The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) 2023-2032
Whitepaper #249 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: planetary defense; primitive bodies; ground- and space-based telescopes
by John Rayner, Vishnu Reddy, and Participants at the IRTF Future Directions Workshop
Published onMar 18, 2021
The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) 2023-2032
The IRTF is a national facility. Observing time is open to all and is mostly dedicated to solar system mission support and planetary (including non-solar system) science. We summarize current capabilities (instrumentation, flexible scheduling, remote and daytime observing) and discuss new capabilities for planetary defense and primitive bodies.
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