Palomar Distant Solar System Survey
Topic: Astronomy
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The Palomar Distant Solar System Survey (PDSSS) was a wide-field survey aimed at finding distant trans-Neptunian objects.[1] It used the robotic 1.2 m Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory and the QUEST large-area CCD camera in 2007 and 2008.
The survey was designed to identify putative members of a Sedna-like population with perihelia greater than 45 AU. The limiting magnitude of this study was 21.3 in the R-band; it was sensitive out to distances of 1000 AU, and 12,000 square degrees of sky were searched. This observing program was responsible for the discovery of 25 minor planets including trans-Neptunian objects and centaurs.[1] (309239) 2007 RW10[2] and Gǃkúnǁʼhòmdímà ((229762) 2007 UK126)[3] were among the objects discovered by this survey. It redetected Sedna but no other objects in Sedna-like orbits were identified.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schwamb, Megan E.; Brown, Michael E.; Rabinowitz, David L.; Ragozzine, Darin (2010). "Schwamb et al. 2010". The Astrophysical Journal 720 (2): 1691. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/720/2/1691. Bibcode: 2010ApJ...720.1691S.
- ↑ "MPEC 2007-X06 : 2007 RW10, 2007 RG283, 2007 RH283". https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K07/K07X06.html.
- ↑ "MPEC 2008-D38 : 2007 UK126". https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K08/K08D38.html.
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