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고속이동천체 검출을 위한 궤적탐지 알고리즘 및 YSTAR-NEOPAT 영상 분석 결과 (AUTOMATED STREAK DETECTION FOR HIGH VELOCITY OBJECTS: TEST WITH YSTAR-NEOPAT IMAGES)

  • 김대원;변용익;김수영;강용우;한원용;문홍규;임흥서
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2005
  • 천구상에서 빠르게 움직이는 인공위성, 우주잔해물 및 빠른 속도의 지구접근천체 등과 같은 고속이동천체들은 별들을 추적하며 관측한 영상에서 선 형태의 궤적으로 나타나게 된다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 궤적을 검출해내기 위해 개발한 궤적탐지 알고리즘에 대한 소개와, 개발된 알고리즘을 이용한 YSTAR-NEOPAT 영상분석결과에 대해 기술하였다. 알고리즘은 기본적으로 외곽선 추적방법을 이용하였으며, 벌들이 밀집한 곳에서의 검출효율을 높이기 위해 차감영상기법을 사용하였다. 알고리즘의 수행속도 테스트 결과, 궤적탐지에 소요되는 시간은 1초 미만으로 대용량 자료의 실시간 분석에도 사용이 가능한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 검출 결과를 GIF 영상으로 저장함으로써, 눈으로 직접 확인할 수 있도록 하였다. 총 7,000여 장의 YSTAR-NEOPAT 영상을 분석한 결과, 약 700개의 궤적을 발견하였으며 발견된 궤적들 중 고속이동천체는 시계열 영상에서 여러 장에 걸쳐 연속적으로 나타나는 특성을 이용하여 기타 다른 궤적들과 구별해 낼 수 있었다. 이렇게 발견된 고속이동천체는 모두 인공위성 혹은 우주잔해물인 것으로 나타났으며, 기타 궤적들은 우주선 및 유성인 것으로 분류되었다.

DEEP-South: The Progress and the Plans of the First Year

  • Moon, Hong-Kyu;Kim, Myung-Jin;Roh, Dong-Goo;Park, Jintae;Yim, Hong-Suh;Lee, Hee-Jae;Choi, Young-Jun;Oh, Young-Seok;Bae, Young-Ho
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제41권2호
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    • pp.48.2-48.2
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    • 2016
  • The wide-field and the round-the clock operation capabilities of the KMTNet enables the discovery, astrometry and follow-up physical characterization of asteroids and comets in a most efficient way. We collectively refer to the team members, partner organizations, the dedicated software subsystem, the computing facility and research activities as Deep Ecliptic Patrol of the Southern Sky (DEEP-South). Most of the telescope time for DEEP-South is devoted to targeted photometry of Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs) to push up the number of the population with known physical properties from several percent to several dozens of percent, in the long run. We primarily adopt Johnson R-band for lightcurve study, while we employ BVI filters for taxonomic classification and detection of any possible color variations of an object at the same time. In this presentation, the progress and new findings since the last KAS meeting will be outlined. We report DEEP-South preliminary lightcurves of several dozens of NEAs obtained at three KMTNet stations during the first year runs. We also present a physical model of asteroid (5247) Krylov, the very first Non principal Axis (NPA) rotator that has been confirmed in the main belt (MB). A new asteroid taxonomic classification scheme will be introduced with an emphasis on its utility in the LSST era. The progress on the current version of automated mover detection software will also be summarized.

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천부 지반 환경에서 속도검층 난제들에 대한 고찰 (Considerations on the Difficulties in Velocity Logging in the Near Surface Environments)

  • 조철현;변중무;황세호
    • 지구물리와물리탐사
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2006
  • 토목이나 환경분야에 적용되는 시추공을 이용한 P파와 S파 속도검층 수행 시 여러 고려해야 할 사항이 있다. 토양이나 풍화암 등 연약층에 설치한 케이싱이 탄성파 측정에 미치는 영향, 사용되는 주파수에 따라 측정되는 탄성파 속도의 변화 등이 그것이다. 또한 속도검층으로부터 구한 탄성계수는 동적특성을 반영한다. 이러한 과제를 극복하기 위해서는 탄성파시험이 설정된 시추공에서는 가급적 케이싱을 설치하지 않고 공벽을 유지하는 시추 기술을 개발, 적용하도록 하고, 속도검층의 목적에 맞는 주파수 대역의 시험법을 적용하도록 해야 하겠다. 또한 내진설계자들이 속도검층에서 구한 동탄성계수와 실내역학시험에서 구한 정탄성계수와의 차이점을 인식하고 적절히 사용할 수 있도록 조언하는 것도 필요하다.

