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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.EP2018★ 7 cited

ROSETTA/OSIRIS observations of the 67P nucleus during the April 2016 flyby: high-resolution spectrophotometry

C. Feller, S. Fornasier, S. Ferrari +35

In April 2016, the Rosetta spacecraft performed a low-altitude low-phase-angle flyby over the Imhotep-Khepry transition of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's nucleus. The OSIRIS/Narrow-An…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 24 cited

Isochronal age-mass discrepancy of young stars: SCExAO/CHARIS integral field spectroscopy of the HIP 79124 triple system

Ruben Asensio-Torres, Thayne Currie, Markus Janson +24

We present SCExAO/CHARIS 1.1--2.4 micron integral field direct spectroscopy of the young HIP 79124 triple system. HIP 79124 is a member of the Scorpius-Centaurus association, consi…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 63 cited

SCExAO/CHARIS Near-Infrared Direct Imaging, Spectroscopy, and Forward-Modeling of kappa And b: A Likely Young, Low-Gravity Superjovian Companion

Thayne Currie, Timothy D. Brandt, Taichi Uyama +30

We present SCExAO/CHARIS high-contrast imaging/ integral field spectroscopy of And b, a directly-imaged low-mass companion orbiting a nearby B9V star. We detect And b…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 2 cited

Evidence for Very Early Migration of the Solar System Planets from the Patroclus-Menoetius binary Jupiter Trojan

David Nesvorny, David Vokrouhlicky, William F. Bottke +1

The orbital distribution of trans-Neptunian objects provides strong evidence for the radial migration of Neptune. The outer planets' orbits are thought to have become unstable duri…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 20 cited

Ultraviolet Observations of Coronal Mass Ejection Impact on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Rosetta Alice

John W. Noonan, S. Alan Stern, Paul D. Feldman +13

The Alice ultraviolet spectrograph on the European Space Agency Rosetta spacecraft observed comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in its orbit around the Sun for just over two years. Ali…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 48 cited

The methane distribution and polar brightening on Uranus based on HST/STIS, Keck/NIRC2, and IRTF/SpeX observations through 2015

Lawrence A. Sromovsky, Erich Karkoschka, Patrick M. Fry +2

HST/STIS observations of Uranus in 2015 show that the depletion of upper tropospheric methane has been relatively stable and that the polar region has been brightening over time as…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 77 cited

Photochemical Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes

Chao He, Sarah M. Horst, Nikole K. Lewis +8

UV radiation can induce photochemical processes in exoplanet atmospheres and produce haze particles. Recent observations suggest that haze and/or cloud layers could be present in t…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 340 cited

From thermal dissociation to condensation in the atmospheres of ultra hot Jupiters: WASP-121b in context

Vivien Parmentier, Mike R. Line, Jacob L. Bean +10

A new class of exoplanets has emerged: the ultra hot Jupiters, the hottest close-in gas giants. Most of them have weaker than expected spectral features in the bandpass…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 45 cited

A universal spin-mass relation for brown dwarfs and planets

Aleks Scholz, Keavin Moore, Ray Jayawardhana +3

While brown dwarfs show similarities with stars in their early life, their spin evolution is much more akin to that of planets. We have used lightcurves from the K2 mission to meas…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 65 cited

An L Band Spectrum of the Coldest Brown Dwarf

Caroline V. Morley, Andrew J. Skemer, Katelyn N. Allers +10

The coldest brown dwarf, WISE 0855, is the closest known planetary-mass, free-floating object and has a temperature nearly as cold as the solar system gas giants. Like Jupiter, it…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 58 cited

Differences in the gas and dust distribution in the transitional disk of a sun-like young star, PDS 70

Zachary C. Long, Eiji Akiyama, Michael Sitko +22

We present ALMA 0.87 mm continuum, HCO+ J=4--3 emission line, and CO J=3--2 emission line data of the disk of material around the young, Sun-like star PDS 70. These data reveal the…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 30 cited

Subaru/HiCIAO imaging of LkH 330 - multi-band detection of the gap and spiral-like structures

Taichi Uyama, Jun Hashimoto, Takayuki Muto +56

We present - and -bands observations of the LkH 330 disk with a multi-band detection of the large gap and spiral-like structures. The morphology of the outer disk…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 66 cited

Seasonal stratospheric photochemistry on Uranus and Neptune

Julianne I. Moses, Leigh N. Fletcher, Thomas K. Greathouse +2

A time-variable 1D photochemical model is used to study the distribution of stratospheric hydrocarbons as a function of altitude, latitude, and season on Uranus and Neptune. The re…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 68 cited

Laboratory Simulations of Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: Particle Color and Size Distribution

Chao He, Sarah M. Horst, Nikole K. Lewis +7

Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes are the most abundant types of planets among the ~3500 confirmed exoplanets, and are expected to exhibit a wide variety of atmospheric compositions.…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 122 cited

The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST

Jacob L. Bean, Kevin B. Stevenson, Natalie M. Batalha +99

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structur…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 128 cited

Haze Production in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: Insights from the Lab

Sarah M. Hörst, Chao He, Nikole K. Lewis +6

Numerous solar system atmospheres possess aerosols including the characteristic organic hazes of Titan and Pluto. Haze particles substantially impact atmospheric temperatures struc…