NEOWISE-R: Known Solar System Object Associations from Infrared Survey

The NEOWISE Reactivation Mission systematically images the sky at 3.4 and 4.6 μm wavelengths. This list from NASA contains predicted associations of known asteroids, comets, and planetary satellites with NEOWISE single-exposure detections, providing position and brightness information for objects observed multiple times.

Use Cases

• Cross-referencing known solar system object orbits with infrared detections based on predicted field-of-view positions.
• Analyzing thermal emission properties of asteroids based on 3.4 and 4.6 μm brightness data.
• Studying the population and motion of near-Earth objects based on multiple independent observations per location.
• Assessing detection sensitivity across high and low albedo objects using infrared survey methodology.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NASA NEOWISE space-based survey, an authoritative source for infrared astronomy.
• Observations are made at two specific infrared wavelengths (3.4 and 4.6 μm) enabling thermal emission detection.
• The survey provides multiple independent observations per sky location, aiding in motion detection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Data is provided in a BIN file format, which may require specialized tools for access and parsing.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Collected by the NEOWISE Reactivation Mission space telescope through systematic infrared imaging of the sky.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 17:06:20.348330; freshness should be verified.