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Dec 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...20712104m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #121.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1363
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The sky-plane density of Main Belt objects is one of the main factors required to estimate the number of moving objects Pan-STARRS will be able to observe and identify. The Main Belt dominates all other classes of asteroids in magnitude-limited surveys, thus calculating the number per square degree of Main Belt objects on the ecliptic will allow us to precisely estimate the number of moving objects Pan-STARRS will discover. To this end, we have used 15 deg2 of CFHT-MegaCam data to simulate 2 Pan-STARRS fields of view. We have searched these data for all moving objects, using a pipeline very similar to the one that will be employed by Pan-STARRS' Image Processing Pipeline (IPP). To calculate true sky-plane density, we have generated artificial moving objects and planted them in our images, allowing us to directly determine the efficiency of our pipeline.
We have also performed a similar efficiency analysis for trailed objects of varying lengths, to test our trailed object fitting algorithms and determine if there is a variance with length or brightness.
Heasley James N. Jr.
Jedicke Robert
Magnier Eugene Allen
Masiero Joseph R.
Price Paul A.
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