Detecting Interstellar Objects Through Stellar Occultations
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2020-03-04 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
Stellar occultations have been used to search for Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud objects. We propose a search for interstellar objects based on the characteristic durations () of their stellar occultation signals and high inclination relative to the ecliptic plane. An all-sky monitoring program of all stars with using 1-m telescopes with cadences is predicted to discover interstellar object per year.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2001.02681,
title = {Detecting Interstellar Objects Through Stellar Occultations},
author = {Amir Siraj and Abraham Loeb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02681},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; accepted for publication in ApJL