Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...211.4720h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #47.20; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.807
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Roughly 60% of the observing time of the Pan-STARR-1 telescope will be dedicated to a "3pi steradian" survey with an observing cadence that is optimized for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and slow-moving solar system bodies. Over this course of its 3.5 year science mission, this survey will discover nearly every asteroid, Trojan, Centaur, long-period comet, short-period comet, and trans-neptunian object brighter than magnitude R=23. This unprecedented census will be used to address a large number of questions regarding the physical and dynamical properties of the various small body populations of the solar system. In addition, this survey will determine the population of large, distant, and rare members of the outer solar system and have the potential to detect planet-sized objects at great distances. We present a progress report on a variety of investigations of the outer solar system with Pan-STARRS-1.
Holman Matthew J.
PS1 Outer Solar System Team
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