Abstract
The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) seeks to determine the number and size spectrum for small (∼ 3 km) bodies in the Kuiper Belt. This will be accomplished by searching for the brief occultations of bright stars (R ∼ 14) by these objects. We have designed and built a special purpose photometric monitoring system for this purpose. TAOS comprises four 50 cm telescopes, each equipped with a 2048 × 2048 pixel CCD camera, in a compact array located in the central highlands of Taiwan. TAOS will monitor up to 3,000 stars at 5 Hz. The system will go into scientific operation at the end of 2003.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 459-464 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Earth, Moon and Planets |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 Jun |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science