Instrumental methods for professional and amateur collaborations in planetary astronomy

O. Mousis, R. Hueso, J. P. Beaulieu, S. Bouley, B. Carry, F. Colas, A. Klotz, C. Pellier, J. M. Petit, P. Rousselot, M. Ali-Dib, W. Beisker, M. Birlan, C. Buil, A. Delsanti, E. Frappa, H. B. Hammel, A. C. Levasseur-Regourd, G. S. Orton, A. Sánchez-LavegaA. Santerne, P. Tanga, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, D. Baratoux, T. Böhm, V. Boudon, A. Bouquet, L. Buzzi, J. L. Dauvergne, A. Decock, M. Delcroix, P. Drossart, N. Esseiva, G. Fischer, L. N. Fletcher, S. Foglia, J. M. Gómez-Forrellad, J. Guarro-Fló, D. Herald, E. Jehin, F. Kugel, J. P. Lebreton, J. Lecacheux, A. Leroy, L. Maquet, G. Masi, A. Maury, F. Meyer, S. Pérez-Hoyos, A. S. Rajpurohit, C. Rinner, J. H. Rogers, F. Roques, R. W. Schmude, B. Sicardy, B. Tregon, M. Vanhuysse, A. Wesley, T. Widemann

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    Abstract

    Amateur contributions to professional publications have increased exponentially over the last decades in the field of planetary astronomy. Here we review the different domains of the field in which collaborations between professional and amateur astronomers are effective and regularly lead to scientific publications.We discuss the instruments, detectors, software and methodologies typically used by amateur astronomers to collect the scientific data in the different domains of interest. Amateur contributions to the monitoring of planets and interplanetary matter, characterization of asteroids and comets, as well as the determination of the physical properties of Kuiper Belt Objects and exoplanets are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)91-191
    Number of pages101
    JournalExperimental Astronomy
    Volume38
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 2014

    Keywords

    • Imaging
    • Photometry
    • Planetary astronomy
    • Professional-amateur collaborations
    • Spectroscopy

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Astronomy and Astrophysics
    • Space and Planetary Science

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