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Publications (19)

astro-ph2007

The water ice rich surface of (145453) 2005 RR43: a case for a carbon-depleted population of TNOs?

N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro, R. Gil-Hutton +1

Recent results suggest that there is a group of TNOs (2003 EL61 being the biggest member), with surfaces composed of almost pure water ice and with very similar orbital elements. W…

astro-ph2008

Study of the Surface of 2003 EL61: the largest carbon-depleted object in the trans-neptunian belt

N. Pinilla-ALonso, R. Brunetto, J. Licandro +3

2003 EL61 is the largest member of a group of TNOs with similar orbits and 'unique' spectra (neutral slope in the visible and the deepest water ice absorption bands ever observed i…

astro-ph.EP2014

The first confirmation of V-type asteroids among the Mars crosser population

A. O. Ribeiro, F. Roig, M. Cañada-Assandri +4

The Mars crossing region constitutes a path to deliver asteroids from the Inner Main Belt to the Earth crossing space. While both the Inner Main Belt and the population of Earth cr…

astro-ph.EP2010

A mid-term astrometric and photometric study of Trans-Neptunian Object (90482) Orcus

J. L. Ortiz, A. Cikota, S. Cikota +7

From CCD observations of a fixed and large star field that contained the binary TNO Orcus, we have been able to derive high-precision relative astrometry and photometry of the Orcu…

astro-ph.EP2023

The population of Comet candidates among quasi-Hilda objects revisited and updated

J. Correa-Otto, E. Garcia-Migani, R. Gil-Hutton

In this paper, we perform a dynamical study of the population of objects in the unstable quasi-Hilda region. The aim of this work is to make an update of the population of quasi-Hi…

astro-ph.EP2019

The trans-Neptunian object (84922) 2003 VS2 through stellar occultations

Gustavo Benedetti-Rossi, P. Santos-Sanz, J. L. Ortiz +50

We present results from three world-wide campaigns that resulted in the detections of two single-chord and one multi-chord stellar occultations by the Plutino object (84922) 2003~V…