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FOSSIL. III. Lightcurves of 371 Trans-Neptunian Objects

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023
From the first phase of the high-cadence Formation of the Outer Solar System: an Icy Legacy (FOSSIL) survey, we analyzed lightcurves, ranging from one to four nights in length, of 371 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) for periodicity.
Edward Ashton, Chan-Kao Chang, Ying-Tung Chen, Matthew J. Lehner, Shiang-Yu Wang, Mike Alexandersen, Young-Jun Choi, Wesley C. Fraser, A. Paula Granados Contreras, Takashi Ito, Youngmin JeongAhn, Jianghui Ji, JJ Kavelaars, Myung-Jin Kim, Samantha M. Lawler, Jian Li, Zhong-Yi Lin, Patryk Sofia Lykawka, Hong-Kyu Moon, Surhud More, Marco A. Muñoz-Gutiérrez, Keiji Ohtsuki, Rosemary E. Pike, Tsuyoshi Terai, Seitaro Urakawa, Fumi Yoshida, Hui Zhang, Haibin Zhao, Ji-Lin Zhou, (The FOSSIL Collaboration)   +29 more
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Col-OSSOS: The Distribution of Surface Classes in Neptune's Resonances

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
The distribution of surface classes of resonant trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) provides constraints on the protoplanetesimal disk and giant planet migration.
Rosemary E. Pike, Wesley C. Fraser, Kathryn Volk, J. J. Kavelaars, Michaël Marsset, Nuno Peixinho, Megan E. Schwamb, Michele T. Bannister, Lowell Peltier, Laura E. Buchanan, Susan Benecchi, Nicole J. Tan   +11 more
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Close Trans-Neptunian Object Passages as a Driver of the Origin and Evolution of Ultrawide Kuiper Belt Binaries

The Astronomical Journal, 2022
Within the dynamically cold low-inclination portion of the Classical Kuiper Belt, there exists a population of weakly bound binary systems with a number of unusual properties, most notable of which is their extremely wide orbital separations—beyond 7% of
Hunter M. Campbell, Lukas R. Stone, Nathan A. Kaib   +2 more
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On the application of machine learning in astronomy and astrophysics: A text‐mining‐based scientometric analysis

WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Volume 12, Issue 5, September/October 2022., 2022
This work presents a text‐mining‐based scientometric analysis of the scientific output in the last three decades regarding the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Abstract Since the beginning of the 21st century, the fields of astronomy and astrophysics have experienced significant growth at ...
José‐Víctor Rodríguez, Ignacio Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, Wai Lok Woo   +2 more
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A Dynamical Survey of the Trans-Neptunian Region. I. Mean-motion Resonances with Neptune

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023
In this paper, we present a large-scale dynamical survey of the trans-Neptunian region, with particular attention to mean-motion resonances (MMRs). We study a set of 4121 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), a sample far larger than in previous works.
E. Forgács-Dajka, E. Kővári, T. Kovács, Cs. Kiss, Zs. Sándor   +4 more
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Are there long‐living Hilda‐like asteroids between Jupiter and Saturn?

Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 343, Issue 6-7, July-August., 2022
Abstract To clarify the question of asteroids between Jupiter and Saturn a numerical study of the stability of orbits of fictitious bodies in this region has been undertaken. There are almost no minor planets moving there with the exception of 61 faint asteroids.
Rudolf Dvorak, Michael Kubala
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The Geophysical Environment of (486958) Arrokoth—A Small Kuiper Belt Object Explored by New Horizons

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 127, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022
Abstract NASA's New Horizons mission performed the first flyby of a small Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), (486958) Arrokoth on 1 January 2019. The fast flyby revealed a fascinating, flattened, contact binary replete with a variety of unexpected geologic terrains.
James T. Keane, Simon B. Porter, Ross A. Beyer, Orkan M. Umurhan, William B. McKinnon, Jeffrey M. Moore, John R. Spencer, S. Alan Stern, Carver J. Bierson, Richard P. Binzel, Douglas P. Hamilton, Carey M. Lisse, Xiaochen Mao, Silvia Protopapa, Paul M. Schenk, Mark R. Showalter, John A. Stansberry, Oliver L. White, Anne J. Verbiscer, Joel W. Parker, Catherine B. Olkin, Harold A. Weaver, Kelsi N. Singer   +22 more
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Modeling Long-Term Photometric Data of Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022
Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs are small Solar System bodies that reside in the outer parts of the Solar System. These objects present photometric behaviors that are influenced due to a change in their aspect angle.
Estela Fernández-Valenzuela
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Col-OSSOS: Evidence for a Compositional Gradient Inherited from the Protoplanetary Disk?

The Planetary Science Journal, 2023
In the present-day Kuiper Belt, the number of compositional classes and the orbital distributions of these classes hold important cosmogonic implications for the solar system.
Michaël Marsset, Wesley C. Fraser, Megan E. Schwamb, Laura E. Buchanan, Rosemary E. Pike, Kathryn Volk, Nuno Peixinho, Susan Benecchi, Michele T. Bannister, Nicole J. Tan, J. J. Kavelaars   +10 more
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Light Curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects from the K2 Mission of the Kepler Space Telescope

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023
The K2 mission of the Kepler Space Telescope allowed the observations of light curves of small solar system bodies throughout the whole solar system. In this paper, we present the results of a collection of K2 trans-Neptunian object observations between ...
Viktória Kecskeméthy, Csaba Kiss, Róbert Szakáts, András Pál, Gyula M. Szabó, László Molnár, Krisztián Sárneczky, József Vinkó, Róbert Szabó, Gábor Marton, Anikó Farkas-Takács, Csilla E. Kalup, László L. Kiss   +12 more
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