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Statistical Methods for Detecting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects: The Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey

Statistical Methods for Detecting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects: The Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey

The Taiwanese–American Occultation Survey (TAOS) will detect objects in the Kuiper Belt by measuring the rate of occultations of stars by these objects, using an array of three to four 50 cm wide-field robotic telescopes. Thousands of stars will be monitored, resulting in hundreds of millions of photometric measurements per …