Outer solar system revealed by small high-cadence observation systems

About This Project

Japan Grant Number
JP16K17796 (JGN)
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding Organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Kakenhi Information

Project/Area Number
16K17796
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Physics > Earth and planetary science > Solid earth and planetary physics
Research Institution
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Project Period (FY)
2016-04-01 〜 2018-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
4,030,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,100,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 930,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

In the present study, a unique method to observe trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with radii of 1-10 km (kilometre-sized) has been developed. Since these kilometre-sized TNOs are too faint to detect even with giant telescopes, monitoring of stars has been performed with two small observation systems to detect a small TNO by observing a moment when it hides a brighter background star (stellar occultation). From the two-year observations of the stellar occultations with newly-developed observation systems, a surface number density of kilometre-sized TNOs is obtained.

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