Kuiper belt object occultations: Expected rates, false positives, and survey design

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 4270-4281

  Bickerton, S J ^a   Welch, D L ^b   Kavelaars, J J ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

atmospheric effects; Kuiper Belt; occultations; solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549088317     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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