In asteroid dynamics, many problems require numerical integration of the equations of motion. Due to the number of objects, it might require significant computational resources. Thus, one might find a better way to solve them — by using a machine learning approach.
8. ML in astronomy
• Outlier detection techniques for Exoplanets (Goel & Montgomery, 2015);
• Cosmological parameter estimation via neural network (Hobson et al.,
2014);
• Identification & classification of active galactic nuclei (Cavouti et al., 2014);
• Visualize & classify a large set of Type Ia Supernova spectra
(Sasdelli et al., 2016);
• Filtering out a large number of false-positive streak detections of near-
Earth asteroid candidates in the Palomar Transient Factory (Waszczak et
al., 2017);
• A Machine Learns to predict the stability of tightly packed planetary
systems (Tamayo et al. 2016);
• A lot of others…
9. Types of ML
• Supervised learning: example inputs and
desired outputs are provided; the goal is
to create a map that binds inputs to
outputs.
• Unsupervised learning: no examples are
provided, the goal is to discover hidden
patterns.
• Reinforcement learning: the same as
supervised learning but instead of a
training set there is an environment that
provides the rewards based on the actions
14. MMR identification using ML
Smirnov E.A., Markov A.B. Identification of asteroids trapped inside three-
body mean motion resonances: a machine-learning approach. MNRAS.
469. 2017
15. MMR identification using ML
Smirnov E.A., Markov A.B. Identification of asteroids trapped inside three-
body mean motion resonances: a machine-learning approach. MNRAS.
469. 2017
Recall 98,38 %
Precision 91,01 %
Accuracy 99,97 %