The Size Distribution of Near-Earth Objects Larger Than 10 m
dc.contributor.author | Trilling, D. E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Valdes, Francisco | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | James, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fuentes, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Herrera, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Axelrod, Tim | |
dc.contributor.author | Rajagopal, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-14T23:47:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-14T23:47:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09-28 | |
dc.identifier.citation | The Size Distribution of Near-Earth Objects Larger Than 10 m 2017, 154 (4):170 The Astronomical Journal | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1538-3881 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3847/1538-3881/aa8036 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626044 | |
dc.description.abstract | We analyzed data from the first year of a survey for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that we are carrying out with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the 4 m Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. We implanted synthetic NEOs into the data stream to derive our nightly detection efficiency as a function of magnitude and rate of motion. Using these measured efficiencies and the solar system absolute magnitudes derived by the Minor Planet Center for the 1377. measurements of 235. unique NEOs detected, we directly derive, for the first time from a single observational data set, the NEO size distribution from 1. km down to 10 m. We find that there are 106.6 NEOs larger than 10 m. This result implies a factor of 10 fewer small NEOs than some previous results, though our derived size distribution is in good agreement with several other estimates. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | NASA [NNX12AG13G] | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | IOP PUBLISHING LTD | en |
dc.relation.url | http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3881/154/i=4/a=170?key=crossref.02a3df5427a03e052c0e8509d9919071 | en |
dc.rights | © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | minor planets, asteroids: general | en |
dc.subject | surveys | en |
dc.title | The Size Distribution of Near-Earth Objects Larger Than 10 m | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.department | Univ Arizona, Steward Observ | en |
dc.identifier.journal | The Astronomical Journal | en |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. | en |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-18T00:29:55Z | |
html.description.abstract | We analyzed data from the first year of a survey for Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that we are carrying out with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the 4 m Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. We implanted synthetic NEOs into the data stream to derive our nightly detection efficiency as a function of magnitude and rate of motion. Using these measured efficiencies and the solar system absolute magnitudes derived by the Minor Planet Center for the 1377. measurements of 235. unique NEOs detected, we directly derive, for the first time from a single observational data set, the NEO size distribution from 1. km down to 10 m. We find that there are 106.6 NEOs larger than 10 m. This result implies a factor of 10 fewer small NEOs than some previous results, though our derived size distribution is in good agreement with several other estimates. |