Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007dps....39.4911f&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #39, #49.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.511
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Using the Subaru telescope Suprime-Cam, we have completed a 0.25 square degree on ecliptic Kuiper belt survey to a limiting magnitude of m(r') 27. We find that, to the limit our survey, the luminosity function (LF) of Kuiper belt is consistent with a uniform power-law. We present a best-fit power-law representation of the Kuiper belt LF. We will also present our determination of the observed functional shape of the LF of Kuiper belt, based on an under-lying 2-component power-law size distribution and fit this model to the available Kuiper belt LF survey data. Our detections, when combined with the survey from Bernstein et al. (2004), implies a best-fit size distribution with a break at object diameters 20 - 40 km.
Fraser Wesley
Kavelaars John J.
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