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Publications (2)
astro-ph.EP2020
Establishing Earth's Minimoon Population through Characterization of Asteroid 2020 CD
Grigori Fedorets, Marco Micheli, Robert Jedicke +20
We report on our detailed characterization of Earth's second known temporary natural satellite, or minimoon, asteroid 2020 CD3. An artificial origin can be ruled out based on its a…
astro-ph.EP2017
Col-OSSOS: Colors of the Interstellar Planetesimal 1I/`Oumuamua
Michele T. Bannister, Megan E. Schwamb, Wesley C. Fraser +10
The recent discovery by Pan-STARRS1 of 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), on an unbound and hyperbolic orbit, offers a rare opportunity to explore the planetary formation processes of other s…