1,2,3,4,5- 1California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, USA
- 2American University, Washington, DC, USA
- 3NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
- 4Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
- 5Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA
From the International Hally Watch to the international teamwork to observe D/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collide with Jupiter to the collaborative effort to characterize 67P for the Rosetta mission: observational campaigns have been a way for scientists to come together and coordinate to maximize scientific return. Observational campaigns have proven to be an effective way to answer some of the biggest questions in astrophysics and they can do the same for Centaurs. We can use campaigns to ask about composition, what drives sporadic activity, size, and how coma/ring morphology is governed. This poster summarizes the suggestions that can be found in the Observational Campaigns chapter of the upcoming book Centaurs (2025, K. Volk, M. Womack & J. Steckloff, eds., IOP Press; 10.1088/2514-3433/ada267). It reviews upcoming observational windows and suggests types of campaigns for observers to consider planning for Centaurs in the near future.
How to cite: Woodney, L., Faggi, S., Noonan, J., and Sickafoose, A.: The Importance of Forming Observational Campaigns for Centaurs, EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, 7–12 Sep 2025, EPSC-DPS2025-21, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-21, 2025.
