A deep analysis for New Horizons’ KBO search images

Author:

Yoshida Fumi12ORCID,Yanagisawa Toshifumi3ORCID,Ito Takashi245ORCID,Kurosaki Hirohisa3ORCID,Yoshikawa Makoto6ORCID,Kamiya Kohki3ORCID,Jiang Ji-an78ORCID,Stern Alan9ORCID,Fraser Wesley C1011ORCID,Benecchi Susan D12ORCID,Verbiscer Anne J913ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Occupational and Environmental Health , Japan, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahata, Kitakyusyu, Fukuoka 807-8555 , Japan

2. Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology , 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016 , Japan

3. Chofu Headquarters, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , Jindaiji Higashimachi 7-44-1, Chofu, Tokyo 182-0012 , Japan

4. Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan , Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 , Japan

5. College of Science and Engineering, Chubu University , 1200 Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501 , Japan

6. ISAS, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , Yoshinodai 3-1-1, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0222 , Japan

7. Department of Astronomy, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei 230026 , China

8. Division of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan , Osawa 2-21-1, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588 , Japan

9. Southwest Research Institute , 1050 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO 80302 , USA

10. National Research Council of Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre , 5071 W. Saanich Rd., Victoria, BC, V9E 2E7 , Canada

11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria , Elliott Building, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, BC, V8P 5C2 , Canada

12. Planetary Science Institute , 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719 , USA

13. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia , P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325 , USA

Abstract

Abstract Observation datasets acquired by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) on the Subaru Telescope for NASA’s New Horizons mission target search were analyzed through a method devised by JAXA. The method makes use of Field Programmable Gate arrays and was originally used to detect fast-moving objects such as space debris or near-Earth asteroids. Here we present an application of the method to detect slow-moving Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) in the New Horizons target search observations. A cadence that takes continuous images of one HSC field of view for half a night fits the method well. The observations for the New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission (NH/KEM) using HSC began in 2020 May, and are ongoing. Here we show our result of the analysis of the dataset acquired from 2020 May through 2021 June that have already passed the proprietary period and are open to the public. We detected 84 KBO candidates in the 2020 June and 2021 June datasets, when the observation field was close to opposition.

Funder

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

NASA

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

JPL

RSA

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

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