A TESS Search for Distant Solar System Planets: A Feasibility Study
Matthew J. Holman, Matthew J. Payne, Andr\'as P\'al
TL;DR
This study explores the feasibility of using TESS data and shift-and-stack techniques to discover distant Solar System planets and objects, potentially expanding our understanding of the outer solar system.
Contribution
It demonstrates that TESS's all-sky survey combined with shift-and-stack methods can effectively detect faint distant objects in our solar system.
Findings
Shift-and-stack techniques enable efficient searches in TESS data.
Potential to discover objects down to 22nd magnitude.
Feasibility of using TESS for outer Solar System exploration.
Abstract
As the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) fulfills its primary mission it is executing an unprecedented all-sky survey with the potential to discover distant planets in our own solar system, as well as hundreds of Transneptunian Objects (TNOs) and Centaurs. We demonstrate that shift-and-stack techniques can be used to efficiently search the Full-Frame Image (FFI) data from the TESS mission and survey the entire sky for outer Solar System objects down to magnitude.
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