Publications (click to open)
- E.C. Pearce, B. Weiner, A. Block, H. Krantz, K. Rockowitz, B. Sease, G. Hennessy, and M. Wilson, "Examining the Effects of On-Orbit Aging of SL-12 Rocket Bodies using Visible Band Spectra with the MMT Telescope and 5-Color Photometry with the UKIRT/WFCAM," in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, HI, 2019. Read Preprint Here
- E.C. Pearce, L. Avner, H. Krantz, K. Rockowitz, “Chimera: A High-Speed, Three-Color Photometer for Space Surveillance and Astronomy,” in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Maui, HI, 2018. Read Preprint Here
- E.C. Pearce, L. Avner, A. Block, H. Krantz, and K. Rockowitz, “Pomenis: A Small Portable Astrograph for SSA”, in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui HI, 2018. Read Preprint Here
- E.C. Pearce, H.A. Ford, T. Schildknecht, V. Reddy, A.D. Block, and K. Rockowitz, "Rapid Characterization of Geosynchronous Space Debris with 5-color Near-IR Photometry", in Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui HI, 2017. Read at ADS Abstract Service
- J.A. Gregory, A.M. Smith, E.C. Pearce, R.L. Lambour R.Y. Shah, H.R. Clark, K. Warner K, R.M. Osgood 3rd, D.F. Woods, DeCew, S.E. Forman, L. Mendenhall, C.M. DeFranzo, V.S. Dolat, A.H. Loomis, "Development and application of spherically curved charge-coupled device imagers," Appl Opt. 54(10) pp. 3072-82. 2015. Abstract at OSA Publishing
- J. Chris Zingarelli, E.C. Pearce, R. Lambour, T. Blake, C.J.R. Peterson, and S. Cain, “Improving the Space Surveillance Telescopes Performance using Multi-Hypothesis Testing," Astronomical Journal 147:111, May 2014.
- D.F. Woods, R.Y. Shah, W. Faccenda, J. Johnson, R. Lambour, E.C. Pearce, J. Scott Stuart, "Asteroid Detection with the Space Surveillance Telescope", Proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, held in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, September 10-13, 2013.
- T. Blake, E.C. Pearce, J.A. Gregory, A. Smith, R. Lambour, R.Y. Shah, D. Woods, W. Faccenda, S. Sundbeck, and M. Bolden, "Utilization of a curved focal surface array in a 3.5 m wide field of view telescope," Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS), Maui HI, 2013. Read at AMOSTech
- D.F. Woods, R. Shah, J. Johnson, A. Szabo, E.C. Pearce, R. Lambour, and W. Faccenda, "The Space Surveillance Telescope: Focus and Alignment of a Three Mirror Telescope," Opt. Eng. 52(5), 053604, May 07, 2013.
- D. Monet, T. Axelrod, C. Claver, T. Blake, R. Lupton, E.C. Pearce, R. Shah, D. Woods, "Rapid Cadence Collections with the Space Surveillance Telescope," Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference (AMOS) 2012. Read at AMOSTech
- E.C. Pearce, MIT Lincoln Laboratory: Technology in Support of National Security, contributing author to the 2011 edition, “Electro-Optics for Space Surveillance”, pp. 176-182, “Space Surveillance Telescope,” pp 185-187, “Space Surveillance Telescope First Light,” sidebar with by-line, p. 187, ISBN 978-0-615-42880-2. 2011.
- G.H. Stokes, J.B. Evans, H.E.M. Viggh, F.C. Shelly, E.C. Pearce, “Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Program (LINEAR)”, Icarus, Volume 148, Issue 1, pp. 21-28, 2000.
COnference Proceedings (Click to open)
- E.C. Pearce, B. Weiner, and H. Krantz, "Examining the effects of on-orbit aging of SL-12 rocket bodies using visible band Spectra with the MMT Telescope", First International Orbital Debris Conference, Sugar Land TX, 9-12 December 2019. [Proceedings], [Poster]
- J. Kingley, R. Angel, W. Davidson, D. Neff, J. Teran, W. Assenmacher, K. Peyton, H. Martin, C.J. Oh, D.W. Kim, E.C. Pearce, M. Rascon, T. Connors, D. Alfred, B.T. Jannuzi, E. Christensen, J.R. Males, “An inexpensive turnkey 6.5-m observatory with customizing options, Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes VII, Part of SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation. (2018).” Read at SPIE Digital Library
- H. Krantz, E.C. Pearce, L. Avner, O. Durney, and C. Sauve, “Chimera: A high-speed three-color photometer for space surveillance and astronomy,” SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation. 2018. Read at SPIE Digital Library
- E.C. Pearce, “Debris Characterization Potential of the Near and Mid IR”, White Paper prepared for U.S. Government, distributed to Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL Directed Energy Directorate (AFRL/RD), National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC/SD), Air Force Space Command Space and Missile System Center (AFSPC SMC/SYG), and U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO). September 2017.
