The drag-induced resonant capture for Kuiper Belt objects

Ing-Guey Jiang; Li-Chin Yeh

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08504.x

The drag-induced resonant capture for Kuiper Belt objects

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08504.x ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 355 (4) ◽

pp. L29-L32 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Ing-Guey Jiang ◽

Li-Chin Yeh

Keyword(s):

Kuiper Belt ◽

Kuiper Belt Objects

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U-Band Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects

The Astronomical Journal ◽

10.1086/522787 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 134 (5) ◽

pp. 2046-2053 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

David Jewitt ◽

Nuno Peixinho ◽

Henry H. Hsieh

Keyword(s):

Kuiper Belt ◽

Kuiper Belt Objects

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Analysis of the Rotational Properties of Kuiper Belt Objects

The Astronomical Journal ◽

10.1086/501047 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 131 (4) ◽

pp. 2314-2326 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Pedro Lacerda ◽

Jane Luu

Keyword(s):

Kuiper Belt ◽

Kuiper Belt Objects

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Statistical Methods for Detecting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects: The Taiwanese?American Occultation Survey

Statistical Science ◽

10.1214/088342304000000378 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 265-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Chyng-Lan Liang ◽

John A. Rice ◽

Imke de Pater ◽

Charles Alcock ◽

Tim Axelrod ◽

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Keyword(s):

Statistical Methods ◽

Kuiper Belt ◽

Kuiper Belt Objects ◽

Stellar Occultations ◽

Taiwanese American

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Census of the Kuiper-Belt Objects - The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey (TAOS)

Highlights of Astronomy ◽

10.1017/s1539299600013393 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 245-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

W.P. Chen

Keyword(s):

Kuiper Belt ◽

Brightness Variation ◽

False Detection ◽

Kuiper Belt Objects ◽

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory ◽

Robotic Telescopes ◽

Coincidence Mode ◽

Set Up ◽

Central Taiwan ◽

Large Telescopes

AbstractMore than two hundred transneptunian Kuiper-Belt Objects (KBOs) have so far been identified. Because of their large distances from the Sun, and their intrinsically small sizes, only the largest members (diameters more than 100 km) can be observed by direct imaging with large telescopes. Even smaller KBOs, though expected to be more numerous on theoretical grounds, cannot be seen directly unless they happen to block out the light from background stars. The Taiwan-America Occultation Survey (TAOS) project is a collaboration among the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (USA), Academia Sinica, National Central University (both of Taiwan), and other institutes, that aims to measure the frequency of such chance stellar occultations, and thereby conduct the census of the Kuiper-Belt population down to a few kilometer sizes. An array of robotic telescopes are being set up in central Taiwan to monitor the brightness variation of several thousand stars at a rate of a few Hz. Observations will be operated in a synchronized and coincidence mode, so the sequence and timing of any candidate occultation event can be recorded and distinguished against a false detection. The full survey is expected to start in the fall of 2000.

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