> If a ninth planet exists in our solar system, scientists say this telescope would find it in its first year.
Why?
I read the article and it wasn't clear to me what makes this telescope more likely (and within a year) be able to find this infamous Planet 9 than any other attempts.
What am I missing?
frumiousirc · 55m ago
While most telescopes focus (pun intended) on seeing far, this one focuses on seeing wide and often. It will be able to survey and resurvey the same large swaths of the sky. Offline analysis will be able to detect changes between different surveys. And these differences may show objects that are too faint, or at unknown locations such as a new undiscovered solar planet.
This ability is reflected in the telescope's working title of "Large Synoptic Survey Telescope".
Why?
I read the article and it wasn't clear to me what makes this telescope more likely (and within a year) be able to find this infamous Planet 9 than any other attempts.
What am I missing?
This ability is reflected in the telescope's working title of "Large Synoptic Survey Telescope".
The observatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Rubin_Observatory