Discovery of very small asteroids by automated trail detection

✍ Scribed by A. Milani; A. Villani; M. Stiavelli

• Book ID: 104627438
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 568 KB
• Volume: 72
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-0794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00117526

✦ Synopsis

Faint trails left by asteroids on CCD frames can be detected at a signal to noise ratio 5 1. We propose the use of a suitable algorithm, applicable to both spaceborne and groundbased searches for small bodies.