Dr. Eva Lilly
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in South Carolina
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Comets, Kuiper Belt, NEOs, Planetary Defense
Disciplines/Techniques: Numerical Integrations, Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Photometry
Missions: Asteroid Retrieval Mission (NASA), Neo Surveyor (NASA)
Instruments: GMOS N, GMOS S, Spex
Facilities: Gemini, Keck Observatory, Pan-Starrs, HST, LCO, IRTF
Centaurs, near-Earth asteroids, planetary defense, asteroid surveys, asteroid population models, dynamical evolution of asteroids and comets, comets, solar system formation, meteors and meteoroids
Active Projects
Enabling a First in a Lifetime Multi-Wavelength Gas and Dust Coma Characterization of the Centaur 39P/Oterma
NASA Hubble Space Telescope General Observer Program-Cycle 29
Principal Investigator
External Partners
- University of Central Florida
- American University
Investigating Centaur surface colors: connecting surface transformation to thermal and dynamical history
NASA Solar System Observations Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- UCF
Exploring Key Solar System Evolutionary Processes by Debiasing the Main Asteroid Belt
NASA Solar System Workings Program
Principal Investigator
Project Team
External Partners
- U Ariz
