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We report complete near-infrared (0.9-2.4 $\mu$m) spectral observations of trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106 collected using the new Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer (NICS) attached to the 3.56m Telescopio Nazionale…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Licandro , E. Oliva , M. Di MArtino

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

The recent discovery of two large trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) 2003 UB313 and 2005 FY9, with surface properties similar to those of Pluto, provides an exciting new laboratory for the study of processes considered for Pluto and Triton:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Licandro , W. M. Grundy , N. Pinilla-Alonso , J. de Leon

We present the results of an archival search for Trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) in an ecliptic field observed with Subaru in 2002. The depth of the search allowed us to find 20 new TNOs with magnitudes between R=24 and 27. We fit a double…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Cesar I. Fuentes , Matthew R. George , Matthew J. Holman

In this work, we focused on observations of six trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) whose apparent magnitudes are brighter than 20 mag. We present the results of astrometric and photometric observations of (134340) Pluto, (136108) Haumea,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Alexander Baransky , Oleksandra Lukina , Serhii Borysenko

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 of a survey for trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) based on Subaru archival images, originally collected by Sheppard et al. (2005) as part of a search for irregular satellites of Uranus. The survey region covers 2.8…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-23 Cesar I. Fuentes , Matthew J. Holman

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 have conducted pencil-beam searches for outer solar system objects to a limiting magnitude of R ~ 26. Five new trans-neptunian objects were detected in these searches. Our combined data set provides an estimate of ~90 trans-neptunian…

We present a pipeline for searching for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) using data from the TESS mission, that includes a novel optimization-based framework for subtracting the effects of scattered light and pointing jitter. The background…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Varun Ganapathi

Using data from the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we present photometric observations of a sample of 100 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) beyond 2.2 {\mu}m. These observations, collected with two broad-band filters…

We present optical colors of 72 transneptunian objects (TNOs), and infrared colors of 80 TNOs obtained with the WFPC2 and NICMOS instruments, respectively, on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Both optical and infrared colors are available…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 S. D. Benecchi , K. S. Noll , D. C. Stephens , W. M. Grundy , J. Rawlins

We present a comprehensive photometric study of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) by combining data from SDSS, Col-OSSOS, DES, and the recent Rubin First Look (RFL) data. Our database comprises 43 677 measurements in the u, g, r, i, and z…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-09 Milagros Colazo , Alvaro Alvarez-Candal

We present the methods and results from the discovery and photometric measurement of 26 bright (VR $>$ 24 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) during the first year (2019-20) of the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). The DEEP survey is an…

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer Solar System are predominantly small, icy worlds long presumed to be atmosphereless except for the largest bodies. Until now, Pluto has been unique among TNOs in exhibiting a substantial…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-05 Ko Arimatsu , Fumi Yoshida , Tsutomu Hayamizu , Satoshi Takita , Katsumasa Hosoi , Takafumi Ootsubo , Jun-ichi Watanabe

We present the first photometric observations of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) taken with the Kepler space telescope, obtained in the course of the K2 ecliptic survey. Two faint objects have been monitored in specifically designed pixel…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Pál , R. Szabó , Gy. M. Szabó , L. L. Kiss , L. Molnár , K. Sárneczky , Cs. Kiss

[Condensed] We search 0.02 deg^2 for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with m<=29.2 (diameter ~15 km) using the ACS on HST. Three new objects are discovered, roughly 25 times fewer than expected from extrapolation of the differential sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. M. Bernstein , D. E. Trilling , R. L. Allen , M. E. Brown , M. Holman , R. Malhotra

Context: The recent discovery of a group of trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) in a narrow region of the orbital parameter space and with surfaces composed of almost pure water ice, being 2003 EL61 its largest member, promises new and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Pinilla-Alonso , J. Licandro , V. Lorenzi

We report complete near-infrared (0.9-2.4 $\mu$m) spectral observations of the largest know trans-neptunian objects (TNO) 28976 = 2001 KX$_{76}$ taken in two different nights using the new Near Infrared Camera Spectrometer (NICS) attached…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Licandro , F. Ghinassi , L. Testi
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