Orbit determination methods for space debris

The main problem in the orbit determination of the space debris population orbiting our planet is the identification of two or more set of data. The observations of a given object during a passage above an observing station are called a Too Short Arc (TSA): data from a TSA cannot allow for a complete determination of an orbit. A new method for solving the identification problem, finding two or more observational TSA belonging to the same physical object and an orbit fitting all the observations is outlined.