TNOs及相关天体的远红外巡天
地球与行星天体物理
2015-05-19 v1
摘要
位于30至50 AU之间的太阳系小天体通常被称为海外天体（Trans Neptunian Objects，TNOs）。具有巡天能力的远红外（FIR）任务，例如前瞻性的低温孔径大型红外空间望远镜天文台（CALISTO；Goldsmith et al. 2008），首次提供了真正探测TNOs及相关种群的潜力，可探测到中等大小，并延伸至距太阳超过100 AU的距离。
引用
@article{arxiv.1505.04481,
title = {A FIR-Survey of TNOs and Related Bodies},
author = {J. M. Bauer and P. F. Goldsmith and C. M. Bradford and A. J. Lovell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.04481},
year = {2015}
}
备注
3 pages, 1 figure, a short whitepaper submitted in response to the Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group Call for White Papers, in anticipation of the Far IR Surveyor Workshop, June 3rd - 5th 2015 at Caltech's Beckman Institute, Pasadena, California