The Scientific Impact of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) for Solar System Science
Lynne Jones, Michelle T. Bannister, Bryce Bolin, Colin Orion Chandler, Steven R. Chesley, Siegfried Eggl, Sarah Greenstreet, Timothy R. Holt, Henry H. Hsieh, Željko Ivezić, Mario Jurić, Michael S. P. Kelley, Matthew M. Knight, Renu Malhotra, William J. Oldroyd, Gal Sarid, Megan E. Schwamb, C. Snodgrass, Michael Solontoi, David E. Trilling
Abstract
Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be a key facility for small body planetary astronomy over the next decade. It will carry out the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST),discovering and characterizing large numbers (10–100 times more than currently known) of small solar system bodies. We summarize science highlights and make brief recommendations.
Topics & Concepts
ObservatorySkyAstronomyLarge Synoptic Survey TelescopePhysicsSolar SystemTelescopeSpace ScienceVirtual observatoryPlanetary scienceAstrophysicsAstro and Planetary ScienceStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysical Research