NEOExchange -- An online portal for NEO and Solar System science
T. A. Lister, E. Gomez, J. Chatelain, S. Greenstreet, J. MacFarlane,, A. Tedeschi, I. Kosic

TL;DR
The paper presents NEOexchange, a cloud-based portal utilizing the LCO telescope network for comprehensive follow-up and characterization of Near-Earth Objects, enhancing orbit determination and physical understanding.
Contribution
It introduces the NEOexchange platform that enables global coordination of NEO follow-up observations using robotic telescopes and cloud services, including tools for orbit improvement and physical characterization.
Findings
Successful first period determinations for radar-targeted NEOs
Effective planning and execution of multi-site photometric and spectroscopic observations
Enhanced orbit accuracy and physical characterization of NEOs
Abstract
Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has deployed a network of ten identical 1-m telescopes to four locations. The global coverage and flexibility of the LCO network makes it ideal for discovery, follow-up, and characterization of all Solar System objects, and especially Near-Earth Objects (NEOs). We describe the "LCO NEO Follow-up Network" which makes use of the LCO network of robotic telescopes and an online, cloud-based web portal, NEOexchange, to perform photometric characterization and spectroscopic classification of NEOs and follow-up astrometry for both confirmed NEOs and unconfirmed NEO candidates. The follow-up astrometric, photometric, and spectroscopic characterization efforts are focused on those NEO targets that are due to be observed by the planetary radar facilities and those on the NHATS lists. Astrometry allows us to improve target orbits, making radar observations possible…
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