TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey

M. J. Lehner; C. Alcock; T. Axelrod; F. Bianco; Y. I. Byun; W. P. Chen; K. H. Cook; R. Dave; I. De Pater; J. Giammarco; S. K. King; T. Lee; J. Lissauer; S. L. Marshall; S. Mondal; T. Nihei; J. Rice; M. Schwamb; A. Wang; S. Y. Wang; C. Y. Wen; Z. W. Zhang

doi:10.1002/asna.200610688

TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey

M. J. Lehner, C. Alcock, T. Axelrod, F. Bianco, Y. I. Byun, W. P. Chen, K. H. Cook, R. Dave, I. De Pater, J. Giammarco, S. K. King, T. Lee, J. Lissauer, S. L. Marshall, S. Mondal, T. Nihei, J. Rice, M. Schwamb, A. Wang, S. Y. WangC. Y. Wen, Z. W. Zhang

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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 times; 2048 pixel CCD camera, in a compact array located in the central highlands of Taiwan. TAOS will monitor up to 2 000 stars at 5 Hz. The system went into scientific operation in the autumn of 2005.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	814-817
Number of pages	4
Journal	Astronomische Nachrichten
Volume	327
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.200610688
Publication status	Published - 2006 Sep 26

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Lehner, M. J., Alcock, C., Axelrod, T., Bianco, F., Byun, Y. I., Chen, W. P., Cook, K. H., Dave, R., De Pater, I., Giammarco, J., King, S. K., Lee, T., Lissauer, J., Marshall, S. L., Mondal, S., Nihei, T., Rice, J., Schwamb, M., Wang, A., ... Zhang, Z. W. (2006). TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey. Astronomische Nachrichten, 327(8), 814-817. https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.200610688

Lehner, M. J. ; Alcock, C. ; Axelrod, T. ; Bianco, F. ; Byun, Y. I. ; Chen, W. P. ; Cook, K. H. ; Dave, R. ; De Pater, I. ; Giammarco, J. ; King, S. K. ; Lee, T. ; Lissauer, J. ; Marshall, S. L. ; Mondal, S. ; Nihei, T. ; Rice, J. ; Schwamb, M. ; Wang, A. ; Wang, S. Y. ; Wen, C. Y. ; Zhang, Z. W. / TAOS - The taiwanese-American occultation survey. In: Astronomische Nachrichten. 2006 ; Vol. 327, No. 8. pp. 814-817.

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In: Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 327, No. 8, 26.09.2006, p. 814-817.

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