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Development of Radar and Optical Tracking of Near-Earth Asteroids at the University of Tasmania

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Pith's one-line read Small 12–30 metre radio telescopes can receive bistatic radar echoes from near-Earth asteroids, as shown by confirmed detections of 1994 PC1, 2003 UC20 and 2024 MK.

desk verdict A useful, transferable small-antenna bistatic radar feasibility study whose low-SNR detections need re-reporting before the 12 m claim is fully convincing. read the letter →

arxiv 2502.02890 v1 pith:BJTGXFJS submitted 2025-02-05 astro-ph.EP astro-ph.IMphysics.space-ph

Oliver James White , Guifré Molera Calvés , Shinji Horiuchi , Jon Giorgini , Nick Stacy , Andrew Cole , Chris Phillips , Phil Edwards
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Ed Kruzins Jamie Stevens Lance Benner Edwin Peters
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The pith

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The reading

This paper reports that small radio telescopes with apertures of 12 to 30 metres can receive bistatic radar echoes from near-Earth asteroids when a powerful deep-space station supplies the transmitted continuous wave. The authors confirmed detections of the asteroids 1994 PC1 and 2003 UC20 using two 12-metre antennas, and of 2024 MK using a 30-metre antenna, after compensating for the Doppler shift between the moving asteroid and the ground stations. The result matters because planetary radar has historically been limited to very large dishes, and a network of small antennas in the southern hemisphere could widen the coverage for orbit refinement and planetary-defence assessments. The paper also documents the Doppler-correction methods and the radar-range-equation calculations needed to reproduce the experiment on other small telescopes.

What carries the argument

The mechanism that carries the argument is bistatic Doppler compensation: the transmitted frequency is shifted by the radial velocities of the transmitter–asteroid and asteroid–receiver paths, roughly $f_D = (v_{\rm tx\to a}+v_{\rm a\to rx})f_{\rm tx}/c_0$, and the data-processing pipeline applies a time-varying polynomial phase model to collapse the moving echo into a single spectral line. For short scans the polynomial is built from an instantaneous radial-velocity approximation, while for longer scans it is built from precise ephemeris predictions supplied by the transmitting station's orbit-determination tool. The detection statistics are computed from the radar range equation, which gives the expected signal-to-noise ratio from transmitted power, antenna gains, wavelength, radar cross-section, range, system temperature, and integration time; the paper uses this equation both to predict detectability and to explain why most small-antenna targets were non-detections.

What would settle it

Reprocess the raw recorded data for 1994 PC1 and 2003 UC20 without subtracting the noise floor or smoothing, with a matched-filter search over the expected Doppler drift; if the peaks do not exceed a 5-sigma threshold against the raw noise distribution, the central feasibility claim fails. A complementary check is to observe 2003 UC20 at a second epoch with the same antenna and see whether the echo reappears at the ephemeris-predicted frequency.

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Extended reading notes

Core claim

The central claim is that a 12-metre antenna, receiving a C-band continuous wave transmitted at about 7159 MHz by a deep-space station, can pick out the radar echo from a strong near-Earth asteroid. Concretely, the paper reports 7-sigma and 6-sigma detections of 1994 PC1 on two 12-metre antennas, a 4-sigma detection of 2003 UC20 on a 12-metre antenna, and a 35-sigma detection of 2024 MK on a 30-metre antenna, with the echo appearing at the frequency predicted from the relative radial velocities. The authors use these observations to argue that small radio telescopes are feasible bistatic receivers for strong targets, and that the main limitation is sensitivity, not Doppler-compensation accuracy. They also show that a 30-metre antenna upgraded with a wide-band receiver reaches much higher signal-to-noise ratios, and that the Moon's echo is strong enough to calibrate the method.

Load-bearing premise

The detections stand on the assumption that the reported signal-to-noise ratios, computed after noise-floor subtraction and, in one case, smoothing of the spectra, are genuine measures of detection significance, and that the predicted Doppler frequency keeps the echo inside the search band.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • A network of 12–30 m antennas could add southern-hemisphere and longitudinal coverage for asteroid radar, catching objects that are weak, invisible, or schedulable only from the south.
  • Small antennas must integrate for roughly 180 minutes to match the sensitivity of a 70 m dish, so practical detections will be limited to large or close-approaching asteroids.
  • The Doppler-compensation pipelines described here can be reproduced on any radio telescope with a suitable receiver, lowering the entry barrier for new bistatic radar stations.
  • Upgraded 30 m and 26 m antennas with wide-band C-band receivers should reach much stronger detections than the 12 m dishes, as demonstrated by the 35-sigma 2024 MK result.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The 4-sigma 2003 UC20 detection, presented without a noise-distribution analysis or waterfall plot, is better viewed as a candidate detection until independently confirmed.
  • The quoted 7-sigma and 6-sigma values for 1994 PC1 were computed after polynomial smoothing of the spectra, so the raw, unsmoothed significance is likely lower than reported.
  • The same Doppler-compensation method applies to any moving reflector, so the pipeline could also serve space-surveillance radar for artificial satellites and debris.
  • If several small sites record the same echo coherently, the network could move beyond detection to interferometric spin-axis and shape measurements of asteroids.
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Editorial analysis

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Desk editor's note, referee report, and a circularity audit.

