Physical studies of asteroids with photometric and polarimetric techniques

该项目源于一项密集的观测活动，旨在获取太阳系各种物体（从彗星到小行星，再到巨型行星）的新光度和偏振数据。已经或将要从VLT和WHT等主要设施以及两个中小型设施：Calern观测站（法国尼斯天文台的一个设施）和保加利亚的Rozhen天文台进行观测。Zuri将加入一项国际合作，参与者包括来自意大利、法国、保加利亚（观测）和芬兰（理论建模）的研究人员。在需要在Calern和Rozhen停留的培训期之后，Zuri将负责大部分观测和数据简化工作，并将学习数据建模的基本原理，特别侧重于推导小行星的一些重要物理特性。该项目还将扩展到根据即将进行的欧空局彗星拦截器使命进行偏振观测的可行性研究，为该航天器上仪器的设计作出贡献。

This projects stems from an intensive observing campaign to acquire new photometric and polarimetric data for various objects of the solar system, from comets to asteroids, to giant planets. Observations have been or will be obtained from major facilities such as the VLT and the WHT, as well as two small to mid-size facilities: the observing station of Calern (a facility of the Observatory of Nice, France) and the Rozhen Observatory in Bulgaria. Zuri is to join an international collaboration, involving researchers from Italy, France, Bulgaria (for the observations) and Finland (for the theoretical modelling). After a training period requiring a stay in Calern and in Rozhen, Zuri will take care of a large part of the observations and of data reduction, and will learn the basic principle of data modelling, with particular emphasis on the derivation of some important physical properties of the asteroids. This project will also extend to a feasibility study of polarimetric observations based on the upcoming COMET Interceptor ESA mission, contributing to the design of instrumentation on board this spacecraft.