Spin and 3D shape model of Mars-crossing asteroid (2078) Nanking

  • Kim, Dong-Heun;Choi, Jung-Yong;Kim, Myung-Jin;Lee, Hee-Jae;Moon, Hong-Kyu;Choi, Yong-Jun;Kim, Yonggi
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제44권1호
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    • pp.80.1-80.1
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    • 2019
  • Photometric investigations of asteroids allow us to determine their rotation states and shape models (Apostolovska et al. 2014). Our main target, asteroid (2078) Nanking's perihelion distance (q) is 1.480 AU, which belongs to the Mars-crossing asteroid (1.3 < q < 1.66 AU). Mars-crossing asteroids are objects that cross the orbit of Mars and regarded as one of the primary sources of near-Earth asteroids due to the unstable nature of their orbits. We present the analysis of the spin parameters and 3D shape model of (2078) Nanking. We conducted Cousins_R-band time-series photometry of this asteroid from November 26, 2014 to January 17, 2015 at the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory (SOAO) and for 25 nights from March to April 2016 using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) to reconstruct its physical model with our dense photometric datasets. Using the lightcurve inversion method (Kaasalainen & Torppa 2001; Kaasalainen et al. 2001), we determine the pole orientation and shape model of this object based on our lightcurves along with the archival data obtained from the literatures. We derived rotational period of 6.461 h, the preliminary ecliptic longitude (${\lambda}_p$) and latitude (${\beta}_p$) of its pole as ${\lambda}_p{\sim}8^{\circ}$ and ${\beta}_p{\sim}-52^{\circ}$ which indicates a retrograde rotation of the body. From the apparent W UMa-shaped lightcurve and its location in the rotation frequency-amplitude plot of Sheppard and Jewitt (2004), we suspect the contact binary nature of the body (Choi 2016).

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Rendezvous Mission to Apophis: IV. Investigation of the internal structure - A lesson from an analogical asteroid Itokawa

  • Jin, Sunho;Kim, Yaeji;Jo, Hangbin;Yang, Hongu;Kwon, Yuna G.;Ishiguro, Masateru;Jeong, Minsup;Moon, Hong-Kyu;Choi, Young-Jun;Kim, Myung-Jin
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제46권2호
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    • pp.58.1-59
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    • 2021
  • Exploration of asteroids' internal structure is essential for understanding their evolutional history. It also provides a fundamental information about the history of coalescence and collision of the solar system. Among several models of the internal structures, the rubble-pile model, confirmed by the near-Earth asteroid (25143) Itokawa by Hayabusa mission [1], is now widely regarded as the most common to asteroids with size ranging from 200 m to 10 km [2]. On the contrary, monolithic and core-mantle structures are also possible for small asteroids [3]. It is, however, still challenging to look through the interior of a target object using remote-sensing devices. In this presentation, we introduce our ongoing research conducted at Seoul National and propose an idea to infer the internal structure of Apophis using available instruments. Itokawa's research provides an important benchmark for Apophis exploration because both asteroids have similar size and composition [4][5]. We have conducted research on Itokawa's evolution in terms of collision and space weathering. Space weathering is the surface alteration process caused by solar wind implantation and micrometeorite bombardment [6]. Meanwhile, resurfacing via a collision acts as a counter-process of space weathering by exposing fresh materials under the matured layer and lower the overall degree of space weathering. Therefore, the balance of these two processes determine the space weathering degrees of the asteroid. We focus on the impact evidence on the boulder surface and found that space weathering progresses in only 100-10,000 years and modifies the surface optical properties (Jin & Ishiguro, KAS 2020 Fall Meeting). It is important to note that the timescale is significantly shorter than the Itokawa's age, suggesting that the asteroid can be totally processed by space weathering. Accordingly, our result triggers a further discussion about why Itokawa indicates a moderately fresh spectrum (Sq-type denotes less matured than S-type). For example, Itokawa's smooth terrains show a weaker degree of space weathering than other S-type asteroids [7]. We conjecture that the global seismic shaking caused by collisions with >1 mm-sized interplanetary dust particles induces granular convection, which hinders the progression of space weathering [8]. Note that the efficiency of seismic wave propagation is strongly dependent on the internal structure of the asteroid. Finally, we consider possible approaches to investigate Apophis's internal structure. The first idea is studying the space weathering age, as conducted for Itokawa. If Apophis indicates a younger age, the internal structure would have more voids [9]. In addition, the 2029 close encounter with Earth provides a rare natural opportunity to witness the contrast between before and after the event. If the asteroid exhibits a slight change in shape and space weathering degree, one can determine the physical structure of the internal materials (e.g., rubble-pile monolithic, thick or thin regolith layer, the cohesion of the materials). We will also consider a possible science using a seismometer.

