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Using Data for Asteroid Mining - Daynan Crull

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We talked about:

  • Daynan’s background
  • Astronomy vs cosmology
  • Applications of data science and machine learning in astronomy
  • Determining signal vs noise
  • What the data looks like in astronomy
  • Determining the features of an object in space
  • Ground truth for space objects
  • Why water is an important resource in the space economy
  • Other useful resources that can be found in asteroids
  • Sources of asteroids
  • The data team at an asteroid mining company
  • Open datasets for hobbyists
  • Mission and hardware design for asteroid mining
  • Partnerships and hires


    • Links: 

    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daynan/
    • We're looking for a Sr Data Engineer: https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/karmanplus/jobs/4027128101?gh_jid=4027128101
    • Minor Planet Center: https://minorplanetcenter.net/- JPL Horizons has a nice set of APIs for accessing data related to small bodies (including asteroids): https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/api.html
    • ESA has NEODyS: https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys  
    • IRSA catalog that contains image and catalog data related to the WISE/NEOWISE data (and other infrared platforms): https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/frontpage/
    • NASA also has an archive of data collected from their various missions, including a node related to small bodies: https://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu/
    • Sub-node directly related to asteroids: https://sbn.psi.edu/pds/
    • Size, Mass, and Density of Asteroids (SiMDA) is a nice catalog of observed asteroid attributes (and an indication of how small our sample size is!): https://astro.kretlow.de/?SiMDA
    • The source survey data, several are useful for asteroids: Pan-STARRS (https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/PANSTARRS)


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