The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery
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| author | Buie, Marc W. Spencer, John R. Porter, Simon B. Benecchi, Susan D. Parker, Alex H. Stern, S. Alan Belton, Michael Binzel, Richard P. Borncamp, David DeMeo, Francesca Fabbro, S. Fuentes, Cesar Furusawa, Hisanori Fuse, Tetsuharu Gay, Pamela L. Gwyn, Stephen Holman, Matthew J. Karoji, H. Kavelaars, J. J. Kinoshita, Daisuke Miyazaki, Satoshi Mountain, Matt Noll, Keith S. Osip, David J. Petit, Jean-Marc Reid, Neill I. Sheppard, Scott S. Showalter, Mark Steffl, Andrew J. Sterner, Ray E. Tajitsu, Akito Tholen, David J. Trilling, David E. Weaver, Harold A. Verbiscer, Anne J. Wasserman, Lawrence H. Yamashita, Takuji Yanagisawa, Toshifumi Yoshida, Fumi Zangari, Amanda M. |
| author_facet | Buie, Marc W. Spencer, John R. Porter, Simon B. Benecchi, Susan D. Parker, Alex H. Stern, S. Alan Belton, Michael Binzel, Richard P. Borncamp, David DeMeo, Francesca Fabbro, S. Fuentes, Cesar Furusawa, Hisanori Fuse, Tetsuharu Gay, Pamela L. Gwyn, Stephen Holman, Matthew J. Karoji, H. Kavelaars, J. J. Kinoshita, Daisuke Miyazaki, Satoshi Mountain, Matt Noll, Keith S. Osip, David J. Petit, Jean-Marc Reid, Neill I. Sheppard, Scott S. Showalter, Mark Steffl, Andrew J. Sterner, Ray E. Tajitsu, Akito Tholen, David J. Trilling, David E. Weaver, Harold A. Verbiscer, Anne J. Wasserman, Lawrence H. Yamashita, Takuji Yanagisawa, Toshifumi Yoshida, Fumi Zangari, Amanda M. |
| contents | Following the Pluto fly-by of the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission provided a unique opportunity to explore the Kuiper Belt in-situ. The possibility existed to fly-by a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) as well as to observe additional objects at distances closer than are feasible from earth-orbit facilities. However, at the time of launch no KBOs were known about that were accessible by the spacecraft. In this paper we present the results of 10 years of observations and three uniquely dedicated efforts -- two ground-based using the Subaru Suprime Camera, the Magellan MegaCam and IMACS Cameras, and one with the Hubble Space Telescope -- to find such KBOs for study. In this paper we overview the search criteria and strategies employed in our work and detail the analysis efforts to locate and track faint objects in the galactic plane. We also present a summary of all of the KBOs that were discovered as part of our efforts and how spacecraft targetability was assessed, including a detailed description of our astrometric analysis which included development of an extensive secondary calibration network. Overall, these efforts resulted in the discovery of 89 KBOs including 11 which became objects for distant observation by New Horizons and (486958) Arrokoth which became the first post-Pluto fly-by destination. |
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| spellingShingle | The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery Buie, Marc W. Spencer, John R. Porter, Simon B. Benecchi, Susan D. Parker, Alex H. Stern, S. Alan Belton, Michael Binzel, Richard P. Borncamp, David DeMeo, Francesca Fabbro, S. Fuentes, Cesar Furusawa, Hisanori Fuse, Tetsuharu Gay, Pamela L. Gwyn, Stephen Holman, Matthew J. Karoji, H. Kavelaars, J. J. Kinoshita, Daisuke Miyazaki, Satoshi Mountain, Matt Noll, Keith S. Osip, David J. Petit, Jean-Marc Reid, Neill I. Sheppard, Scott S. Showalter, Mark Steffl, Andrew J. Sterner, Ray E. Tajitsu, Akito Tholen, David J. Trilling, David E. Weaver, Harold A. Verbiscer, Anne J. Wasserman, Lawrence H. Yamashita, Takuji Yanagisawa, Toshifumi Yoshida, Fumi Zangari, Amanda M. Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Following the Pluto fly-by of the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission provided a unique opportunity to explore the Kuiper Belt in-situ. The possibility existed to fly-by a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) as well as to observe additional objects at distances closer than are feasible from earth-orbit facilities. However, at the time of launch no KBOs were known about that were accessible by the spacecraft. In this paper we present the results of 10 years of observations and three uniquely dedicated efforts -- two ground-based using the Subaru Suprime Camera, the Magellan MegaCam and IMACS Cameras, and one with the Hubble Space Telescope -- to find such KBOs for study. In this paper we overview the search criteria and strategies employed in our work and detail the analysis efforts to locate and track faint objects in the galactic plane. We also present a summary of all of the KBOs that were discovered as part of our efforts and how spacecraft targetability was assessed, including a detailed description of our astrometric analysis which included development of an extensive secondary calibration network. Overall, these efforts resulted in the discovery of 89 KBOs including 11 which became objects for distant observation by New Horizons and (486958) Arrokoth which became the first post-Pluto fly-by destination. |
| title | The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04927 |