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We will be surveying two sets of fields, spring and fall (see the OSSOSurveyDraft1 file). [[File:Spring.png|thumb|OSSOS Spring field layout]] [[File:Fall.png|thumb|OSSOS Fall field layout | We will be surveying two sets of fields, spring and fall (see the OSSOSurveyDraft1 file). [[File:Spring.png|thumb|OSSOS Spring field layout]] [[File:Fall.png|thumb|OSSOS Fall field layout]] In each season a 7x3 block of fields will be positioned near the ecliptic plane and a second group of fields will be positioned off the plane. Each set of fields will be observed repeatedly through-out the semester, and then again the following year to obtain a high-precision orbit on all KBOs detected in the field. | ||
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Field Layout
We will be surveying two sets of fields, spring and fall (see the OSSOSurveyDraft1 file).
In each season a 7x3 block of fields will be positioned near the ecliptic plane and a second group of fields will be positioned off the plane. Each set of fields will be observed repeatedly through-out the semester, and then again the following year to obtain a high-precision orbit on all KBOs detected in the field.
Topic Teams
Core : Detection, orbit linkage
Surfaces : Colours, NIR spectra
Light curves : Time variable TNOs, phase curves
Binaries: mutual orbits, separation, colours
Occultations: Predictions, observing campaigns
Size Distributions : H-mag distributions, dependence on class
Resonant Populations : relative populations, libration amplitude distributions
Scattering : Centaurs, Scattering Disk, Oort cloud connection
Catalog mining : Very distant, non-moving object variation (eg. variable stars)
Getting started
Link to the previous CFEPS survey
