SB8

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is entering its operational phase and will provide deep, wide, multi-band, and high-cadence observations of the Solar System over a decade-long baseline. While LSST will transform population-level studies, this session extends beyond general survey results and catalog-driven analyses.
The session focuses on contributions that link LSST discoveries to physical interpretation and mission-relevant applications. Emphasis is placed on time-domain observations that constrain activity, surface evolution, fragmentation, rotational, and non-gravitational dynamics, together with their implications for mission planning, including target selection and coordinated follow-up.
Contributions addressing survey-to-mission pathways are particularly encouraged, including methodological advances for extracting physically interpretable, mission-relevant parameters from large time-domain datasets. The session also welcomes studies of rare or non-standard transient phenomena, such as anomalous small bodies, “dark comets,” and statistical searches for compact dark-matter flybys, with emphasis on robust observational constraints.
At the interface between LSST discoveries and mission-enabling applications, the session highlights LSST’s role as a pathfinder for future planetary missions through reflecting the emergence of interconnected, time-domain Solar System science, in which discovery and quantitative physical characterisation increasingly proceed in parallel.