Light Curve Shape Inversion
Primary Investigator:
Carolin Frueh
Liam Robinson, Prof. Carolin Frueh
Abstract
Many areas of Space Domain Awareness (SDA) require shape information, but such information is not readily available. With an optical telescope, we can collect resident space object (RSO) brightness data over time, known as a light curve. Since the light curve is a product of shape, attitude, and materials of the object, how can we recover those attributes?