Key Topics

  • Objects – small Solar System bodies (SSSBs): asteroids, Centaurs, comets, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) etc.
  • Techniques – occultations, spectroscopy, astrometry, photometry, radar, radiometry of SSSBs
  • Preparation for the large number of discovery alerts of SSSBs anticipated from modern surveys 
  • Instrumentation required for automated follow-up observations of SSSBs