Referee Report

3 major / 4 minor

Summary. This paper reports on the University of Tasmania's participation in the Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Research Program from 2021 to 2024, using small radio telescopes (12 m Hobart and Katherine, 30 m Ceduna) as bistatic radar receivers for near-Earth asteroids. The authors describe the transmission setup, Doppler-compensation methods (instantaneous radial velocity approximation versus JPL OSOD predict files), data processing with the SDtracker/SCtracker software, and results including detections of the Moon, 1994 PC1, 2003 UC20, and 2024 MK, plus a table of many non-detections. They conclude that small radio telescopes can effectively receive bistatic radar echoes from strong asteroid targets.

Significance. The claimed result is potentially valuable: demonstrating that 12 m class antennas can detect bistatic radar echoes from near-Earth asteroids would expand the southern-hemisphere radar coverage and provide additional astrometric and characterization opportunities. The paper has several concrete strengths: it presents a detailed, reproducible signal-processing pipeline based on open-source software; it uses independent external ephemerides (JPL Horizons/OSOD) rather than fitting to the UTAS data; it validates the pipeline with a strong Moon detection; and it reports independent ATCA detections that corroborate the reality of the asteroid echoes. If the detection statistics are confirmed, the paper would be a useful reference for groups considering small-telescope participation in planetary radar. However, the central feasibility claim for the 12 m antennas rests on the quoted signal-to-noise ratios, and the manuscript currently provides insufficient statistical evidence to support those detections as rigorously as the wording 'confirmed detections' implies.

major comments (3)
  1. [§2.3, Figures 10 and 11] The reported 7-sigma (Hobart) and 6-sigma (Katherine) detections of 1994 PC1 are measured after Savitzky-Golay smoothing with window size 10 and polynomial order 3, as stated in the figure captions, and after noise-floor subtraction. Smoothing reduces the noise rms, so the quoted sigmas do not represent the significance of the unsmoothed spectra. Because the central conclusion that 12 m antennas can detect asteroid echoes depends directly on these numbers, the authors should report the pre-smoothing SNR, the noise statistics of the unsmoothed spectra, and a false-alarm probability or an equivalent number of independent trials. Without this, the 12 m detection claim is not quantitatively supported.
  2. [§3.4, Figure 13] The 2003 UC20 detection is a single 4-sigma peak at 0.15 Hz resolution after a 201-minute integration, with no noise distribution, no waterfall plot, and no trials factor for the number of independent frequency bins or the two combined linear polarisations. A 4-sigma maximum over a spectrum with hundreds or thousands of independent bins is not by itself a statistically significant detection. The authors should provide the raw (un-smoothed or equivalently trial-corrected) significance, a noise histogram or N-sigma map, and ideally show the echo in sub-integrations or in the two polarisations independently. This is load-bearing because, if the 2003 UC20 detection is not significant, the small-antenna feasibility conclusion rests on the single 1994 PC1 event.
  3. [Abstract and §4.2 (Table 1)] The abstract and conclusions describe the 12 m detections as 'confirmed detections' and the paper states 'there have been over 40 separate observation sessions but only three confirmed detections for the small antennas'. Given the statistical issues above, the term 'confirmed' is stronger than the evidence presented. The authors should define a quantitative detection criterion (e.g., a trial-corrected significance threshold or a requirement of corroborating sub-bands/polarisations) and apply it uniformly to all reported detections. This would also clarify why, for example, the strong 2024 MK Ceduna detection and the Moon detection are robust while the 12 m detections require additional scrutiny.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Table 1 caption] The caption contains a duplicated phrase: 'between between 2021 and 2024' should be 'between 2021 and 2024'.
  2. [§3.1] The phrase 'In principal, the output of this has less drift' should read 'In principle'.
  3. [§3.4] The date '04 November /2023' contains a stray slash; it should be '04 November 2023'.
  4. [§4.1] The statement that a small antenna needs 'at least 180 minutes of integrated spectra' to emulate a 70 m antenna would benefit from a brief derivation or a reference, since it is not immediately obvious from Equation (4) and the stated 0.003 relative sensitivity.

