Table of contents

• Visualization of Asteroids and their Light Curves

• Determining Object Parameters from Visible Spectrum Image

• Accelerated Object Recognition with the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+

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Visualization of Asteroids and their Light Curves

The motivation for this work is to create a program for visualization of asteroids, which is missing in the astronomical community. The product is a program that displays asteroids in six different ways and calculates the light curve. For an accurate description of the asteroid’s surface, the program uses three scattering functions (Lambert’s, Lommel–Seeliger’s, and Hapke’s) and calculates realistic shadowing. In the theoretical section of the work, concepts such as light scattering and triangle properties are explained. In the practical section, these concepts are then implemented using the Python programming language and the VisPy accelerated graphics library. These tools allow the program to handle hundreds of thousands of triangles and effectively display asteroids such as (101955) Bennu.

The program was created in collaboration with the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University.

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Determining Object Parameters from Visible Spectrum Image

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Accelerated Object Recognition with the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+

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