Name: EU-ESA Workshop on Astrometric and Radar Observations of NEOs
Start: 2025-10-06T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-08T18:00:00+02:00
Location: ESRIN

EU-ESA Workshop on Astrometric and Radar Observations of NEOs

from Monday, 6 October 2025 (14:00) to Wednesday, 8 October 2025 (18:00)

Monday, 6 October 2025
14:00 Welcome: Welcome
Welcome
14:00 - 14:15
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

14:00 Welcome
14:15 Orbit determination and impact monitoring
14:15 - 15:30
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

14:15 Asteroid orbit determination and impact monitoring at ESA: the Aegis software - Francesco Gianotto (ESA NEOCC) Laura Faggioli (ESA NEOCC) Marco Fenucci (ESA NEOCC)

14:40 Advancing orbit determination and impact monitoring with ADES and high-precision astrometry: an example on 2024 YR4 - Marco Fenucci (ESA NEOCC)

15:05 Identifying and Understanding Bad Tracklets: Inaccurate and Mis-Attributed Astrometry - Peter Veres (Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Minor Planet Center, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA)
15:30 Open discussion
15:30 - 15:50
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

15:30 Open discussion
15:50 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:50 - 16:15
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
16:15 Astrometric Observation Uncertainties
16:15 - 17:30
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

16:15 Computing Astrometric Uncertainties - Dave J. Tholen (University of Hawaii)

16:40 On the uncertainties of astrometric observations - Federica Spoto (Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Minor Planet Center, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, USA)

17:05 Predicted astrometric uncertainty for NEO Surveyor tracklets - Joseph Masiero (Caltech/IPAC)
17:30 Open discussion

17:30 - 18:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Tuesday, 7 October 2025

09:00 Welcome

09:00 - 09:05
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
09:05 Astrometric Observation Uncertainties
09:05 - 10:45
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

09:05 NEOCC side-activities enabling precision astrometry - Francisco Ocaña (ESA NEOCC)

09:30 High-precision astrometry at ESA NEOCC - Marco Micheli

09:55 Influence of the dynamic classification of asteroids on observation astrometric errors - Nicolo Stronati

10:20 Impact of Observation Time Uncertainty on Orbit Determination: An experiment with real data - Davide Bracali Cioci (SpaceDyS)
10:45 Open discussion

10:45 - 11:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

11:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
11:30 Software and new technologies
11:30 - 13:10
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

11:30 NEODetect: An AI-based real-time system for faint NEO trail detection - latest enhancements for improved accuracy and usability - Szabolcs István Velkei (Machine Intelligence Zrt)

11:55 Astrometrica: Basic functions and practical application - Herbert Raab

12:20 Exploring the Impact of Camera Timing on NEO Astrometry - Daniel Parrott

12:45 sCMOS Detectors for NEO Observations: Opportunities and Challenges - Miguel R. Alarcon (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), C/ Vía Láctea, s/n, E-38205, La Laguna, Spain)
13:10 Open discussion

13:10 - 13:30
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

13:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
15:00 Software and new technologies
15:00 - 15:50
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

15:00 Commissioning and First Light Results of ESA’s Flyeye-1 Telescope - Dora Fohring (ESA NEOCC)

15:25 Synthetic Tracking on Umbrella (STU): Real-Time Near-Earth Object Detection Using GPU-Accelerated Processing - Malin Stanescu
15:50 Astrometry from Space
15:50 - 16:15
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

15:50 The James Webb Space Telescope as a Planetary Defense Asset - Bryan Holler
16:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
16:45 Astrometry from Space
16:45 - 17:10
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

16:45 High-precision astrometry of moving targets with HST - Marc Buie (Southwest Research Institute)
17:10 Open discussion

17:10 - 17:35
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
17:35 Stellar Occultation
17:35 - 18:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

17:35 Occultation-based astrometry - Marc Buie (Southwest Research Institute)
Wednesday, 8 October 2025

09:00 Welcome

09:00 - 09:05
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
09:05 Astrometry from Space
09:05 - 10:20
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

09:05 Including Gaia FPR astrometry in the estimation of Main Belt Asteroid Masses - Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

09:30 Space-based NEO targets: opportunities and challenges - Tobias Hoffmann (ESA ESOC)

09:55 Analysis of NEOMIR’s detection capabilities given an astrometric precision of 0.2” - Margherita Maria Revellino (ESA NEOCC)
10:20 Open discussion

10:20 - 10:45
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

10:45 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:45 - 11:15
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
11:15 Stellar Occultation
11:15 - 11:40
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

11:15 The role of stellar occultations in NEO astrometry - Paolo Tanga (Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire Côte d'Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange CNRS/UMR7293, Nice, France)
11:40 Radar observations
11:40 - 13:20
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan
Contributions

11:40 Physical characterisation of near-Earth objects using planetary radar observations - Anne Virkki (Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland / Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, National Land Survey, Espoo, Finland)

12:05 The Effelsberg 100-m telescope and its potential for NEO observations - Alexander Kraus

12:30 The ESA “NEO Observation Concepts for Radar Systems” Project and Beyond - Giuseppe Pupillo (INAF-IRA)

12:55 Towards a European Planetary Radar: Concepts, Architectures, and Trade-offs - Marco Alessandrini (ESA)
13:20 Open discussion

13:20 - 13:30
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

13:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

15:00 Open discussion

15:00 - 16:00
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

16:00 Coffee break
Coffee break
16:00 - 16:25
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

16:25 Final discussions, key takeaway, findings

16:25 - 17:25
Room: ESRIN-01121-Magellan

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