Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.309..315d&link_type=abstract
Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 309, May 24, 1984, p. 315-319. Research supported by the Science and Engineering Research Council.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Infrared Astronomy, Satellite Observation, Spaceborne Astronomy, Asteroids, Astronomical Catalogs, Comets, Computer Programs, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Solar System
Scientific paper
The IR Astronomy Satellite (IRAS) mission has yielded an all-sky IR survey with a detailed pointing history. An analysis is being conducted which will allow an estimate to be made of the detectable population of comets and Apollo asteroids. On the basis of results obtained to date, it is expected that IRAS will detect comets having visual magnitudes lower than 17 if their motions are greater than about 1 arcmin/hour. The positional accuracy of such detections depends on the number of bands in which an object was observed, although the accuracy has so far proved unsuitable for orbit determination. There is no evidence of an undiscovered main belt asteroid population at high ecliptic latitudes.
Aumann Hartmut H.
Davies John K.
Green Simon F.
Meadows Jack A.
Stewart B. C.
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