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Upon discovery, asteroid (309239) 2007 RW10 was considered a Neptune Trojan candidate. The object is currently listed by the Minor Planet Center as a Centaur but it is classified as a Scattered Disk or Trans-Neptunian Object by others. Now…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-28 C. de la Fuente Marcos , R. de la Fuente Marcos

We present high angular resolution observations of the third known interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, from the Hubble Space Telescope. The object is clearly active at 3.8 au pre-perihelion, showing dust emitted from the hot Sun-facing side…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-21 David Jewitt , Man-To Hui , Max Mutchler , Yoonyoung Kim , Jessica Agarwal

We present long-term BVRI observations of 2010 WG9, an ~100-km diameter trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with an extremely high inclination of 70 deg discovered by the La Silla - QUEST southern sky survey. Most of the observations were obtained…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 David Rabinowitz , Megan E. Schwamb , Elena Hadjiyska , Suzanne Tourtellotte , Patricio Rojo

With an estimated diameter in the 320 to 350 km range, (704) Interamnia is the fifth largest main belt asteroid and one of the few bodies that fills the gap in size between the four largest bodies with $D$ > 400 km (Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and…

We report on observations of two bright Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) - 1999 TC36 and 1998 SN165}- during two observational campaigns, as part of the Meudon Multicolor Survey of Outer Solar System Objects. V-J color was measured for 1999…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 N. Peixinho , A. Doressoundiram , J. Romon-Martin

We present the results from a multi-wavelength study of the mixed H+He composition DAO white dwarf RE J0720-318. A detailed analysis of UV and EUV spectroscopic data with state-of-the-art non-LTE photospheric models demonstrates that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Dobbie , M. A. Barstow , M. R. Burleigh , I. Hubeny

We present estimates of the basic physical properties -- including size and albedo -- of the extreme Centaur 2013 AZ60. These properties have been derived from optical and thermal infrared measurements. Our optical measurements revealed a…

The chance discovery of the first interstellar minor body, 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), indicates that we may have been visited by such objects in the past and that these events may repeat in the future. Unfortunately, minor bodies following…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-30 C. de la Fuente Marcos , R. de la Fuente Marcos

An analysis is presented for the photometric data on comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) from observations at a large heliocentric distance (near 4.1 AU). Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) displays intense activity despite the relatively large…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Yu. S. Andrienko , A. V. Golovin , A. V. Ivanova , V. N. Reshetnik , S. N. Kolesnik , S. A. Borisenko

We examine the development of the active asteroid 311P/PANSTARRS (formerly, 2013 P5) in the period from 2013 September to 2014 February using high resolution images from the Hubble Space Telescope. This multi-tailed object is characterized…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 David Jewitt , Jessica Agarwal , Harold Weaver , Max Mutchler , Stephen Larson

IU Leo was first identified as a cataclysmic variable star in 2006. Based on an image data and a distance value, we derived that the circumbinary envelope of IU Leo was $\sim$3,745\,AU on the optical band. According the multi-band…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-22 Y. H. Chen , C. M. Duan , H. Shu

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 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

We present initial results from observations and numerical analyses aimed at characterizing main-belt comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS). Optical monitoring observations were made between October 2012 and February 2013 using the University of…

The WD 1145+017 system shows irregular transit features that are consistent with the tidal disruption of differentiated asteroids with bulk densities $< 4$ g cm$^{-3}$ and bulk masses $\lesssim 10^{21}$ kg (Veras et al., 2017;…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Girish M. Duvvuri , Seth Redfield , Dimitri Veras

The discovery of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov offered the unique opportunity to obtain a detailed analysis of an object coming from another planetary system, and leaving behind material in our interplanetary space. We continuously observed…

A stellar occultation by the extreme large-perihelion trans-Neptunian object (541132) Lele\={a}k\={u}honua (also known by the provisional designation of 2015 TG387) was predicted by the Lucky Star project and observed with the Research and…

About 30.5 days of nearly uninterrupted broadband photometry of the solar-type star Kappa1 Ceti, obtained with the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) satellite, shows evidence for two large starspots with different rotation…

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