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Solar system astrometry, Gaia, and the large surveys – a huge step ahead to stellar occultations by distant small solar system bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2018

J. I. B. Camargo
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
M. V. Banda-Huarca
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
R. L. Ogando
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
J. Desmars
Affiliation:
Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon – CNRS : UMR8109, Observatoire de Paris - 5, place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon cedex, France
F. Braga-Ribas
Affiliation:
Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Av. Sete de Setembro, 3165 80230-901 Rebouças, Curitiba - PR, Brazil
R. Vieira-Martins
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
M. Assafin
Affiliation:
Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br Observatório do Valongo - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Ladeira do Pedro Antônio, 43 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 20080-090, Brazil
B. Sicardy
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon – CNRS : UMR8109, Observatoire de Paris - 5, place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon cedex, France
D. Bérard
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon – CNRS : UMR8109, Observatoire de Paris - 5, place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon cedex, France
G. Benedetti-Rossi
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
L. A. N. da Costa
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
M. A. G. Maia
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional/MCTIC Laboratório Interinstitucional de e-Astronomia (LIneA) INCT do e-Universo, Rua Gal. José Cristino, 77 20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil email: camargo@linea.gov.br
M. Carrasco-Kind
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Department of Astronomy (NCSA - EUA) - Department of Astronomy, MC-221, 1002 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
A. Drlica-Wagner
Affiliation:
Center for Particle Astrophysics - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FERMILAB), Pine Street Kirk Road, Batavia, IL 60510, United States
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Abstract

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The stellar occultation technique is a powerful tool to study distant small solar system bodies. Currently, around 2 500 trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) and Centaurs are known. With the astrometry from Gaia and large surveys like the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), accurate predictions of occultation events will be available to tens of thousands of TNOs and Centaurs and boost the knowledge of the outer solar system.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2018 

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