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PROGRAM_ID           2023A019
PROGRAM_TITLE        Constraining thermal properties of Near-Earth Object with MIRSI
PROGRAM_INV1         Maxime Devogele
PROGRAM_INV2         Joseph Masiero
PROGRAM_INV3         Nicholas Moskovitz
PROGRAM_INV4         Annika Gustafsson
PROGRAM_INV5         Marin ferrais
PROGRAM_SCICAT       near-Earth objects
PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_BEG
Asteroid surfaces are fractal structures with scales ranging from the meter-size craters or boulders to the micrometer-sized particles composing the regolith. Several techniques have been developed to assess the size of these structures. However, when used independently they fail to provide a full picture of the asteroid surface texture. 

We are proposing to use several techniques ranging from polarimetry, spectroscopy, radar delay-doppler, and photometry to obtain a full characterization of a sample of selected Near-Earth objects and derive the grain size or surface structure using independent techniques. 

During the 2023A semester we are proposing to observe the asteroid 1994 XD and 2002 KL6 with MIRSI using 3 different filters. We are estimating their thermal flux to range from 0.35 to 1 Jy.
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