Adam Battle

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Adam Battle (he/him/his)

Asteroid Surveys, Small Bodies, Space Situational Awareness

Ph.D. Planetary Sciences, 2024, University of Arizona

Photometric and visible to near-infrared spectral characterization of space objects as applied to both Space Situational Awareness and the study of small bodies in the solar system.

Major Advisor(s): Vishnu Reddy

Adam is received his PhD from the Lunar and Planetary Lab at the University of Arizona in Dec. 2024. His research focuses on visible spectral observations and photometry of various space objects, especially those in proximity to Earth. Past projects  have included a spectral atlas of geostationary satellites, the first detection of shock darkening on a near-Earth asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, and long-term NIR spectral monitoring of active asteroid (6478) Gault. His current research focuses determining the rotation state of NEAs in support of radar observations.

Select Journal Publications

KI Ridenhour, V Reddy, A Battle, D Cantillo, NC Pearson, JA Sanchez, "Grain Size Effects on Visible and Near-infrared (0.35–2.5 μm) Laboratory Spectra of Rare Meteorite Classes" 2024, The Planetary Science Journal 5 (11), 256. 

A Battle, V Reddy, R Furfaro, T Campbell, "Visible Spectral Atlas of Geostationary Satellites from Tucson, AZ for Differentiating Between Natural and Artificial Objects," 2024.  The Planetary Science Journal 5 (11), 240.

V Reddy, MS Kelley, L Benner, J Dotson, N Erasmus, D Farnocchia, et al. 2024. "2023 DZ2 Planetary Defense Campaign." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (6), 141

DC Cantillo, KI Ridenhour, A Battle, T Joyce, JN Breceda, N Pearson, et al., 2024. "Laboratory Spectral Characterization of Ribbeck Aubrite: Meteorite Sample of Earth-impacting Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 BX1" The Planetary Science Journal 5 (6), 138

JA Sanchez, V Reddy, A Thirouin, WF Bottke, T Kareta, M De Florio, et al., 2024. "The Population of Small Near-Earth Objects: Composition, Source Regions, and Rotational Properties" The Planetary Science Journal 5 (6), 131

T Campbell, A Battle, D Gray, O Chabra, S Tucker, V Reddy, R Furfaro, 2024 "Stingray Sensor System for Persistent Survey of the GEO Belt" Sensors 24 (8), 2596

A Battle, V Reddy, JA Sanchez, B Sharkey, T Campbell, P Chodas, et al. 2024 "Challenges in Identifying Artificial Objects in the Near-Earth Object Population: Spectral Characterization of 2020 SO" The Planetary Science Journal 5 (4), 96

S Nandakumar, S Eggl, J Tregloan-Reed, C Adam, J Anderson-Baldwin, Michele T Bannister, Adam Battle, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Tanner Campbell, et al. 2023 "The high optical brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite" Nature 623 (7989), 938-941

T Campbell, A Battle, B Gray, SR Chesley, D Farnocchia, N Pearson, et al. 2023 "Physical characterization of moon impactor WE0913A" The Planetary Science Journal 4 (11), 217

DC Cantillo, V Reddy, A Battle, BNL Sharkey, NC Pearson, T Campbell, et al., 2023 "Grain Size Effects on UV–MIR (0.2–14 μm) Spectra of Carbonaceous Chondrite Groups" The Planetary Science Journal 4 (9), 177

L Le Corre, JA Sanchez, V Reddy, A Battle, DC Cantillo, B Sharkey, et al., 2023 "Mineralogical Characterization and Phase Angle Study of Two Binary Near-Earth Asteroids, Potential Targets for NASA’s Janus Mission" The Planetary Science Journal 4 (5), 91

B Bowen, V Reddy, M De Florio, T Kareta, N Pearson, R Furfaro, et al., 2023 "Grain Size Effects on Visible and Near-infrared (0.35–2.5 μm) Laboratory Spectra of Ordinary Chondrite and HED Meteorites" The Planetary Science Journal 4 (3), 52

G Halferty, V Reddy, T Campbell, A Battle, R Furfaro, 2022. "Photometric characterization and trajectory accuracy of Starlink satellites: implications for ground-based astronomical surveys" Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 516 (1), 1502-1508

T Campbell, R Furfaro, V Reddy, A Battle, P Birtwhistle, T Linder, S Tucker, et al., 2022 "Bayesian Approach to Light Curve Inversion of 2020 SO" The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences 69 (1), 95-119

JA Sanchez, V Reddy, WF Bottke, A Battle, B Sharkey, T Kareta, et al., 2022, "Physical characterization of metal-rich near-earth asteroids 6178 (1986 DA) and 2016 ED85" The Planetary Science Journal 2 (5), 205

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