Title: Solar system science with the Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST),
Abstract: We present a community-led assessment of the solar system investigations
achievable with NASA's next-generation space telescope, the Wide Field InfraRed
Survey Telescope (WFIRST). WFIRST will provide imaging, spectroscopic, and
coronagraphic capabilities from 0.43-2.0 $\mu$m and will be a potential
contemporary and eventual successor to JWST. Surveys of irregular satellites
and minor bodies are where WFIRST will excel with its 0.28 deg$^2$ field of
view Wide Field Instrument (WFI). Potential ground-breaking discoveries from
WFIRST could include detection of the first minor bodies orbiting in the Inner
Oort Cloud, identification of additional Earth Trojan asteroids, and the
discovery and characterization of asteroid binary systems similar to
Ida/Dactyl. Additional investigations into asteroids, giant planet satellites,
Trojan asteroids, Centaurs, Kuiper Belt Objects, and comets are presented.
Previous use of astrophysics assets for solar system science and synergies
between WFIRST, LSST, JWST, and the proposed NEOCam mission are discussed. We
also present the case for implementation of moving target tracking, a feature
that will benefit from the heritage of JWST and enable a broader range of solar
system observations.