Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21743502h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #435.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Pan-STARRS-1 survey began full scale scientific operation in May, 2010. Roughly 60% of the observing time of the Pan-STARR-1 telescope is dedicated to a "3pi steradian" survey with an observing cadence that is suitable for the detection of near-Earth asteroids and slow-moving solar system bodies. Over this course of its science mission, Pan-STARRS-1 survey will discover a large number of asteroids, Trojans, Centaurs, comets, and trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) brighter than the limiting magnitude of the survey (r=22 to r=22.5). This census will be used to address a large number of questions regarding the physical and dynamical properties of the various small body populations of the solar system. In addition, this survey will determine the population of large, distant, and rare members of the outer solar system and have the potential to detect planet-sized objects at great distances.
We have developed an independent software pipeline that is optimized for the detection of outer solar system bodies at and beyond the distance of Jupiter. This pipeline is efficient, flexible, and portable. It is suitable for use in future wide-field surveys such as LSST. We have recently demonstrated the successful operation of this pipeline with the discovery of new TNOs and the recovery of TNOs found by previous surveys. We present the details of the software pipeline.
In addition, we present details of the outer solar system objects discovered and recovered by Pan-STARRS-1 to date, including follow-up observations.
Chen Yafeng
Grav Tommy
Holman Matthew J.
Lin Hainan
Pan-STARRS-1 Science Consortium
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