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Space debris are an increasing hazard for every kind space activities and a growing source of pollution. To date, research has primarily focused on a quantitative approach, monitoring the number and orbits of debris. However, characterizing individual objects could prove equally valuable — enabling the study of re-entry trajectories, associated risks, and, most importantly, the study of their origin and of the causes of the fragmentation events that generated them.
This presentation will illustrate our research on space debris, presenting the instrumentation available at the Astronomical Observatory of Palermo and at GAL-Hassin observatory in Sicily for the observation and analysis of space debris and showing how multiband photometry can play a crucial role in debris characterization and in determining their origin.
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