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Any plans or studies for an "Occultation sensor"?
IsaacKuo
Posted on: Apr 30 2010, 03:45 PM


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A while back, Hubble detected the smallest Kuiper Belt Object (so far) by detecting the diffraction effects of it occulting a reference star.

Are there any plans or studies for a telescope designed to detect objects using this occultation sensor technique? It could be used to detect dark objects in the outer solar system and beyond.

Thanks!
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