Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21732006b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #320.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Observations from the outer solar system offer unique opportunities for astrophysical investigations. The greatly reduced foreground brightness from Zodical light, scattered sunlight and thermal emission by interplanetary dust, allows for measurements of the extragalactic background, and surveys of the composition and distribution of Kuiper belt dust. Furthermore parallax with earth-based observations provide unique information in microlensing events.
Compact, passively cooled instrumentation operating at optical to near-infrared wavelengths with small (2 - 15 cm) telescope apertures are optimal for these specialized science investigations. We have carried out a feasibility study for such instrumentation, which is small enough to be carried as a guest instrument package on a mission to the outer planets, and discuss its potential scientific capabilities.
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