University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy Robert Jedicke Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1992 jedicke@ifa.hawaii.edu Pan-STARRS Asteroids and Comets (Near-Earth, Main Belt, Distant) High-Energy Particle Physics Go to the IfA home page

Publications

Referreed Publications

A Search for Main Belt Comets with the TALCS Survey
Sonnett, S., Kleyna, J., Jedicke, R., Masiero, J. (2008). in preparation for Icarus.

The Thousand Asteroid Light Curve Survey
Masiero, J., Jedicke, R., Pravec, P. Durech, J., Gwyn, S., Denneau, L., Larsen, J. (2008). in preparation for Icarus.

The Pan-STARRS Synthetic Solar System Model
Grav, T., Jedicke, R., Denneau, L., Holman, M., Spahr, T. B., Chesley, S. (2009). submitted to PASP.

Detection of Earth impacting asteroids with the next generation all-sky surveys
Veres, P., Jedicke, R., Wainscoat, R., Granvik, M., Chesley, S., Abe, S., Denneau, L., Grav, T. (2009). to appear in Icarus.

A Spectroscopically Unique Main Belt Asteroid: 10537 (1991 RY16)
Moskovitz, N., Lawrence, S., Jedicke, R., Willman, M., Bus, S.J., Gaidos, E., Haghighipour. (2008). ApJ Vol. 682, pp. L57-L60.

The Orbit and Size Distribution of Small Solar System Objects orbiting the Sun interior to the Earth's Orbit
Zavodny, M., Jedicke, R., Beshore, E. C., Bernardi, F., Larson, S.. (2008). Icarus, Volume 198, Issue 2, p. 284-293.

The Distribution of Basaltic Asteroids in the Main Belt
Moskovitz, N., Jedicke, R., Gaidos, E., Willman, M., Nesvorny, D., Fevig, R., Ivezic, Z. (2008). Icarus 198, 77-90.

Redetermination of the space weathering rate using spectra of Iannini asteroid family members
Willman, M., Jedicke, R., Nesvorny, D., Moskovitz, N., Ivezic, Z., Fevig, R. (2008). Icarus, 195, 663-673.

Topocentric Orbit Determination: Algorithms for the Next Generation Surveys
Milani, A., Gronchi, G. F., Farnocchia, D., Knezevic, Z., Jedicke, R., Denneau, L., Pierfederici, F. (2008). Icarus, 195, 474-492.

Efficient intra- and inter-night linking of asteroid detections using kd-trees
Kubica, J., Denneau, L., Grav, T., Heasley, J., Jedicke, R., Masiero, J., Milani, A., Moore, A., Tholen, D., Wainscoat, R. J. (2007). Icarus 189, 151-168.

The Campo Imperatore Near Earth Object Survey (CINEOS)
Andrea Boattini, Germano D'Abramo, Giovanni B. Valsecchi, Andrea Carusi, Andrea Di Paola, Fabrizio Bernardi, Robert Jedicke, Alan W. Harris, Elisabetta Dotto, Fiore De Luise, Davide Perna and Riccardo Leoni. (2007) Earth Moon and Planets 100, 259-271.

The Search for Distant Objects in the Solar System Using Spacewatch
Larsen, Jeffrey A.; Roe, Eric S.; Albert, C. Elise; Descour, Anne S.; McMillan, Robert S.; Gleason, Arianna E.; Jedicke, Robert; Block, Miwa; Bressi, Terrence H.; Cochran, Kim C.; Gehrels, Tom; Montani, Joseph L.; Perry, Marcus L.; Read, Michael T.; Scotti, James V.; Tubbiolo, Andrew F. (2007) Astronomical Journal 133, 1247-1270.

The Next Decade Of Solar System Discovery With Pan-STARRS
R. Jedicke, E. A. Magnier, N. Kaiser, K. C. Chambers
to be published in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 236 (2006).

Physical models of asteroids from sparse photometric data
Durech, J., P. Scheirich, M. Kaasalainen, T. Grav, R. Jedicke, L. Denneau
to be published in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 236 (2006).

New Generation Optical/Infrared Telescopes
A. Tokunaga, R. Jedicke.
in The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, 2nd edition (Eds. L. McFAdden, P.R. Weissman, T.V. Johnson) (2007).

Asteroid models from the Pan-STARRS photometry
Durech, J., Grav, T., R. Jedicke, Kaasalainen, M., Denneau, L.
Earth, Moon, and Planets (2006), Volume 97, Issue 3-4, pp. 179-187.

