A direct census of the Oort Cloud with a robotic telescope.
Abstract
A robotic system has been designed to search for the occultations of stars by comets in the Oort Cloud. The system employs a series of small cameras to follow the shadow of a comet as it moves along the surface of the earth. Since the expected event rate is extremely low, particular care is needed to ensure a very low rate of false alarms.
- Publication:
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Robotic Telescopes in the 1990s
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992ASPC...34..171A
- Keywords:
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- Comets;
- Oort Cloud;
- Robotics;
- Stellar Occultation;
- Telescopes;
- Earth Surface;
- False Alarms;
- Solar System;
- Astronomy