3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper IV. Key Scientific Mission: Solar-System Small Bodies and Planetary Defense

@misc{kim202635meter,
  title = {{3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper IV. Key Scientific Mission: Solar-System Small Bodies and Planetary Defense}},
  author = {Juhan Kim and Yong-Woo Kang and Sang Hyun Lee and Jeong-Yeol Han and Sungwook E. Hong and Bongkon Moon and Donguk Song and Juhyung Kang and Myeong-Gu Park and Sang Chul Kim and Chung-Uk Lee and Sangmo Tony Sohn and Arman Shafieloo and David Parkinson and Hong Soo Park and Dohyeong Kim and Chan Park and Jungjoo Sohn and Young-Beom Jeon and Jong-Hak Woo and Hyung Mok Lee and Hong Bae Ann and Myungkook James Jee and Mansoo Choi and Changbom Park},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.03371},
  eprint = {2609.03371},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03371},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - 3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope Mission White Paper IV. Key Scientific Mission: Solar-System Small Bodies and Planetary Defense
AU  - Juhan Kim
AU  - Yong-Woo Kang
AU  - Sang Hyun Lee
AU  - Jeong-Yeol Han
AU  - Sungwook E. Hong
AU  - Bongkon Moon
AU  - Donguk Song
AU  - Juhyung Kang
AU  - Myeong-Gu Park
AU  - Sang Chul Kim
AU  - Chung-Uk Lee
AU  - Sangmo Tony Sohn
AU  - Arman Shafieloo
AU  - David Parkinson
AU  - Hong Soo Park
AU  - Dohyeong Kim
AU  - Chan Park
AU  - Jungjoo Sohn
AU  - Young-Beom Jeon
AU  - Jong-Hak Woo
AU  - Hyung Mok Lee
AU  - Hong Bae Ann
AU  - Myungkook James Jee
AU  - Mansoo Choi
AU  - Changbom Park
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/17
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.03371
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03371
AB  - The baseline 0.2--1.5 μm observatory provides rapid-response astrometry, visible and near-infrared taxonomy, rotation and phase curves, recovery, and long-arc orbit improvement for near-Earth objects and other small bodies. The instrument study also evaluates calibrated throughput to 2.70 μm with a 3.0 μm operational band-edge goal. A reduction to 2.5 μm remains the formal engineering off-ramp if thermal, detector, cooling, mass, power, or cost constraints require it. The 3.5-meter Segmented-Mirror Robotic Space Telescope does not carry a mid-infrared channel. Coordinated ground-based mid-infrared telescopes provide the thermal fluxes required to infer diameter and albedo, while the space mission supplies contemporaneous reflected-light measurements and observing geometry. The program combines recovery, physical characterization, orbit refinement, and covariance-based hazard assessment. Its CODES dynamics system and OGFinder-to-OpenOrb processing path connect measured astrometry to reproducible orbit solutions and close-approach predictions.
ER  -