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Small bodies
Asteroids:dryor wetor active(main-beltcomets)SatellitessearchandcharacterizationShapeandcollisionmodels,Near-EarthObjectsSurfacecomposition,searchforwater&organics
CometsNear-IRandinfraredregionsarefundamentaltostudypropertiesofreleasedmolecules
D/Hratio,nuclearspintemperaturesofsomespecies(e.g.NH3,H2Oanddissociatedproducts)Organicandprebioticchemistry
Centaurs&Trans-Neptunians arefaint,BUTbrightestcanbeobservedwithAO(directlyorstarappulse)
cryo-volcanismactivity,ringstructures,satellitese.g.Chariklo,Chiron?,Haumea
Surfacepropertiesandcollisionhistory
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Small bodies & their immediate neighborhood
Moonletsandrings:Astudyofplanetaryevolution,solarsystemdynamicsandcollisions
AsteroidHebeMarsset etal.2017
TripleasteroidElektraandMinerva.Yangetal.2017
Neptune’sringarcs.VoyagerandHST/Nicmos
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Origin of water on Earth
Terrestrialplanetsgottheirwaterviatransportfromsmallsolarsystembodiessuchasasteroids,comets,trans-NeptuniansAcompositionalofthemostprimitive/icyobjectsofoursolarsystem(comets,asteroids)willhelpunderstandtheoriginofEarth’swater
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Solar system (Cont’d)
Giantplanets&satellitesAtmospherecomposition,circulation/dynamicsEnergybudgetIsotopicratiosandabundancesSatellites
(cryo-)volcanism(e.g.Enceladus,Triton,Pluto)surface/atmospherecompositionandboundaryconditions
Titan:Lakeformationandsurface/atmosphereinteractionMonitoringofIo’svolcanoesandEuropa’ssurfaceMappingofEuropaandsearchforsignatureoforganicmaterial
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Pushing the limits of solar system exploration
ELTswillprovidedramaticboostin:Sensitivity:
~D2(~10timesthecollectingareaofKeck,or~150timesthatofHST).~D4forbackgroundlimitedobservationsofpointsourceswithAdaptiveOptics(AO)(i.e.~200timesthatoftoday’s8mtelescopes)!
Fainter,smallerobjectsbecomeaccessibleNear-IRspectrophotometryofsmall/distantbodies/structuresnearbrightobjects(e.g.smallsatellitesofgiantplanets)
Angularresolution:AOwillprovide~12timesbetterspatialresolutionthanHST
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TMT spatial resolution for solar system objects
6AO,VLT Dawn,S/C
Ceres
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TMT spatial resolution for solar system objects
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Summary
WidespreaduseofAO(@high-contrastwheneveritmakessense)
DeformablemirrorswithhighdensityofactuatorsLownoise-levelwavefront sensorsFastreal-time-controllers
CombinationofAOwithspectrographsIFUsandlow/medium-resnear-IRspectroscopy(mineralogicalstudy)Fiber-fedhigh-resVIS/near-IRspectroscopy(planetatmospheres,isotopesstudies)
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Summary (Cont’d)
Operationsconstraints:FastinstrumentmodeswitchCapabilitytotrackatnon-siderealrates(includingforfastmovingtargetslikeNEOsorcomets)Fastobservatory(ToO)andfasttargetacquisitionFlexiblequeueschedulingPSFcharacterization/modeling(deconvolution,PSFreconstruction)foradaptiveoptics