A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna

Details A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna

2009-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4173v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

10 pages, 3 figures, accepted by ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/L45

We present the results of a wide-field survey for distant Sedna-like bodies in the outer solar system using the 1.2-m Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. We searched ~12,000 square degrees down to a mean limiting magnitude of 21.3 in R. A total number of 53 Kuiper belt objects and Centaurs have been detected; 25 of which were discovered in this survey. No additional Sedna-like bodies with perihelia beyond 70 AU were found despite a sensitivity to motions out to ~1000 AU. We place constraints on the size and distribution of objects on Sedna orbits.

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