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A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We present the results of a wide-field survey for distant Sedna-like bodies in the outer solar system using the 1.2-m Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. We searched ~12,000 square degrees down to a mean limiting magnitude of 21.3 in R. A total number of 53 Kuiper belt objects and Centaurs have been detected; 25 of which were discovered in this survey. No additional Sedna-like bodies with perihelia beyond 70 AU were found despite a sensitivity to motions out to ~1000 AU. We place constraints on the size and distribution of objects on Sedna orbits.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, accepted by ApJ Letters
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.0901.4173
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/694/1/L45