The future of stellar occultations by distant solar system bodies: perspectives from the Gaia astrometry and the deep sky surveys. (arXiv:1903.00723v1 [astro-ph.EP])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Camargo_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Julio Camargo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Desmars_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Josselin Desmars</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Braga_Ribas_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">Felipe Braga-Ribas</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Vieira_Martins_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Roberto Vieira-Martins</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Assafin_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Marcelo Assafin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sicardy_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Bruno Sicardy</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Berard_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Diane Bérard</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Benedetti_Rossi_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Gustavo Benedetti-Rossi</a>
Distant objects in the solar system are crucial to better understand the
history and evolution of its outskirts. The stellar occultation technique
allows the determination of their sizes and shapes with kilometric accuracy, a
detailed investigation of their immediate vicinities, as well as the detection
of tenuous atmospheres. The prediction of such events is a key point in this
study, and yet accurate enough predictions are available to a handful of
objects only. In this work, we briefly discuss the dramatic impact that both
the astrometry from the Gaia space mission and the deep sky surveys — the
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in particular — will have on the prediction of
stellar occultations and how they may influence the future of the study of
distant small solar system bodies through this technique.
Distant objects in the solar system are crucial to better understand the
history and evolution of its outskirts. The stellar occultation technique
allows the determination of their sizes and shapes with kilometric accuracy, a
detailed investigation of their immediate vicinities, as well as the detection
of tenuous atmospheres. The prediction of such events is a key point in this
study, and yet accurate enough predictions are available to a handful of
objects only. In this work, we briefly discuss the dramatic impact that both
the astrometry from the Gaia space mission and the deep sky surveys — the
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in particular — will have on the prediction of
stellar occultations and how they may influence the future of the study of
distant small solar system bodies through this technique.
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