Vulcanoid Search Techniques (#3)

• Take lots of images of the vulcanoid search zone
• Look for movement relative to the stars
• Vulcanoids could move as much as 7.2 arc-minutes in 4 minutes time!


• Use eclipse observers at two widely separated sites
• Two sites along the path separated by 30 minutes could see Vulcanoid movement as 54 arc minutes!
• Independent observations could help establish a Vulcanoid orbit

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