Radar observability of near-Earth objects using EISCAT 3D

Kastinen, Daniel; Tveito, Torbjørn; Vierinen, Juha; Granvik, Mikael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-38-861-2020

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15 Jul 2020

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| 15 Jul 2020

Radar observability of near-Earth objects using EISCAT 3D

Daniel Kastinen, Torbjørn Tveito, Juha Vierinen, and Mikael Granvik

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RC1: 'Review of Radar observability of near-Earth objects using EISCAT 3D', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 May 2020
- AC1: 'Review #1 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 11 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Radar Observability of near-Earth objects using EISCAT3D” by Kastinen et al.', Peter Brown, 02 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Review #2 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 11 Jun 2020

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Jun 2020) by Petr Pisoft

Short summary

We have applied three different methods to examine the observability, both tracking and discovery, of near-Earth objects (NEOs) by the EISCAT 3D radar system currently under construction. There are, to our knowledge, no previous studies on the expected discovery rates of NEOs using radar systems. We show that it is feasible to regularly track NEOs and mini-moons. We also show it is possible to discover new NEOs and mini-moons with EISCAT 3D, something never before done with radar systems.