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Peter Veres

Center for Astrophysics

Astronomer

Peter Veres

peter.veres@cfa.harvard.edu

About

Peter Veres is an astronomer at the Minor Planet Center. He graduated from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, and obtained his PhD in 2010. Peter had a substantial observing experience at Modra Observatory (optical photometry and astrometry), co-discovered many asteroids and comets with the Pan-STARRS survey at University of Hawaii (2011-2014), and simulated near-Earth object discoveries with the LSST at Caltech/JPL (2015-2017). Peter is interested in planetary defense, Earth impact hazards, Near-Earth aseroids, meteors, exoplanets, dynamics and big data science.

PhD

Telescopes and Instruments

Pan-STARRS-1 Science Consortium

Many objects in the sky don’t change or move visibly on human time scales. However, many others do, especially objects in the Solar System. The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) program is designed to monitor the sky for transient astronomical phenomena: everything from near-Earth asteroids to supernovas in far-off galaxies. The first phase of the program, Pan-STARRS1, used a 1.8-meter telescope on the summit of Haleakalā on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian is part of the international Pan-STARRS1 Science consortium, along with the University of Hawaii and other institutions around the world. Pan-STARRS1 data revealed many asteroids, comets, and other previously-unknown moving or variable astronomical objects.

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