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Solar System Science with Robotic Telescopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

T. A. Lister
T. A. Lister*
Affiliation:
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network (LCOGT), Goleta, CA 93117, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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An increasing number of sky surveys is already on-line or soon will be, leading to a large boost in the detection of Solar System objects of all types. For Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that could potentially hit the Earth, timely follow-up is essential. I describe the development of an automated system which responds to new detections of NEOs from Pan-STARRS and automatically observes them with the LCOGT telescopes. I present results from the first few months of operation, and plans for the future with the 6-site, 40-telescope global LCOGT Network.

Keywords

minor planetsasteroidsastrometrycelestial mechanicstelescopes
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S285: New Horizons in Time-Domain Astronomy , September 2011 , pp. 352 - 354
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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