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We present results of 6 years of observations, reduced and analyzed with the same tools in a systematic way. We report completely new data for 15 objects, for 5 objects we present a new analysis of previously published results plus…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Thirouin , J. L. Ortiz , R. Duffard , P. Santos-Sanz , F. J. Aceituno , N. Morales

We present results for the short-term variability of Binary Trans-Neptunian Objects (BTNOs). We performed CCD photometric observations using the 3.58 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, the 1.5 m Sierra Nevada Observatory telescope, and the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-10 A. Thirouin , K. S. Noll , J. L. Ortiz , N. Morales

Centaurs are the transitional population between trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Jupiter-family comets. For this reason it is possible to access the smaller ones, which is more difficult to do with the TNO population. The goal of this…

We report the rotational lightcurves of 21 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in Neptune's 2:1 mean motion resonance obtained with the 6.5 m Magellan-Baade telescope and the 4.3 m Lowell Discovery Telescope. The main survey's goal is to find…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Audrey Thirouin , Scott S. Sheppard

The thermal emission of transneptunian objects (TNO) and Centaurs has been observed at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths - with the biggest contributions coming from the Spitzer and Herschel space observatories-, and the brightest ones also…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 Thomas Müller , Emmanuel Lellouch , Sonia Fornasier

We present observations of 32 primarily bright, newly discovered Transneptunian objects observable from the Southern Hemisphere during 39 nights of observation with the 2.5-m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory. Our dataset includes…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Susan D. Benecchi , Scott S. Sheppard

The outer solar system is populated by a broad aggregate of minor bodies, which occupy orbits whose dynamical character ranges from long-term stable to rapidly diffusive. We investigate the chaotic properties of known distant…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 Gabriele Pichierri , Konstantin Batygin

Transneptunian objects (TNOs) are bodies populating the Kuiper Belt and they are believed to retain the most pristine and least altered material of the solar system. The Herschel Open Time Key Program entitled "TNOs are Cool: A survey of…

The 5:3 and 7:4 mean motion resonances of Neptune are at 42.3 and 43.7 au, respectively, and overlap with objects in the Classical trans-neptunian belt (Kuiper belt). We report the complete/partial lightcurves of 13 and 14 trans-Neptunian…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Audrey Thirouin , Scott S. Sheppard

We present the results of photometric observations of six Transneptunian objects and three Centaurs, estimations of their rotational periods and corresponding amplitudes. For six of them we present also lower limits of density values. All…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 T. Hromakina , D. Perna , I. Belskaya , E. Dotto , A. Rossi , F. Bisi

Both Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are minor bodies found in the outer Solar System. Centaurs are a transient population that moves between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune, and they probably diffused out of the TNOs. TNOs…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-06 Mattia Galiazzo , Carlos de la Fuente Marcos , Raul de la Fuente Marcos , Giovanni Carraro , Michele Maris , Marco Montalto

We have measured the solar phase curves in B, V, and I for 18 Trans-Neptunian Objects, 7 Centaurs, and Nereid and determined the rotation curves for 10 of these targets. For each body, we have made ~100 observations uniformly spread over…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 David L. Rabinowitz , Bradley E. Schaefer , Suzanne W. Tourtellotte

The K2 mission of the Kepler Space Telescope allowed the observations of light curves of small solar system bodies throughout the whole Solar system. In this paper we present the results of a collection of K2 transneptunian object…

Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs are small solar system bodies that reside in the outer parts of the solar system. These objects present photometric behaviours that are influenced due to a change in their aspect angle. Using absolute…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-08 Estela Fernández-Valenzuela

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNO) represent the leftovers of the formation of the Solar System. Their physical properties provide constraints to the models of formation and evolution of the various dynamical classes of objects in the outer…

We present variability measurements and partial light curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) from a two-night pilot study using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) on the Subaru Telescope (Maunakea, Hawai'i, USA). Subaru's large aperture (8-m) and…

A substantial fraction of our solar system's trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are in mean motion resonance with Neptune. Many of these objects were likely caught into resonances by planetary migration---either smooth or…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Tze Yeung Mathew Yu , Ruth Murray-Clay , Kathryn Volk

We present a systematic investigation of the rotational lightcurves of trans-Neptunian objects based on extensive optical data from Mauna Kea. Four of 13 objects (corresponding to 31%) in our sample ((33128) 1998 BU48, 2000 GN171, (20000)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Scott S. Sheppard , David C. Jewitt

In this work we present the results of a suite of dynamical simulations following the orbital evolution of 8,022 hypothetical Centaur objects. These Centaurs begin our integrations on orbits in the vicinity of the 2:1 mean motion resonance…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-23 Jeremy Wood , Jonathan Horner
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