- P.J. McCarthy, E.C. Pearce, et. al., “Overview and status of the Giant Magellan Telescope Project,” Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 9906, id. 990612 14, 2016. Read at GMTO.org
- D.F. Woods, R.L. Lambour, W.J. Faccenda, J.D. Ruprecht, E.C. Pearce, R.Y. Shah, M.E. Cornell, "Focus and Alignment of the Space Surveillance Telescope: Procedures and Year Two Performance Results," Proc. SPIE 9149, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems V, 91490S, 7 August 2014. Read at SPIE Digital Library
- R.L. Lambour, R.Y. Shah, E.C. Pearce, "Simulation and Testing of Deep Space Search with the ETS 36 cm Telescope", Eighth US Russian Space Surveillance Workshop, Wailea, Maui, 2010. Read at TAMU.edu
- R. Lambour, E.C. Pearce, E., S. Ferner, E. Rork, P.Trujillo, A.E. Decew, P. Hopman, “Small Aperture Telescope Augmentation Study”, Proceedings of the Sixth US/Russian Space Surveillance Workshop, ed. P. K. Seidelmann and V. K. Abalakin, St. Petersburg, Russia. August 22-26, 2005.
- E.C. Pearce, F. Shelly, and J.A. Johnson, "High Precision Real Time Metric Processing for the MOSS and LINEAR Systems", Proceedings of the 2000 Space Control Conference, ed. S.E. Andrews, MIT Lincoln Laboratory., 2000.
- R.M. Elowitz, G.H. Stokes, M. Bezpalko, M.S. Blythe, J.B. Evans, E.C. Pearce, R.W. Sayer, F. Shelly, H.E.M. Viggh, "A Progress Report on the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Project". American Astronomical Society. 195: 1531, 1999. Read at ADS Astronomy Abstract Service
- E.C. Pearce, "The Transportable Optical System," Proceedings Third US Russian Space Surveillance Workshop, ed. P.K. Seidelmann and F. Hoots, U S Naval Observatory, October 20 –23, 1998.
- E.C. Pearce, "The Transportable Optical System (TOS)", Proceedings of the 1997 Space Control Conference, ed. L.B. Spence, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 1997.
- E.C. Pearce, M.S. Blythe, D.M. Gibson, P.J. Trujillo, "Space Debris Measurements: Phase One Final Report," Proceedings of the 1994 Space Surveillance Workshop, MIT Lincoln Laboratory. 1994.
- E.C. Pearce, M.S. Blythe, D.M. Gibson, P.J. Trujillo, “Recent Results of a Reacquisitioning Debris Search”, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, AIAA 93- 0161. Jan. 11-14, 1993.
- D.M. Gibson, E.C. Pearce, M.S. Blythe, and P.J. Trujillo, “Orbital Debris Characterization: ETS Staring Survey”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 1951, p. 11-20, Space Debris Detection and Mitigation, ed. Firooz A. Allahdadi. 1993.
- E.C. Pearce, “An Overview of the Digitized Astronomy Supernovae Search Control and Image Processing Software,” in: Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy. Santa Cruz Summer Workshops in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Springer, New York, NY. 1988.
- E.C. Pearce, “The Detectability of Supernovae Against Elliptical Galactic Disks,”, in New Generation Small Telescopes, ed. D.S. Hayes, D.R. Genet, and R.M. Genet, pp. 51-64, Fairborn Press, 1987.
- E.C. Pearce, “High-Speed Star Location and Field Comparison of Digital Astronomical Images,” in Automated Photoelectric Telescopes, ed. D.S. Hall, R.M. Genet, and B.L Thurston, Seventh Annual Fairborn IAPPP Symposium, pp. 139-151, Fairborn Press, 1986.