Serendipitous Asteroid Detections with JWST-MIRI

Abstract (2019)

Authors

Michael Mueller NOVA, Universiteit Leiden, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
B.R. Brandl Astrodynamics & Space Missions - Aerospace Engineering , Universiteit Leiden
Research Group
Astrodynamics & Space Missions (Aerospace Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 Michael Mueller, B.R. Brandl, Lenka Husárová
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

Faculty

Aerospace Engineering

Department

Space Engineering

Research Group

Astrodynamics & Space Missions

Abstract

The James-Webb Telescope, to be launched in 2021, will be a great tool to measure the size of asteroids. Many mid-infrared observations will detect asteroids, whether that's intended or not. We calculate how many asteroids will be detected that way (serendipitously): many thousands, mostly asteroids that are too small to be observable today.