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광시야 망원경 3호기 (NEOPAT-3)의 광학계 특성 및 조정 (OPTICAL PROPERTY AND ALIGNMENT OF KAO WIDE FIELD TELESCOPE (NEOPAT-3))

  • 육인수;경재만;윤요나;윤재혁;임홍서;문홍규;한원용;변용익;강용우;유성렬
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.417-428
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    • 2004
  • 광시야 망원경 3호기의 광학계 특성을 조사하고 이를 바탕으로 광학계를 조정하였다. 보정렌즈를 쓰기 때문에 필터는 V, R, I로 제한된다. 광시야 망원경 3호기는 초점비가 작기 때문에 광학계의 정렬 상태에 매우 민감하다. 2도${\times}2$도의 시야각 내에서 성상의 RMS 반경을 $8{\mu}m$ 이내로 맞추려면 다음의 조건을 만족해야 한다: 1) 관측기기는 초점면에 대하여 0.05도 이상 기울어지면 안된다. 2) 주경과 보정렌즈의 축간 거리(decenter)를 1mm 이내로 맞추어야 한다. 3) 주경과 보정렌즈 사이를 최적 거리에서 2.3mm 이내로 맞추어야 한다. 광시야 망원경 3호기는 곡률감지법을 이용한 수차 측정법으로 광학계를 조정하고 있으며 마무리 단계에 있다. 현재 대덕전파천문대 옥상에 임시로 설치되어 시스템 정상화와 인공위성 관측을 수행하고 있다.

Polarimetry of solar system small bodies using the Seoul National University 61cm telescope and TRIPOL

  • Jin, Sunho;Ishiguro, Masateru;Kwon, Yuna Grace;Geem, Jooyeon;Bach, Yoonsoo P.;Seo, Jinguk;Sasago, Hiroshi;Sato, Shuji
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제44권1호
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    • pp.64.2-64.2
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    • 2019
  • It is known that lights scattered by comets and asteroids are partially polarized. From polarimetric observations of those objects, we can investigate physical properties, such as albedos, sizes of cometary dust particles and regolith of asteroids. Since the polarization degrees of those objects highly depend on their phase angles (Sun-object-observer's angles), long-term monitoring observations are required. Moreover, comets show unforeseeable activations (i.e., outbursts) which need follow-up observations to understand the mechanism. In order to realize such monitoring and transient observations, we installed the Triple-Range Imager and POLarimeter (TRIPOL) on the 61cm telescope of Seoul National University (Hereafter, SNU) Gwanak campus. With this combination, we can obtain g', r', i' bands photopolarimetric images simultaneously with $8.0^{\prime}{\times}8.0^{\prime}$ field of view and pixel resolution of 0.94" pixel-1. Here, we make a presentation regarding the photometric and polarimetric performances of TRIPOL on the SNU 61cm telescope. In addition, we introduce initial polarimetric results of asteroid and comets with the instruments. First, we determine the limiting magnitudes (defined as magnitudes for S/N=5) of $15.17{\pm}0.06$ (g'-band), $15.68{\pm}0.01$ (r'-band), $16.24{\pm}0.03$ (I'-band), respectively, with total 240-seconds exposure (four 60-seconds exposure images, each was taken at different rotation angle for the half-wave plate). Second, we found that the instrumental polarization is negligibly small, ($-0.32{\pm}0.04%$ in the g', $-0.36{\pm}0.05%$ in the r' and $-0.21{\pm}0.04%$ in the i'-bands), while the polarization efficiencies are large enough to maximize the performance (i.e., $97.52{\pm}0.03%$ in the g', $98.83{\pm}0.02%$ in the r' and $99.15{\pm}0.02%$ in the i'-bands). With the instruments, we made observations of three Jupiter-family comets, 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, 38P/Stephan-Oterma, and 46P/Wirtanen and plan to observe one near-Earth asteroid, (433) Eros, on a trial basis. Especially for comets, we discriminate signals from dust and gas to eliminate gas contamination, which are known to change observed degree of linear polarization, using multi-band images. We confirm that the phase angle dependency of these comets are consistent with previous observations, probably because polarimetric property of Jupiter-family comets are broadly homogeneous unlike asteroids. We will also describe future observation plans using TRIPOL and SNU 61cm telescope.

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