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Detection of Close Kuiper Belt Binaries with HST WFC3

The Planetary Science Journal
Binaries in the Kuiper Belt are common. Here we present our analysis of the Solar System Origins Legacy Survey (SSOLS) to show that using a point-spread function (PSF)-fitting method can roughly double the number of binaries identified in that data set ...
Simon B. Porter, Susan D. Benecchi, Anne J. Verbiscer, W. M. Grundy, Keith S. Noll, Alex H. Parker   +5 more
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Ray and Halo Impact Craters on Ganymede: Fingerprint for Decoding Ganymede's Crustal Structure

Earth and Space Science, Volume 11, Issue 9, September 2024.
Abstract Impact craters are a unique tool not only for inferring ages of planetary surfaces and examining geological processes, but also for exploring subsurface properties. We use ejecta blankets as proxies to obtain insights into the subsurface characteristics and the vertical stratification of Ganymede's icy crust.
N. R. Baby, T. Kenkmann, K. Stephan, R. J. Wagner, E. Hauber   +4 more
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The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). V. The Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt

The Planetary Science Journal
The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) is a deep survey of the trans-Neptunian solar system being carried out on the 4 m Blanco telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam).
Kevin J. Napier, Hsing Wen Lin, David W. Gerdes, Fred C. Adams, Anna M. Simpson, Matthew W. Porter, Katherine G. Weber, Larissa Markwardt, Gabriel Gowman, Hayden Smotherman, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić, Andrew J. Connolly, J. Bryce Kalmbach, Stephen K. N. Portillo, David E. Trilling, Ryder Strauss, William J. Oldroyd, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Colin Orion Chandler, Matthew J. Holman, Hilke E. Schlichting, Andrew McNeill   +22 more
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Extent of alteration, paleomagnetic history, and infrared spectral properties of the Tarda ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 59, Issue 9, Page 2411-2431, September 2024.
Abstract Tarda is an ungrouped, hydrated carbonaceous chondrite (C2‐ung) that was seen to fall in Morocco in 2020. Early studies showed that Tarda chemically resembles another ungrouped chondrite, Tagish Lake (C2‐ung), which has previously been linked to the dark D‐type asteroids.
H. C. Bates, R. Aspin, C. Y. Fu, C. S. Harrison, E. Feaver, E. Branagan‐Harris, A. J. King, J. F. J. Bryson, S. Sridhar, C. I. O. Nichols   +9 more
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Considering Contact Forces during the Formation of Planetesimals by Gravitational Collapse: Mutual Orbits, Spin States, and Shapes

The Astrophysical Journal
In this work, we apply a soft-sphere discrete element method (SSDEM) within the PKDGRAV N -body integrator to investigate the formation of planetesimal systems through the gravitational collapse of clouds of superparticles. Previously published numerical
Jackson T. Barnes, Stephen R. Schwartz, Seth A. Jacobson   +2 more
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The curiously warped mean plane of the Kuiper belt

, 2017
We measured the mean plane of the Kuiper belt as a function of semi-major axis. For the classical Kuiper belt as a whole (the non-resonant objects in the semi-major axis range 42--48~au), we find a mean plane of inclination $i_m=1.8^{\circ}$$^{+0.7 ...
Malhotra, Renu, Volk, Kathryn
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Characterizing Hydrated Sulfates and Altered Phases in Jezero Crater Fan and Floor Geologic Units With SHERLOC on Mars 2020

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 129, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has explored fluvio‐lacustrine sedimentary rocks within Jezero crater. Prior work showed that igneous crater floor Séítah and Máaz formations have mafic mineralogy with alteration phases that indicate multiple episodes of aqueous alteration.
Yu Yu Phua, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Sandra Siljeström, Andrew D. Czaja, Pierre Beck, Stephanie Connell, Roger C. Wiens, Ryan S. Jakubek, Rebecca M. E. Williams, Maria‐Paz Zorzano, Michelle E. Minitti, Alyssa C. Pascuzzo, Kevin P. Hand, Rohit Bhartia, Linda C. Kah, Lucia Mandon, Joseph Razzell Hollis, Eva L. Scheller, Sunanda Sharma, Andrew Steele, Kyle Uckert, Kenneth H. Williford, Anastasia G. Yanchilina   +22 more
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The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). VI. First Multiyear Observations of Trans-Neptunian Objects

The Astronomical Journal
We present the first set of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) observed on multiple nights in data taken from the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project. Of these 110 TNOs, 105 do not coincide with previously known TNOs and appear to be new discoveries.
Hayden Smotherman, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Stephen K. N. Portillo, Andrew J. Connolly, J. Bryce Kalmbach, Steven Stetzler, Mario Jurić, Dino Bektešević, Zachary Langford, Fred C. Adams, William J. Oldroyd, Matthew J. Holman, Colin Orion Chandler, Cesar Fuentes, David W. Gerdes, Hsing Wen Lin, Larissa Markwardt, Andrew McNeill, Michael Mommert, Kevin J. Napier, Matthew J. Payne, Darin Ragozzine, Andrew S. Rivkin, Hilke Schlichting, Scott S. Sheppard, Ryder Strauss, David E. Trilling, Chadwick A. Trujillo   +27 more
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Neptune's wild days: constraints from the eccentricity distribution of the classical Kuiper Belt

, 2012
Neptune's dynamical history shaped the current orbits of Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), leaving clues to the planet's orbital evolution. In the "classical" region, a population of dynamically "hot" high-inclination KBOs overlies a flat "cold" population ...
Dawson, Rebekah I., Murray-Clay, Ruth
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Not So Fast: A New Catalog of Meteor Persistent Trains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, Volume 129, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract This paper presents the results of a nearly 2‐year long campaign to detect and analyze meteor persistent trains (PTs)—self‐emitting phenomena which can linger up to an hour after their parent meteor. The modern understanding of PTs has been primarily developed from the Leonid storms at the turn of the century; our goal was to assess the ...
L. E. Cordonnier, K. S. Obenberger, J. M. Holmes, G. B. Taylor, D. Vida   +4 more
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