Discovery of Faint Kuiper Belt Objects with the MOSIAC Cameras

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Feb 2000

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NOAO Proposal ID #2000A-0065

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomers today are poised at the edge of a new frontier. With the discovery of the Kuiper Belt has come the realization that the Solar System beyond Neptune is not effectively empty, but rather contains tens of thousands of intriguing orbiting bodies. Only about 200 or these Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) have been discovered at this writing. Yet they promise fundamental insights into the physical and dynamical processes which sculpted the outer regions of the solar system. To understand the Kuiper Belt, we must probe its radial extent, discover the distribution of objects with ecliptic longitude and latitude, learn the size distribution of the KBOs, and establish the orbits of these bodies - both to reveal the relevant dynamical processes and to facilitate physical studies with large-aperture telescopes on the ground and in space. These scientific objectives can be accomplished only through a carefully planned, wide ranging reconnaissance. Here we propose to continue our highly successful program at KPNO and to extend it into the Southern Hemisphere using the newly commissioned Mosaic Camera on the Blanco Telescope.

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