Solar System Science with LSST

• Published in: Earth, moon, and planets Vol. 105; no. 2-4; pp. 101 - 105
• Main Authors: Jones, R. L., Chesley, S. R., Connolly, A. J., Harris, A. W., Ivezic, Z., Knezevic, Z., Kubica, J., Milani, A., Trilling, D. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Asteroids; Astronomy; Astrophysics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Comets; Natural satellites; Near-Earth Objects; Observations and Techniques; Orbits; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Planetary satellites; Planetology; Satellites; Solar system; Space Exploration and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics; Telescopes; Trans-Neptunian objects; Oort Cloud; Photometric Variability; Solar System; Asteroid Belt; Solar System Object
• ISSN: 0167-9295; 1573-0794
• DOI: 10.1007/s11038-009-9305-z

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will provide a unique tool to study moving objects throughout the solar system, creating massive catalogs of Near Earth Objects (NEOs), asteroids, Trojans, TransNeptunian Objects (TNOs), comets and planetary satellites with well-measured orbits and high quality, multi-color photometry accurate to 0.005 magnitudes for the brightest objects. In the baseline LSST observing plan, back-to-back 15-second images will reach a limiting magnitude as faint as r  = 24.7 in each 9.6 square degree image, twice per night; a total of approximately 20,000 square degrees of the sky will be imaged in multiple filters, with revisits about every 3 nights over several months of each year.