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The TAOS Project Stellar Variability I. Detection of Low-Amplitude delta Scuti Stars
D. -W. Kim, P. Protopapas, C. Alcock +22
We analyzed data accumulated during 2005 and 2006 by the Taiwan-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) in order to detect short-period variable stars (periods of <~ 1 hour) such as del…
Upper Limits on the Number of Small Bodies in Sedna-Like Orbits by the TAOS Project
J. -H. Wang, M. J. Lehner, Z. -W. Zhang +21
We present the results of a search for occultation events by objects at distances between 100 and 1000 AU in lightcurves from the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS). We s…
A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna
Megan E. Schwamb, Michael E. Brown, David L. Rabinowitz
We present the results of a wide-field survey for distant Sedna-like bodies in the outer solar system using the 1.2-m Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. We searched ~1…
A Close Binary Star Resolved from Occultation by 87 Sylvia
Chi-Long Lin, Zhi-Wei Zhang, W. P. Chen +22
The star BD+29 1748 was resolved to be a close binary from its occultation by the asteroid 87 Sylvia on 2006 December 18 UT. Four telescopes were used to observe this event at two…