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Images of the Kuiper belt object (126719) 2002 CC249 obtained in 2016 and 2017 using the 6.5m Magellan-Baade Telescope and the 4.3m Discovery Channel Telescope are presented. A lightcurve with a periodicity of 11.87+/-0.01 h and a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-06 Audrey Thirouin , Scott S. Sheppard

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 a survey on the rotational and physical properties of the dynamically low inclination Cold Classical trans-Neptunian objects. The Cold Classicals (CCs) are primordial planetesimals and contain relevant information about the early…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Audrey Thirouin , Scott S. Sheppard

New observations show that the lightcurve of Kuiper belt contact binary (139775) 2001 QG298 has changed substantially since the first observations in 2003. The 2010 lightcurve has a peak-to-peak photometric of range \Deltam{2010}=0.7\pm0.1…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Pedro Lacerda

We observed twelve Plutinos over two separated years with the 4.3m Lowell's Discovery Channel Telescope. Here, we present the first lightcurve data for those objects. Three of them (2014JL$_{80}$, 2014JO$_{80}$, 2014JQ$_{80}$) display a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-06 Audrey Thirouin , Scott S. Sheppard

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

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

Extensive time-resolved observations of Kuiper Belt object 2001 QG298 show a lightcurve with a peak-to-peak variation of 1.14 +-0.04 magnitudes and single-peaked period of 6.8872 +- 0.0002 hr. The mean absolute magnitude is 6.85 magnitudes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Scott S. Sheppard , David Jewitt

Photometric and spectroscopic results for the contact binary GSC 01387-00475 (ASAS 083128+1953.1) are presented. The existence of this binary with the orbital period of P = 0.2178 d strengthens the argument that the cut-off of the period…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Slavek M. Rucinski , Theodor Pribulla

We report photometric observations of Kuiper belt object 2013 SQ317 obtained between 2011 August 21 and 2011 November 1 at the 3.58 m New Technology Telescope, La Silla. We obtained a rotational lightcurve for 2013 SQ317 with a large…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Pedro Lacerda , Andrew McNeill , Nuno Peixinho

We have measured the separations and position angles of the two components of the binary transneptunian object 1997 CQ29 at eight epochs. From these data we are able to constrain the orbit and mass of this binary system. The best fitting…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Keith S. Noll , Denise C. Stephens , Will M. Grundy , David J. Osip , Ian Griffin

We present Hubble Space Telescope observations of six binary transneptunian systems: 2000 QL251, 2003 TJ58, 2001 XR254, 1999 OJ4, (134860) 2000 OJ67, and 2004 PB108. The mutual orbits of these systems are found to have periods ranging from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. M. Grundy , K. S. Noll , M. W. Buie , S. D. Benecchi , D. C. Stephens , H. F. Levison

Images of the trans-Neptunian objects 1997 CQ29 and 2000 CF105 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope's WFPC2 camera show them to be binary. The two components of 1997 CQ29 were separated in our images by 0.20 arcsec in November 2001 and…

We analyze a vast light curve database by obtaining mean rotational properties of the entire sample, determining the spin frequency distribution and comparing those data with a simple model based on hydrostatic equilibrium. For the rotation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-05 R. Duffard , J. L. Ortiz , A. Thirouin , P. Santos-Sanz , N. Morales

This paper presents the photometric and spectroscopic analysis of a long-period totally eclipsing contact binary (HAT 307-0007476) for the first time. This system is a low mass ratio ($q\sim0.114$) and medium contact binary ($f\sim37.1\%$).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Ling-Zhi Li , Kai Li , Xiang Gao , Xiao-Dian Chen , Shuai Feng , Dong-Yang Gao , Di-Fu Guo , Xu Chen , Xing Gao , Guo-You Sun , Shahidin Yaqup , Chunhai Bai , Ali Esamdin

(Abridged) 2007 TY430 is the first wide, equal-sized, binary known in the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune. The binary has a maximum separation of 1 arcsec with less than 0.1 mags difference between components with identical ultra-red…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Scott S. Sheppard , Darin Ragozzine , Chadwick Trujillo

Asteroids that follow similar orbits may have a dynamical connection as their current paths could be the result of a past interaction with a massive perturber. The pair of extreme trans-Neptunian objects or ETNOs (474640) 2004 VN112-2013…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 C. de la Fuente Marcos , R. de la Fuente Marcos , S. J. Aarseth

The trans-neptunian object (58534) 1997 CQ$_{29}$ (a.k.a. Logos) is a resolved wide binary in the dynamically Cold Classical population. With Hubble Space Telescope resolved observations where the primary Logos is well separated from its…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-23 Audrey Thirouin , Keith S. Noll , William M. Grundy , Scott S. Sheppard , Felicity Escarzaga , Brian Donnelly

We present our latest results about the short-term variability of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). We performed broad-band CCD photometric observations using several telescopes in Spain and Chile. We present results based on three years of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Thirouin , J. L. Ortiz , A. Campo Bagatin , P. Pravec , N. Morales , O. Hainaut , R. Duffard

We present a photometric analysis of the TESS light curve of contact binary system DY Cet and the behavior of its orbital period variation. The light curve and published radial velocity data analysis was performed using Wilson-Devinney…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-22 Muhammed Faruk Yildirim
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