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most citedSDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

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astro-ph.EP2017★ 8 cited

Isotopic ratios in outbursting comet C/2015 ER61

Bin Yang, Damien Hutsemekers, Yoshiharu Shinnaka +7

Isotopic ratios in comets are critical to understanding the origin of cometary material and the physical and chemical conditions in the early solar nebula. Comet C/2015 ER61 (PANST…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 27 cited

High-resolution Imaging of Transiting Extrasolar Planetary systems (HITEP). II. Lucky Imaging results from 2015 and 2016

D. F. Evans, J. Southworth, B. Smalley +33

The formation and dynamical history of hot Jupiters is currently debated, with wide stellar binaries having been suggested as a potential formation pathway. Additionally, contamina…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 15 cited

Thermophysical characteristics of the large main-belt asteroid (349) Dembowska

LiangLiang Yu, Bin Yang, Jianghui Ji +1

(349) Dembowska, a large, bright main-belt asteroid, has a fast rotation and oblique spin axis. It may have experienced partial melting and differentiation. We constrain Dembowska'…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 50 cited

Study of the plutino object (208996) 2003 AZ84 from stellar occultations: size, shape and topographic features

A. Dias-Oliveira, B. Sicardy, J. L. Ortiz +60

We present results derived from four stellar occultations by the plutino object (208996) 2003~AZ, detected at January 8, 2011 (single-chord event), February 3, 2012 (multi-c…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 41 cited

The 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko observation campaign in support of the Rosetta mission

C. Snodgrass, M. F. A'Hearn, F. Aceituno +112

We present a summary of the campaign of remote observations that supported the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission. Telescopes across the globe (and in space) followed comet 67…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 19 cited

Precise CCD positions of Triton in 2014-2016 using the newest Gaia DR1 star catalogue

N. Wang, Q. Y. Peng, H. W. Peng +3

755 new CCD observations during the years 2014-2016 have been reduced to derive the precise positions of Triton, the first satellite of Neptune. The observations were made by the 1…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 6 cited

Precise CCD positions of Himalia using Gaia DR1 in 2015-2016

H. W. Peng, Q. Y. Peng, N. Wang

In order to obtain high precision CCD positions of Himalia, the sixth Jovian satellite, a total of 598 CCD observations have been obtained during the years 2015-2016. The observati…