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No circularity: Doppler predictions come from external JPL ephemerides, detections are benchmarked against independent ATCA echoes and a Moon calibration, and no fitted parameter is relabeled as a prediction.

full rationale

The claimed derivation chain is observational rather than deductive. Expected echo frequencies are obtained from JPL Horizons and OSOD ephemerides that are built from prior astrometry and orbital fits, not from the UTAS observations whose detections are being reported (Sections 2.3, 3.3-3.5). The Doppler-compensation polynomials are fits to those external predictions and are applied before the spectra are examined; they are not free parameters adjusted to maximize the reported peaks. The 1994 PC1 result is cross-checked by two independent compensation methods and corroborated by ATCA detection in the same session; the Moon provides an external calibration of the Doppler method; 2024 MK has a robust 35-sigma Ceduna detection. No equation in the paper defines the detected SNR in terms of the ephemeris prediction, and no fitted quantity is renamed as a detection. The smoothing and noise-floor treatment of the 12 m SNRs is a statistical-evidence concern, but it is not circularity; it does not make the detections equivalent to their inputs by construction. No load-bearing argument reduces to a self-citation; the cited SHARP and SDtracker work supplies tools and conventions, not the conclusion that small antennas detected echoes.

Assumptions & free parameters 1 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The detection claim rests on standard radar range equation and noise statistics (Section 2.4), the approximate Doppler model (Equation 1), the accuracy of JPL Horizons/OSOD ephemerides for predicting echo frequencies, stationary Gaussian noise for SNR estimation, and the assumption that the linearly polarized 12 m receivers capture enough of the circularly polarized echo. None is a new postulate. The only hand-chosen numbers are Doppler polynomial orders (4-6) and smoothing parameters, which are processing choices, not physical inputs; the 2024 MK rotation estimate (1400-3100 s) is a tentative data interpretation rather than a fitted parameter used elsewhere.

free parameters (1)
  • Doppler compensation polynomial coefficients = not reported; order 4-6; residual below 0.5 Hz for 2014 HK129
    Fitted to JPL Horizons/OSOD predicted frequencies in Section 2.3 and used by SCtracker to remove the bulk Doppler shift; the order is chosen by hand (4-6) and the coefficients are deterministic fits to predictions, so they add no physical freedom, but the detection of weak echoes does depend on their accuracy.
assumptions (5)
  • standard math The bistatic radar range equation (Equations 3 and 4) and the radiometer noise formula describe the received echo power and SNR.
    Used in Section 2.4 to predict which observations should yield detections and to explain non-detections; taken from Ostro (1993), not derived here.
  • domain assumption The Doppler shift can be approximated by fD = (vtx-a + va-rx) ftx / c0, accurate to tens of hertz for these targets.
    Equation 1, Section 2.1. The paper states the approximation holds to within tens of Hz and is cross-checked against OSOD predictions for 1994 PC1 (Section 3.3) and against the Moon (Section 3.1).
  • domain assumption JPL Horizons or OSOD ephemerides predict the received echo frequency accurately enough that the echo falls inside the processed search band.
    Sections 2.3 and 3.3-3.5. All detections rely on frequency searches centered on these predictions; for the 201-minute 2003 UC20 scan the transmit ramp itself depends on prediction accuracy (Section 3.4).
  • domain assumption The noise in the integrated spectra is stationary and Gaussian, so peak-over-noise-sigma is a valid detection statistic, even after Savitzky-Golay smoothing.
    Section 2.3 and Figures 10-13. Noise is normalized to zero mean and unit sigma, but the noise distribution and the effect of smoothing on the quoted significance are not characterized.
  • domain assumption The linearly polarized 12 m receivers capture a sufficient fraction of the circularly polarized echo that combining horizontal and vertical channels yields a detectable signal.
    Section 2.2 notes the 12 m receivers are linearly polarized while the transmitted signal is circular; the detections in Sections 3.3-3.4 assume the combination of the two linear channels preserves enough echo power.

