2016 UU121: An Active Asteroid Discovery via AI-enhanced Citizen Science

N Sedaghat, CO Chandler, WJ Oldroyd… - Research Notes of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of an active asteroid, 2016 UU121, for the first time via artificial
intelligence-enhanced classification, informed by our NASA Partner program Active …

Selfish Evolution: Making Discoveries in Extreme Label Noise with the Help of Overfitting Dynamics

N Sedaghat, T Chatchadanoraset, CO Chandler… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Motivated by the scarcity of proper labels in an astrophysical application, we have
developed a novel technique, called Selfish Evolution, which allows for the detection and …

Cometary Activity from Minor Planet 2015 VP51 Discovered with Citizen Science

MK Frissell, CO Chandler, WJ Oldroyd… - Research Notes of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of cometary activity emanating from minor planet 2015 VP51
outbound from its recent perihelion passage. The activity, in the form of a diffuse tail, was first …

Discovery of Jupiter Family Comet 2011 UG104 Through AI Enhanced Citizen Science

JA DeSpain, CO Chandler, N Sedaghat… - Research Notes of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of cometary activity from minor planet 2011 UG104, which we
classify as a Jupiter Family Comet (JFC). This discovery was aided by our Artificial …