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astro-ph.EP2018★ 12 cited

OSSOS XII: Variability studies of 65 Trans-Neptunian Objects using the Hyper Suprime-Cam

Mike Alexandersen, Susan D. Benecchi, Ying-Tung Chen +11

We present variability measurements and partial light curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) from a two-night pilot study using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) on the Subaru Telescope (M…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 36 cited

Col-OSSOS: Color and Inclination are Correlated Throughout the Kuiper Belt

Michael Marsset, Wesley C. Fraser, Rosemary E. Pike +12

Both physical and dynamical properties must be considered to constrain the origins of the dynamically excited distant Solar System populations. We present high-precision (g-r) colo…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 22 cited

The polarization of the planet-hosting WASP-18 system

Kimberly Bott, Jeremy Bailey, Daniel V. Cotton +3

We report observations of the linear polarization of the WASP-18 system, which harbors a very massive ( approx 10 M_J) planet orbiting very close to its star with an orbital period…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 8 cited

Re-analysing the dynamical stability of the HD 47366 planetary system

J. P. Marshall, R. A. Wittenmyer, J. Horner +5

Multi-planet systems around evolved stars are of interest to trace the evolution of planetary systems into the post-main sequence phase. HD 47366, an evolved intermediate mass star…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 21 cited

Comprehensive analysis of HD 105, a young Solar System analog

J. P. Marshall, J. Milli, É. Choquet +5

HD~105 is a nearby, pre-main sequence G0 star hosting a moderately bright debris disc (). HD~105 and its surroundings might therefore…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 32 cited

Observational Signatures of Planets in Protoplanetary Disks: Planet-Induced Line Broadening in Gaps

Ruobing Dong, Sheng-yuan Liu, Jeffrey Fung

Protoplanets can produce structures in protoplanetary disks via gravitational disk-planet interactions. Once detected, such structures serve as signposts of planet formation. Here…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 20 cited

Deep ALMA Search for CO Gas in the HD 95086 Debris Disc

Mark Booth, Luca Matrà, Kate Y. L. Su +7

One of the defining properties of debris discs compared to protoplanetary discs used to be their lack of gas, yet small amounts of gas have been found around an increasing number o…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 32 cited

Observational diagnostics of elongated planet-induced vortices with realistic planet formation timescales

Michael Hammer, Paola Pinilla, Kaitlin M. Kratter +1

Gap-opening planets can generate dust-trapping vortices that may explain some of the latest discoveries of high-contrast crescent-shaped dust asymmetries in transition discs. While…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 1 cited

Colors of Centaurs observed by the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam and implications for their origin

Haruka Sakugawa, Tsuyoshi Terai, Keiji Ohtsuki +4

Centaurs have orbits between Jupiter and Neptune and are thought to originate from the trans-Neptunian region. Observations of surface properties of Centaurs and comparison with th…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 42 cited

ALMA Reveals a Misaligned Inner Gas Disk inside the Large Cavity of a Transitional Disk

Satoshi Mayama, Eiji Akiyama, Olja Panić +15

Pairs of azimuthal intensity decrements at near symmetric locations have been seen in a number of protoplanetary disks. They are most commonly interpreted as the two shadows cast b…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 18 cited

Physical properties of near-Earth asteroids with a low delta-: Survey of target candidates for the Hayabusa2 mission

Sunao Hasegawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Kohei Kitazato +40

Sample return from the near-Earth asteroid known as 25143 Itokawa was conducted as part of the Hayabusa mission, with a large number of scientific findings being derived from the r…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 16 cited

OSSOS: XV. No active Centaurs in the Outer Solar System Origins Survey

N. Cabral, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, W. C. Fraser +10

Context. Centaurs are icy objects in transition between the transneptunian region and the inner solar system, orbiting the Sun in the giant planet region. Some Centaurs display com…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 19 cited

The 2016 Reactivations of Main-Belt Comets 238P/Read and 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139

Henry H. Hsieh, Masateru Ishiguro, Yoonyoung Kim +7

We report observations of the reactivations of main-belt comets 238P/Read and 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139, that also track the evolution of each object's activity over several months…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 52 cited

Col-OSSOS: The Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey

Megan E. Schwamb, Wesley C. Fraser, Michele T. Bannister +15

The Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS) is acquiring near-simultaneous , , and photometry of unprecedented precision with the Gemini North Telesc…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 41 cited

OSSOS: XIII. Fossilized Resonant Dropouts Tentatively Confirm Neptune's Migration was Grainy and Slow

S. M. Lawler, R. E. Pike, N. Kaib +8

The migration of Neptune's resonances through the proto-Kuiper belt has been imprinted in the distribution of small bodies in the outer Solar System. Here we analyze five published…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 5 cited

The Contribution of Dwarf Planets to the Origin of Low Inclination Comets by the Replenishment of Mean Motion Resonances in Debris Disks

Marco A. Muñoz-Gutiérrez, Antonio Peimbert, Bárbara Pichardo

In this work we explore a new dynamical path for the delivery of low-inclination comets. In a configuration formed by an interior giant planet and an exterior massive debris disk,…

astro-ph.EP2018

Search for Dust Emission from (24) Themis Using the Gemini-North Telescope

Henry H. Hsieh, Yoonyoung Kim, Alan Fitzsimmons +1

We report the results of a search for a dust trail aligned with the orbit plane of the large main-belt asteroid (24) Themis, which has been reported to have water ice frost on its…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 159 cited

OSSOS. VII. 800+ trans-Neptunian objects - the complete data release

Michele T. Bannister, Brett J. Gladman, J. J. Kavelaars +33

The Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS), a wide-field imaging program in 2013-2017 with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, surveyed 155 deg of sky to depths of $m_r =…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 10 cited

The Reactivation and Nucleus Characterization of Main-Belt Comet 358P/PANSTARRS (P/2012 T1)

Henry H. Hsieh, Masateru Ishiguro, Matthew M. Knight +4

We present observations of main-belt comet 358P/PANSTARRS (P/2012 T1) obtained using the Gemini South telescope from 2017 July to 2017 December, as the object approached perihelion…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 15 cited

Vortex survival in 3D self-gravitating accretion discs

Min-Kai Lin, Arnaud Pierens

Large-scale, dust-trapping vortices may account for observations of asymmetric protoplanetary discs. Disc vortices are also potential sites for accelerated planetesimal formation b…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 13 cited

On the evolution of vortices in massive protoplanetary discs

Arnaud Pierens, Min-Kai Lin

It is expected that a pressure bump can be formed at the inner edge of a dead-zone, and where vortices can develop through the Rossby Wave Instability (RWI). It has been suggested…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 24 cited

Dusty disc-planet interaction with dust-free simulations

Jhih-Wei Chen, Min-Kai Lin

Protoplanets may be born into dust-rich environments if planetesimals formed through streaming or gravitational instabilities, or if the protoplanetary disc is undergoing mass loss…

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…