Searching for sub-kilometer trans-neptunian objects using pan-starrs video mode light curves: Preliminary study and evaluation using engineering data

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2003-2013

  Wang, J H ^a,b   Protopapas, P ^c,d   Chen, W P ^b   Alcock, C R ^c   Burgett, W S ^e   Dombeck, T ^f   Grav, T ^g   Morgan, J S ^e   Price, P A ^e   Tonry, J L ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt: general; Occultations; Planets and satellites: solar system formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951015571     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/5/2003     Document Type: Article

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