Application of robotic telescopes to the physical investigation of comets.
Abstract
Robotic telescopes promise a dramatic improvement in our understanding of the physics of comets by providing a stream of linear, temporally-resolved and spatially-resolved digital photometry. The author discusses the types of data expected to be of greatest value, and the physical constraints to be imposed on comets by these data.
- Publication:
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Robotic Telescopes in the 1990s
- Pub Date:
- 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992ASPC...34..183J
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Photometry;
- Comets;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Oort Cloud;
- Robotics;
- Telescopes;
- Digital Techniques;
- Planetary Systems;
- Solar System Evolution;
- Stellar Systems;
- Astrophysics