Dr. Sarah Sonnett

Senior Scientist

Currently resides in SC

Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Comets, Dwarf planets, Trans-Neptunian objects

Disciplines/Techniques: Astrobiology, Astrometry, Education/Public Outreach (EPO), Ground-based observing, Numerical modeling, Photometry, Shape modeling, Space-based observing, Spectroscopy, Thermal Emission Spectroscopy

Missions: NEOWISE, NEO Surveyor

Instruments: Cameras, Spectrometers

Facilities: Kitt Peak, Mauna Kea (IRTF, Keck, Gemini, UH 2.2-m, Subaru), Las Cumbres Observatory, NOAO (SOAR), Steward Observatory, Baade Magellan Telescope, McDonald Observatory

Asteroids, Comets, Icy bodies, Solar system dynamics, Binary asteroids, Space missions, Exoplanets