Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991plas.rept...89m&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 89-90 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Asteroids, Astronomical Photometry, Occultation, Planetary Rings, Planets, Prediction Analysis Techniques, Solar System, Stellar Occultation, Portable Equipment, Telescopes
Scientific paper
Occultations of stars by planets, satellites, planetary ring systems, and asteroids offer opportunities to study the occulting bodies in ways not otherwise possible from the surface of the Earth. For example, one can detect even an extremely tenuous atmosphere and can measure the temperature and density profiles of the atmosphere in regions not ordinarily sampled by spacecraft. Occultations also permit direct measurement of the size and shape of solar system objects too small to be directly resolved by groundbased telescopes. The accuracy of such determinations is typically 1-2 percent and, moreover, is independent of the distance to the object. In this investigation, upcoming occultations through wide-ranging computer searches are identified, and accurate predictions for the more important events are provided. Selected occultations are observed with specially designed portable photometric equipment.
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