Dr. Ed Tedesco

Senior Scientist Emeritus

Currently resides in NM

Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Dwarf planets, Pluto, Small satellites, Vesta

Disciplines/Techniques: Astrometry, Ground-based observing, Photometry, Radiometry, Remote sensing, Space-based observing

Missions: IRAS, ISO (ESA), IUE, MSX, NEOSSat (Canada), Spitzer

Mission Roles: Calibration/Test planning, Data archive, Data validation, Deputy Mission PI, Mission Co-Investigator, Mission science team, Requirements generation and flow down, Science operations

Instruments: Cameras

Dr. Ed Tedesco is a leader in asteroid studies, spanning such research areas as asteroid physical properties to their collisional evolution. His studies have included Main Belt, Trojan, and Near-Earth asteroids. His research interests focus on the origin and evolution of the asteroid belt and in the physical properties of both asteroid dynamical families and individual asteroids.