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Looking at the orbits of small bodies with large semimajor axes, we are compelled to see patterns. Some of these patterns are noted as strong indicators of new or hidden processes in the outer Solar System, others are substantially…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-22 JJ Kavelaars , Samantha M. Lawler , Michele T. Bannister , Cory Shankman

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are remnants of a collisionally and dynamically evolved planetesimal disk in the outer solar system. This complex structure, known as the trans-Neptunian belt (or Edgeworth-Kuiper belt), can reveal important…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Patryk Sofia Lykawka , Tadashi Mukai

We report the orbital distribution of the trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) discovered during the Canada-France Ecliptic Plane Survey, whose discovery phase ran from early 2003 until early 2007. The follow-up observations started just after…

The detached transneptunian objects (TNOs) are those with semimajor axes beyond the 2:1 resonance with Neptune, which are neither resonant nor scattering. Using the detached sample from the OSSOS telescopic survey, we produce the first…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-01 Matthew Beaudoin , Brett Gladman , Yukun Huang , Michele Bannister , J. J. Kavelaars , Jean-Marc Petit , Kathryn Volk

We introduce a novel search technique that can identify trans-neptunian objects in three to five exposures of a pointing within a single Hubble Space Telescope orbit. The process is fast enough to allow the discovery of candidates soon…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Cesar I. Fuentes , Matthew J. Holman , David E. Trilling , Pavlos Protopapas

We report the discovery and orbit determination of 14 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey difference imaging dataset. Two additional objects discovered in a similar search of the SDSS-II Supernova Survey…

The classical Kuiper belt contains objects both from a low-inclination, presumably primordial, distribution and from a high-inclination dynamically excited population. Based on a sample of classical TNOs with observations at thermal…

We test whether the population of "extreme" trans-Neptunian objects (eTNOs) detected in the Y4 Dark Energy Survey (DES) data exhibit azimuthal asymmetries which might be evidence of gravitational perturbations from an unseen super-Earth in…

The Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) may preserve evidence of planet building in their orbital and size-distributions. While all populations show steep size-distributions for large objects, recently relative deficit of Neptunian Trojans and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Mike Alexandersen , Brett Gladman , J. J. Kavelaars , Jean-Marc Petit , Stephen Gwyn , Cory Shankman

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) provide a window into the history of the Solar System, but they can be challenging to observe due to their distance from the Sun and relatively low brightness. Here we report the detection of 75 moving objects…

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

The prediction of stellar occultations by Transneptunian objects and Centaurs is a difficult challenge that requires accuracy both in the occulted star position as for the object ephemeris. Until now, the most used method of prediction…

The study of the surface properties of Centaurs and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) provides essential information about the early conditions and evolution of the outer Solar System. Due to the faintness of most of these distant and icy…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 D. Perna , M. A. Barucci , S. Fornasier , F. E. DeMeo , A. Alvarez-Candal , F. Merlin , E. Dotto , A. Doressoundiram , C. de Bergh

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 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 accumulating, but small, set of large semi-major axis trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) shows an apparent clustering in the orientations of their orbits. This clustering must either be representative of the intrinsic distribution of these…

The goal of the Herschel Open Time Key programme "TNOs are Cool!" is to derive the physical and thermal properties for a large sample of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), including resonant, classical, detached and scattered disk…