The Size-Frequency Distribution of Dormant Jupiter Family Comets
Whitman, K., A. Morbidelli, and R. Jedicke
Icarus 83, 101 (2006).

Variable KD-Tree Algorithms for Spatial Pattern Search and Discovery
J. Kubica, J. Masiero, A. Moore, R. Jedicke, and A. Connolly.
In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 2005.

A Multiple Tree Algorithm for the Efficient Association of Asteroid Observations
J. Kubica, A. Moore, A. Connolly and R. Jedicke.
In The Eleventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, August 2005. pp. 138-146.

Identifying Near Earth Object Families
Fu, H., R. Jedicke, D. D. Durda, R. Fevig, and J. V. Scotti
Icarus 178 (2005) 434-449.

Linking the collisional history of the main asteroid belt to its dynamical excitation and depletion.
W. F. Bottke, Jr., D. D. Durda, D. Nesvorny, R. Jedicke, A. Morbidelli, D. Vokrouhlicky, H. Levison
Icarus 179 (2005), 63-94.

The fossilized size distribution of the main asteroid belt
. Bottke, W. F., Durda, D. D., Nesvorny, D., Jedicke, R., Morbidelli, A., Vokrouhlicky, D., and Levison, H.
Icarus 175 (2005), 111-140.

Evidence for Asteroid Space Weathering from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
D. Nesvorny, R. Jedicke, R. J. Whiteley and Zeljko Ivezic
Icarus 173, pp. 132-152 (2005)

An age-colour relationship for main belt S-complex asteroids
R. Jedicke, D. Nesvorny, R. J. Whiteley, Z. Ivezic and M. Juric
Nature 429 (6989), pp. 275-277 (2004)

Design of the Pan-STARRS telescopes.
Hodapp, K. W., and 30 colleagues 2004.
Astronomische Nachrichten325, 636-642.

A strategy for finding Near Earth Objects with the SDSS telescope
Sean N. Raymond, Oliver J. Fraser, Arti Garg, Suzanne L. Hawley, Robert Jedicke, Gajus Miknaitis, Thomas Quinn, Constance M. Rockosi, Christopher W. Stubbs, Scott F. Anderson, Craig J. Hogan, Zeljko Ivezic, Robert H. Lupton, Andrew A. West, Howard Brewington, J. Brinkmann, Michael Harvanek, Scot J. Kleinman, Jurek Krzesinski, Dan Long, Eric H. Neilsen, Peter R. Newman, Atsuko Nitta, Stephanie A. Snedden
AJ 127, pp. 2978-2987 (2004)

Asymmetries in the Production of L⁰ in 250-GeV/c p^±, K^± and p-Nucleon Interactions
Fermilab E769 Collaboration
Physics Letters B, 559, 179-186 (2003)

Observational Selection Effects in Asteroid Surveys and Estimates of Asteroid Population Sizes
R. Jedicke, J. Larsen, and T. Spahr
In Asteroids III (W. Bottke et al., eds.), University of Arizona, Tucson, p. 71 (2003)

Earth and Space-based NEO Survey Simulations: Prospects for Achieving the Spaceguard Goal
R. Jedicke, A. Morbidelli, T. Spahr, J-M. Petit, W. F. Bottke Jr.
Icarus, 161, 17-33 (2003)

The Mass Suicide of Nearly-Isotropic Comets
H. F. Levison, A. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, P. A. Wiegert, W. F. Bottke, Jr., and L. Dones
Science, 296, #5576, 2212-2215 (2002)

From Magnitudes to Diameters: The Albedo Distribution of Near Earth Objects and the Earth Collision Hazard
A. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, W. F. Bottke, P. Michel, and E. F. Tedesco
Icarus, 158, 329-342 (2002)

Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects.
Bottke, W. F., A. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, J. Petit, H. F. Levison, P. Michel, and T. S. Metcalfe
Icarus, 156, 399-433 (2002)

The Spacewatch Wide-Area Survey for Bright Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects
J. A. Larsen, A. E. Gleason, N. M. Danzl, A. S. Descour, R. S. McMillan, T. Gehrels, R. Jedicke, J. L. Montani, and J. V. Scotti
Astronomical Journal, 121, 562-579 (2001)

Understanding the Distribution of Near-Earth Asteroids
W. F. Bottke, R. Jedicke, A. Morbidelli, J. Petit, and B. Gladman
Science, 288, 2190-2194 (June 2000)

Collisional Models and Scaling Laws: A New Interpretation of the Shape of the Main-Belt Asteroid Size Distribution
D.D. Durda, R. Greenberg, and R. Jedicke
Icarus, 135, 431-440 (1998)

The Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distributions of Main Belt Asteroids
R. Jedicke and T. S. Metcalfe
Icarus, 131, 245-260 (1998)

Detection of Near Earth Asteroids Based Upon Their Rates of Motion
R. Jedicke and J. D. Herron
Icarus, 127, 494-507 (1997)

Atomic Mass Dependence of c^- and c⁺ Production in Central 250-GeV p-Nucleon Interactions
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review D, 56, Issue 9, pp. 6003-6005 (1997)

Feynman-x and Transverse Momentum Dependence of D Meson Production
in 250 GeV p, K, and p Interactions with Nuclei
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review Letters, 77, 2392-2395 (1996)

Detection of Near Earth Asteroids Based Upon Their Rates of Motion
R. Jedicke
Astronomical Journal, 111, 970-982 (1996)

The Population of Near-Earth Objects Discovered by Spacewatch
T. Gehrels and R. Jedicke
Earth, Moon, and Planets, 71, 233-242, Kluwer Publishing, ed. H. Rickman and M.J. Valtonen (1995)

Enhanced Leading Particle Production of D^± and D*^± in 250 GeV p^± -Nucleon Interactions
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review Letters, 72, 812-815; ERRATUM-ibid.72, 1946 (1994)

D*^± Production in 250 GeV p^± N Interactions
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review D, 49, 4317-4320 (1994)

Atomic Mass Dependence of D^± and D⁰, anti-D⁰ Production in 250 GeV p^±-Nucleon Interactions
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review Letters, 70, 722-725 (1993)

Feynman-x and Transverse Momentum Dependence of D^± and D⁰, anti-D⁰ production in 250 GeV p^--Nucleon Interactions
G. A. Alves, et al.
Physical Review Letters, 69, 3147-3150 (1992)

Use of a Transition Radiation Detector in a Beam of High Energy Hadrons
D. Errede, et al.
Nucl. Inst. and Meth., A309, 386 (1991)

Neutrino Detectors as Early Warning Devices for Supernovae
R. Jedicke
J. Roy. Astron. Soc. Can., 83, No. 2 (1989)

Invited & Other Publications

The Coming Giant Sky Patrols.
Jedicke, P and R. Jedicke.
In Sky & Telescope Magazine, September 2008, p. 30 (2008)

Asteroid Spectroscopy.
Willman, M., Moskovitz, N., and R. Jedicke (2008).
Zenit 35, 2 pp. 66-70 (Netherlands)

SEEING RED.
Jedicke, P and R. Jedicke.
In Astronomy Magazine, June 2006, pp. 36-41 (2006)

Recent progress in interpreting the nature of the near-Earth object population.
Bottke, W.F. Jr., A. Morbidelli and R. Jedicke.
In Mitigation of Hazardous Impacts Due to Asteroids and Comets,
p. 1-21, Michael J. Belton ed., Cambridge Univ. Press. (2004)

Planetary Science: Intermediate Impact Factors
R. Jedicke
Nature, 420, 273-274 (2002)

The Next Giant Leap: Human Exploration and Utilization of Near-Earth Objects
The Future of Solar System Exploration (2003-2013), edited by Mark V. Sykes
T. D. Jones, D. R. Davis, D. D. Durda, R.Farquhar, L. Gefert, K. Hack, W. K. Hartmann, R. Jedicke, et al.
ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 272, 141-154 (2002)

Observations of Small Solar System Objects with Spacewatch
J.V. Scotti and R. Jedicke
In Dynamics, Ephemerides and Astrometry in the Solar System,
Proceedings of IAU Symposium 172,
S. Ferraz-Mello, et al. (eds.), 389-398 (1995)

Recent Instrumental Studies of the Spacewatch Telescope
D. Rabinowitz, and R. Jedicke
Proceedings of the Vulcano Workshop on NEA detection (1995)

CCD Scanning for the Discovery of Comets and Asteroids
T. Gehrels, R. Jedicke, R. S. McMillan, M. L. Perry, J. V. Scotti, and T. Bressi
Proceedings of the Planetary Defense Workshop, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, CONF-9505266, p. 125-127 (1995)

Automated CCD Scanning for Near Earth Asteroids
R. Jedicke
In New Developments in Array Technology and Applications,
Proceedings of IAU Symposium 167
A.G. Davis Philip, et al. (eds.), 157-165 (1994)

E769 - Hadronic Production of Charm
R. Jedicke
Physics in Canada, July 1989, 105-115 (1989)