Rapid Response and Robotic Telescopes For Understanding Small Body Transient Science
Whitepaper #130 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: primitive bodies; technology development; ground- and space-based telescopes
by Tim Lister, Michael S. P. Kelley, Geza Gyuk, Quanzhi Ye, and Jian-Yang Li
Published onMar 18, 2021
Rapid Response and Robotic Telescopes For Understanding Small Body Transient Science
Existing sky surveys are detecting a wide range of transient phenomena in the solar system, opening a fascinating time-domain window on planetary science. This will increase considerably with LSST. Exploiting these exciting science opportunities requires a range of flexible facilities, instruments and software that are capable of rapid responses.
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