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We detail the use of the University of Tasmania's (UTAS) optical and radio telescopes to conduct observations of near-Earth asteroids from 2021 to 2024. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex transmitted a radio signal at 7159.45 MHz, with the radar echo detected by the UTAS radio telescopes. The method of accounting for the Doppler shift between the stations and the near-Earth object is described so that others can implement a similar program. We present our results, with confirmed detections of 1994 PC1 and 2003 UC20 asteroids using the Hobart and Katherine 12-m antennas, demonstrating the feasibility of using small radio telescopes for these observations. Additionally, the recently upgraded Ceduna 30 m antenna was used to detect 2024 MK. Data collected from other observatories, such as Tidbinbilla, as well as the UTAS radar tracking of the moon are also presented in the context of demonstrating the means of applying these Doppler corrections and the accuracy of each method. Optical observations conducted in this period are also detailed as they complement radar observations and aid in refining the orbit parameters.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. UTAS radio telescopes. From top left in reading order are the Hobart 26 m, Ceduna 30 m, and the Hobart, Katherine and Yarragadee 12 m antennas. Furthermore, as discussed by Kruzins et al. [20], small aperture optical telescopes have participated in near-Earth-object observations in conjunction with SHARP. UTAS also contributes to this through its Greenhill Observatory at Bisdee Tier, which operates a 0.5 m optical t… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Diagram of the bistatic radar setup. If antenna T transmits a static signal, then both receivers A and B will be required to perform the relevant Doppler compensation in the data processing due to the relative movement of the antennas and the asteroid. However, if antenna T transmits so that the signal is centred at receiver A, then B will be required to perform more complicated calculations. 2.2. Experiment Setup T… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Diagram of the data recording setup on the Hobart and Katherine 12 m antennas (left) and Ceduna (right) as given in Section 2.2. The primary goal of this paper is to establish bistatic radar receiving capability of the University of Tasmania radio telescopes, and we have proved that those work for strong targets and can increase radar detection coverage, especially when other resources to receive radar echoes are no… view at source ↗
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Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Waterfall spectra plot of the bistatic radar observation of the Moon from Hb with DSS-43 transmitting on 13 June 2024. No Doppler compensation has been applied. Total observation length is 45 min. Utilising the publicly available instantaneous radial velocity to calcul…
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Waterfall spectra plot of the bistatic radar observation of the Moon from Hb with DSS-43 transmitting. The Doppler compensation using the instantaneous radial velocity approximation was applied. Due to its relative proximity and large radar cross section, the reflected…
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Waterfall spectra plot of the bistatic radar observation of the Moon from Hb with DSS-43 transmitting. The spectra were used to perform the Doppler compensation, facilitated by the high SNR. 3.2. 2014 HK129 On 27 April 2014, 2014 HK129 was discovered by the Catalina Sk…
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Sum of spectra from the bistatic radar observation of 2014 HK129 from Tidbinbilla with Goldstone transmitting on 19 December 2022. The predict file method has been used for performing the Doppler compensation, and a frequency resolution of 0.05 Hz has been used. A stro…
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Sum of spectra from the bistatic radar observation of 2014 HK129 from Tidbinbilla with Goldstone transmitting on 22 December 2022. The predict file method has was used to perform the Doppler compensation, and a frequency resolution of 0.1 Hz was used. A strong radar ec…
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Waterfall spectra plot from the bistatic radar observation of 2014 HK129 from Tidbinbilla with Goldstone transmitting on 22 December 2022 following Doppler compensation using the predict file method. 3.3. 1994 PC1 1994 PC1 was discovered on 9 August 1994 by the Siding …
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Sum of spectra from the bistatic radar observation of 1994 PC1 from Hb on 19 January 2022 with DSS-43 transmitting. Net length of scan is 55 min, starting at 07:53 UTC. The frequency received at the zero point is 7159.45 MHz, with a frequency resolution of 1 Hz smooth…
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Sum of spectra from the bistatic radar observation of 1994 PC1 from Ke on 19 January 2022 with DSS-43 transmitting. Net length of scan is 55 min, starting at 07:53 UTC. The frequency received at the zero point is 7159.45 MHz, with a frequency resolution of 1 Hz smooth…
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: Difference in Doppler predictions for asteroid 1994 PC1 at Hb on 19 January 2022. The estimates compare Doppler measurements with the On-Site Orbit Determination by JPL and the instantaneous radial velocity approximation. 3.4. 2003 UC20 2003 UC20 is an Aten-class NEO …
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: , smaller than the 1994 PC1 detection. 2003 UC20 is both a smaller NEO and had a greater range than 1994 PC1 at the time of the observation, as given in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_13.png]
Figure 14
Figure 14. Figure 14: Sum of spectra from the bistatic radar observation of 2024 MK from Ceduna with DSS￾35 transmitting on 29 June 2024. The instantaneous radial velocity approximation was used for performing the Doppler compensation, and a frequency resolution of 0.25 Hz was used. A stro…
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Waterfall spectra plot from the bistatic radar observation of 2024 MK from Ceduna with DSS-35 transmitting on 29/06/2024, following compensation using the radial velocity approximation to Doppler [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_15.png]
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: 60-s V band image of 2015 RN35 from the UTAS H50 telescope. The image is oriented such that north is up and east is to the left; the field of view is 10′ . 2015 RN35 is centred in the red circle. 4. Discussion 4.1. Effectiveness of Data Processing Methods Both methods…

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