This project will no longer be updated, and results will no longer be generated after the already-submitted batches are investigated. The Zooniverse version of the project is shutting down - we are moving to our own website.
If you wish to continue identifying asteroid with the help of Asteroid Connect, head over to https://arda-guler.github.io/AsteroidConnect/
This project has been built using the Zooniverse Project Builder but is not yet an official Zooniverse project. Queries and issues relating to this project directed at the Zooniverse Team may not receive any response.
Link minor planet observation tracklets and help determine their orbits to map the Solar System!
Learn moreITF-ITF workflows try to match isolated tracklets with one another. ITF-DES workflows try to match tracklets with already known object designations. DES-DES workflows match two designations initially thought to be two separate objects as the same object.
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Asteroid ConnectAbout Asteroid Connect
"Isolated tracklets" are observations of minor planets which may potentially belong to undiscovered objects, waiting to be linked with more observations of the same object - this way, discoveries can be confirmed, the precise orbits of previously known and unknown objects can be determined and their future motions can be predicted accurately; letting us create more accurate maps of the Solar System!
This research makes use of data and/or services provided by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.