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Proposal Identification No.:

R2262

Date Received:

2006-Sep-18 08:04:30

Technical Page
Proposal Type: General Category: Observation Category: Total Time Requested: Minimum Useful Time: Prop osal Title: ABSTRACT: Urgent Planetary Radar Solar System 9 Hours

Radar Observations of Asteroid 2006 RZ

Recently-discovered asteroid 2006 RZ will be observable at Arecibo in early October, 2006, even with its current low power. We propose radar observations of this several-hundred-meter ob ject to determine its size, shape, and spin properties. Nothing but it's approximate size of 300m is known about this ob ject, but it is well-placed for spectroscopic visible and infrared observations over the next few weeks, and we expect that by the end of the observing campaign it will be well-observed at multiple wavelengths. We propose to observe this ob ject on two days near closest approach, Oct 7 and 8, and one day about a week earlier to get adequate aspect angle coverage, and to determine whether we need to attempt bistatic observations with the GBT at the time of closest approach.

Name Michael C Nolan

Institution AO

E-mail nolan@naic.edu

Phone

Student no

Remote Observing Request

X

Observer will travel to AO Remote Observing In Absentia (instructions to operator)

Instrument Setup
S-Band radar S-band receiver

Atmospheric Observation Instruments:

Sp ecial Equipment or setup:

none

RFI Considerations Frequency Ranges Planned

1