The search for vulcanoids in the 2008 total solar eclipse  

作　　者：ZHAO HaiBin LU Hao ZHAORI GeTu YAO JinSheng MA YueHua 

机构地区：[1]Purple Mountain Observatory,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210008,China [2]National Astronomical Observatories,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100012,China

出　　处：《Science China(Physics,Mechanics & Astronomy)》2009年第11期1790-1793,共4页中国科学：物理学、力学、天文学（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10503013 and 10778637) ;the Minor Planet Foundation of Purple Mountain Observatory

摘　　要：Interior to Mercury's orbit is a dynamically stable region where a population of small, asteroid-like bodies called Vulcanoids has been hypothesized to reside. The Vulcanoid Zone (VZ) extends inward from about 0.18 au to about 0.08 au. During the Total Solar Eclipse (TSE) in 2008, a search for Vulcanoids was completed. Although no Vulcanoids was detected to a moving object detection limit of V=12.8, the search was far more comprehensive than previous searches.Interior to Mercury’s orbit is a dynamically stable region where a population of small, asteroid-like bodies called Vulcanoids has been hypothesized to reside. The Vulcanoid Zone (VZ) extends inward from about 0.18 au to about 0.08 au. During the Total Solar Eclipse (TSE) in 2008, a search for Vulcanoids was completed. Although no Vulcanoids was detected to a moving object detection limit of V=12.8, the search was far more comprehensive than previous searches.

关 键 词：vulcanoids vulcanoid ZONE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE SEARCH 

分 类 号：P125.11[天文地球—天体测量]