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Asteroid and Comet Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

B.G. Marsden
B.G. Marsden*
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.

Abstract

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Past surveys are described in the logical sequence of (1) comets visually, (2) asteroids visually, (3) asteroids photographically and (4) comets photographically. Plots show the evolution of asteroid surveys in terms of visual discovery magnitude and ecliptic latitude, and similarities and differences between surveys for the different types of body are discussed. The paper ends with a brief discussion of more recent discovery methods and some thoughts on the future.

Type
Part Eight: Solar System Surveys
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 161: Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging , 1994 , pp. 385 - 400
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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