Signal-to-noise ratios for possible stellar occultations by pluto
- A. S. Bosh(corresponding author),
- J. L. Elliot,
- S. E. Kruse,
- R. L. Baron,
- E. W. Dunham,
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Signal-to-noise ratios and magnitudes in the Johnson BVR system are presented for mine stars that might be occulted by Pluto during the period 1985-1990. From these calculations of the signal-to-noise ratio that could be achieved with a 1-m telescope, we find that each star (if occulted) is sufficiently bright to give useful information about a possible atmosphere of Pluto.
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EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 556-560 (5 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Icarus (Volume 66, Issue 3)Publication milestones
- Published - 06/1986
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Published - 06/1986
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0019-1035Publication IDs
- Scopus: 46149133249
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We thank A. H. Hoag for telescopeti me and are gratefutlo the Lowell Observatorsyt aff,R. L. Millis, and S. E. Levinef or theirh elpand encouragmenWt.e also thank G. G. Menchacaa nd D. M. Kramer for assistingw ith the January 1986 observationsa,n d gratefullya knowledgteh es upporto f the MIT Under-graduatRe esearchO pportunitiePsr ogramT. his work was supportedi,n part, by NASA Grant NSG-7526 and NSF Grant AST-8209825.
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NSF
AST-8209825
NASA
NSG-7526