Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2004
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HST Proposal ID #10268
Physics
Hst Proposal Id #10268 Solar System
Scientific paper
We propose 6 orbits to make ACS/WFC follow-up observations of three faint Kuiper Belt Objects {KBOs} that we discovered in the Large Cycle 11 program GO 9433 {G. Bernstein, PI; Bernstein et al. 2004}. These KBOs are the faintest - and therefore smallest - KBOs known. Two of these objects can be recovered {and the third easily recovered and its colors probed} only with HST. Any future studies of small KBOs will require knowledge of our three faint KBOs. With the proposed observations, the locations of these KBOs will be known quite well until after first light for JWST. Without the proposed observations, these three small KBOs will be effectively lost. This small program represents a small investment of HST time to solidify the legacy of the Bernstein et al. Large GO program. With the proposed observations, we will be able to determine with certainty the dynamical classes of these three KBOs, testing the hypothesis that small KBOs are predominantly classical KBOs. We will also test the suggestion that classical KBOs are uniformly quite red. Lastly, our observations will enable physical studies {e.g., spectroscopy} with JWST a decade from now. All these measurements will provide important evidence for theories on the formation and evolution of the Solar System.
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