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The application of the LSST in the physics of the small solar-system bodies
Sváda, Petr ; Brož, Miroslav (advisor) ; Wolf, Marek (referee)
This thesis is devoted to the description of the Large Synoptics Survey Telescope (LSST) and its use in the physics of small solar-system bodies. Based on the telescope optics parameters and the theory of signal and noise we calculate limiting magnitude of the LSST (24,9 0,4) mag (in the V band). This value, together with data from MPC and WISE databases, serve as an input parameter for the calculation of the minimum diameter ( ) m of a main-belt asteroid, that LSST will be able to observe. We also estimated that (160 ± 118) million asteroids could be observable by the LSST. Taking into account the planned observational strategy and cadence, we calculated that a sufficiently bright asteroid will be observed approximately 370 times. Finally, the possible applications of the LSST are discussed: e. g. a development of collisional models, explanation of orbital and rotational dynamics of sub-kilometer objects.
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