论文标题
Vera C. Rubin天文台对太阳系科学时空的传统调查(LSST)的科学影响
The Scientific Impact of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) for Solar System Science
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论文摘要
维拉·鲁宾(Vera C. Rubin)天文台将成为未来十年行星天文学中小体科学的关键设施。它将在十年的时间内对空间和时间(LSST)进行遗产调查,在U,G,R,I,Z和Y中反复观察天空,使用6.5 m有效的直径望远镜,每次访问均具有9.6平方英尺的视野,每次访问大约r = 24.5 mag(5-σ深度)。由此产生的数据集将为小型太阳系物体的大量发现和表征(比目前已知的10--100倍)提供特别的机会,进一步研究行星形成和进化。这份白皮书总结了LSST十年来的一些预期科学,并强调,一旦LSST完成,行星天文学界应保持投资于鲁宾天文台的道路。
Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be a key facility for small body science in planetary astronomy over the next decade. It will carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), observing the sky repeatedly in u, g, r, i, z, and y over the course of ten years using a 6.5 m effective diameter telescope with a 9.6 square degree field of view, reaching approximately r = 24.5 mag (5-σ depth) per visit. The resulting dataset will provide extraordinary opportunities for both discovery and characterization of large numbers (10--100 times more than currently known) of small solar system bodies, furthering studies of planetary formation and evolution. This white paper summarizes some of the expected science from the ten years of LSST, and emphasizes that the planetary astronomy community should remain invested in the path of Rubin Observatory once the LSST is complete.