A SEARCH FOR ASTEROIDS, MOONS, AND RINGS ORBITING WHITE DWARFS
A SEARCH FOR ASTEROIDS, MOONS, AND RINGS ORBITING WHITE DWARFS
Do white dwarfs host asteroid systems? Although several lines of argument suggest that white dwarfs may be orbited by large populations of asteroids, transits would provide the most direct evidence. We demonstrate that the Kepler mission has the capability to detect transits of white dwarfs by asteroids. Because white-dwarf asteroid …