Any plans or studies for an "Occultation sensor"? |
Any plans or studies for an "Occultation sensor"? |
Apr 30 2010, 03:45 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 29-March 10 Member No.: 5286 |
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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Apr 30 2010, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
The Taiwan American Occultation Survey ( TAOS ) was designed to do this using ground based telescopes. So far (3.5 years) they haven't detected any.
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