Exploring the Outer Solar System with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

dc.contributor.authorBecker, Andrew C
dc.contributor.authorArraki, K.
dc.contributor.authorKaib, N. A.
dc.contributor.authorWood-Vasey, W. Michael
dc.contributor.authorAguilera, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorBlackman, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorBlondin, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorChallis, Peter M
dc.contributor.authorClocchiatti, Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorCovarrubias, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorDamke, Guillermo
dc.contributor.authorSalvo, Maria
dc.contributor.authorHicken, Malcolm
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:44:35Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:06:07Z
dc.description.abstractWe report the discovery and orbital determination of 14 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey difference imaging data set. Two additional objects discovered in a similar search of the SDSS-II Supernova Survey database were recovered in this effort. ESSENCE repeatedly observed fields far from the solar system ecliptic (-21° < β < -5°), reaching limiting magnitudes per observation of I ≈ 23.1 and R≈ 23.7. We examine several of the newly detected objects in detail, including 2003 UC414, which orbits entirely between Uranus and Neptune and lies very close to a dynamical region that would make it stable for the lifetime of the solar system. 2003 SS422 and 2007 TA418 have high eccentricities and large perihelia, making them candidate members of an outer class of TNOs. We also report a new member of the "extended" or "detached" scattered disk, 2004 VN112, and verify the stability of its orbit using numerical simulations. This object would have been visible to ESSENCE for only ∼2% of its orbit, suggesting a vast number of similar objects across the sky. We emphasize that off-ecliptic surveys are optimal for uncovering the diversity of such objects, which in turn will constrain the history of gravitational influences that shaped our early solar system.
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/37471
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.sourceAstrophysical Journal, The
dc.subjectKeywords: Kuiper belt; Methods: data analysis; Surveys
dc.titleExploring the Outer Solar System with the ESSENCE Supernova Survey
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpageL56
local.bibliographicCitation.startpageL53
local.contributor.affiliationBecker, Andrew C, University of Washington
local.contributor.affiliationArraki, K., University of Washington
local.contributor.affiliationKaib, N. A. , University of Washington
local.contributor.affiliationWood-Vasey, W. Michael, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
local.contributor.affiliationAguilera, Claudio, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationBlackman, Joshua, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBlondin, Stephanie, Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics
local.contributor.affiliationChallis, Peter M, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
local.contributor.affiliationClocchiatti, Alejandro, Pontifica Universidad Catolica (Astronomy)
local.contributor.affiliationCovarrubias, Ricardo, University of Washington
local.contributor.affiliationDamke, Guillermo, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationSalvo, Maria, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSchmidt, Brian, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationHicken, Malcolm, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
local.contributor.authoremailu9500253@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidBlackman, Joshua, u4192795
local.contributor.authoruidSalvo, Maria, u3925878
local.contributor.authoruidSchmidt, Brian, u9500253
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor020103 - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4362859xPUB149
local.identifier.citationvolume682
local.identifier.doi10.1086/590429
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-67650088032
local.identifier.thomsonID000257662700014
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4362859
local.type.statusPublished Version

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