2010-Feb-22 00:00     5901.087      3941.08       0.045964
 2010-Feb-22 01:00     5367.790      6741.42       0.058828
 2010-Feb-22 02:00     4682.811      9004.42       0.071260
 2010-Feb-22 03:00     3997.671     10744.46       0.082627

JPL/Horizons solution #1: 25 measurements (1 day arc)

Date__(UT)__HR:MN     R.A._(J2000.0)_DEC.            delta POS_3sigma   DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-19 00:00 *m  148.92669  20.23397 0.03393950002568     53.232    61259.85       0.465634
 2010-Feb-20 00:00 *m  146.60123  20.01370 0.02249897980400    485.851    61143.61       0.693210
 2010-Feb-21 00:00 *m  139.58705  19.14106 0.01116977711886   4394.048    60289.17       1.212284
 2010-Feb-22 00:00 *m   52.17460  -8.35670 0.00260367453641 142637.351    10174.66       0.357636
 2010-Feb-23 00:00 *m  345.85965 -20.96629 0.01233639234610   9792.062    59683.25       2.366127

Uncertainties at hourly intervals during the track:
Date__(UT)__HR:MN   POS_3sigma   DOP_X_3sig  RT_delay_3sig
 2010-Feb-21 23:00  146897.613      1828.82       0.037498
 2010-Feb-22 00:00  142639.419     10174.22       0.357623
 2010-Feb-22 01:00  130029.789     20516.10       0.669646
 2010-Feb-22 02:00  113378.135     29099.99       0.934477



Solar elongations and visual magnitudes:

 Date__(UT)__HR:MN  R.A._(J2000.0)_DEC.  APmag            delta    S-O-T /r
 2010-Feb-17 00:00  150.77661  20.36988  21.27 0.05694332237305 171.7633 /L
 2010-Feb-18 00:00  150.08432  20.32536  20.78 0.04542365435311 171.4082 /T
 2010-Feb-19 00:00  148.92673  20.23405  20.15 0.03393952551262 170.6797 /T
 2010-Feb-20 00:00  146.60131  20.01382  19.30 0.02249900370190 169.0920 /T
 2010-Feb-21 00:00  139.58720  19.14130  17.96 0.01116979680542 163.6800 /T
 2010-Feb-22 00:00   52.17470  -8.35570  17.72 0.00260364055778  75.9416 /T
 2010-Feb-23 00:00  345.85953 -20.96610   n.a. 0.01233636107879  14.4963 /T


Setups



CW setup:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TX polarization              RCP
RCV polarization             LCP & RCP
Frequency hops:              2                          
Dwell                        10 seconds                      
Bandwidth:                   16000 Hz   <-- NOTE THE BANDWIDTH!
Sampling interval:           625 x 0.1 usec
VME FFT for PSD files:       16384 for 0.98-Hz resolution 

After the first orbital update, we will change CW setup to:

TX polarization              RCP
RCV polarization             LCP & RCP
Frequency hops:              2                          
Dwell                        10 seconds                      
Bandwidth:                   4000 Hz <-- NOTE THE BANDWIDTH!
Sampling interval:           2500 x 0.1 usec
VME FFT for PSD files:       4096 for 1-Hz resolution 



Chirp Test:
-------------
Joseph and Clement recommended 20 MHz chirp with 20 usec PRP which will 
PFS sample at 20 MHz (0.05 usec baud) and 
Digital RCV at 80 MHz (0.0125 usec baud).



Instructions

NOTE: Data should be moved to the appropriate subdirectories in aardvark:/export/data0/2010DJ1/raw/

2010 DJ1 POINTING:

  OSOD and predicts are on aardvark:

/export/data3/osod/ops/2010dj1/PRDX.OUT.14v-13-13.s10
                              /PUNCH.OUT.14v-13-13.s10
                              /EPH.OUT.s10 

POINTING  
                                                          TX Offsets    
Date (UTC)   DOY  hhmmss    RA        Dec         Macro   LHA     Dec    RTT    OSOD
2010 02 21   052  230000   63.0196 -4.51420         A                    2.55
2010 02 22   053  000000   52.8219 -8.14010         A     7.20   -2.40   2.61   s10
2010 02 22   053  010000   43.2102 -11.2614         A                    2.75

2010 02 22   053  010000   43.2102 -11.2614         B                    2.75
2010 02 22   053  020000   34.6386 -13.7301         B     6.60   -1.70   2.97   s10
2010 02 22   053  030000   27.2904 -15.5746         B                    3.25


Transmit offsets are given in millidegrees.  


PRDX.OUT.14v-13-13.s10 TRANSMITTER: STATION #14, RECEIVER: STATION #13 2010 FEB 21 23:50 2.5895346281 -209227.199 338.0011 -7.5627 54.493 42.428 2010 FEB 22 00:00 2.6054539760 -244846.041 342.1829 -8.1390 52.818 43.469 2010 FEB 22 00:10 2.6238450760 -279820.946 346.3480 -8.7008 51.160 44.200 2010 FEB 22 00:20 2.6446621652 -314064.824 350.4936 -9.2471 49.522 44.608 2010 FEB 22 00:30 2.6678513086 -347502.262 354.6174 -9.7768 47.905 44.689 2010 FEB 22 00:40 2.6933536436 -380067.870 358.7170 -10.2893 46.312 44.447 2010 FEB 22 00:50 2.7211060849 -411706.457 2.7905 -10.7839 44.745 43.893 2010 FEB 22 01:00 2.7510420386 -442372.954 6.8360 -11.2602 43.206 43.045 2010 FEB 22 01:10 2.7830921052 -472032.142 10.8520 -11.7180 41.697 41.924 2010 FEB 22 01:20 2.8171847452 -500658.211 14.8370 -12.1571 40.219 40.557 2010 FEB 22 01:30 2.8532469364 -528234.150 18.7901 -12.5775 38.773 38.971 2010 FEB 22 01:40 2.8912047385 -554751.093 22.7101 -12.9795 37.360 37.192 2010 FEB 22 01:50 2.9309838619 -580207.539 26.5965 -13.3631 35.980 35.247 2010 FEB 22 02:00 2.9725101456 -604608.562 30.4488 -13.7288 34.635 33.159

2010 DJ1 GOLDSTONE MASTERLOG

============================================================================== Receive TX Setup hops dwell code ncoh FFT runs start -stop OSOD offset Poln Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ POINTING TX Offsets Date (UTC) DOY hhmmss RA Dec Macro LHA Dec RTT OSOD
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