Searching for Faint Kuiper Belt Objects in HST Archival Data

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Jan 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aas...21933403f&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #334.03

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We present an automated method for detecting faint Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) in archival HST/ACS data. We developed a software infrastructure that is flexible and can be used to manage large datasets of archival data for numerous projects, and requires no interaction with a human operator. With this infrastructure, as well as previously developed software for HST data analysis, we hope to detect KBOs with R < 50km and have rapid follow-up and recovery of the detected KBOs for further study. Preliminary results have suggested we can detect 1 KBO per 10 datasets of HST archival data. This work was supported through the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program at Northern Arizona University.

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