Project Pan-STARRS and the Outer Solar System |
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| Authors: | Jewitt David |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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| Abstract: | Pan-STARRS, a funded project to repeatedly survey the entire visiblesky to faint limiting magnitudes (mR～ 24), will have asubstantial impact on the study of the Kuiper Belt and outer solarsystem. We briefly review the Pan-STARRS design philosophy and sketchsome of the planetary science areas in which we expect this facility tomake its mark. Pan-STARRS will find ～20,000 Kuiper Belt Objectswithin the first year of operation and will obtain accurate astrometryfor all of them on a weekly or faster cycle. We expect that it willrevolutionise our knowledge of the contents and dynamical structure ofthe outer solar system. |
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