Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21725211s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #252.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The LSST will detect an unprecedented number ( 10,000) of comets to r=24.5 over a ten year time frame. We simulate characteristic comet orbits through the LSST observational cadence and demonstrate that the LSST will observe individual Jupiter Family Comets (JFC) hundreds of times over their entire orbit, tracing each comet's evolution from presumed dormancy at large heliocentric distances, through the onset of out-gassing, and then back to inactivity. Simulations of Long Period Comets predict that LSST will make dozens of observations of each such comet, either on their way into and out of the Solar System, allowing in many cases early detection of these objects, or a number of observations while passing through perihelion, where the comets are the most active and variable.
Ivezic Zeljko
Jones Lynne
Solontoi Michael
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