Solar system studies with the Indo-Belgian telescopes
Shashikiran Ganesh,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India,
shashi@prl.res.in
Aravind Krishnakumar,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Kumar Venkataramani,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Archita Rai,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Kiran Singh Baliyan,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Umesh Chandra Joshi,
Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India
Abstract
Indian astronomers have been using their relatively modest instruments and telescopes to contribute greatly in understanding the minor bodies of the solar system. Here we discuss some of the results from observations using Indian facilities by researchers from India and abroad. Results are discussed in imaging/photometry, polarimetry and spectroscopy from the Indian telescopes up to 2 metres in aperture. It is hoped that access to the upcoming 2-m and 4-m class telescopes and sophisticated instrumentation would greatly improve our understanding with more exciting results coming up in future. Access to 2-m and 4-m class telescopes are one of the key points of the BINA collaboration. It is expected that our understanding of the solar system bodies, particularly the minor bodies and other small objects, would be greatly enhanced in terms of statistics as well as detailed characterization of individual ones.
Keywords : solar system, minor bodies, Indian observatories
To cite this article
Shashikiran Ganesh, Aravind Krishnakumar, Kumar Venkataramani, Archita Rai, Kiran Singh Baliyan & Umesh Chandra Joshi, «Solar system studies with the Indo-Belgian telescopes», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 88 - Année 2019, Actes de colloques, 2nd Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy & Astrophysics (BINA) workshop - October 2018 - Brussels, Belgium, 65-69 URL : http://popups.ulg.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=8669.
