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Paper: A direct census of the Oort Cloud with a robotic telescope
Volume: 34, Robotic Telescopes in the 1990s
Page: 171
Authors: Axelrod, T. S.; Alcock, C.; Cook, K. H.; Park, H.-S.
Abstract: A robotic system has been designed to search for the occultations of stars by comets in the Oort Cloud. The system employs a series of small cameras to follow the shadow of a comet as it moves along the surface of the earth. Since the expected event rate is extremely low, particular care is needed to ensure a very low rate of false alarms.
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