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astro-ph2008★ 72 cited

A cool starspot or a second transiting planet in the TrES-1 system?

M. Rabus, R. Alonso, J. A. Belmonte +6

We investigate the origin of a flux increase found during a transit of TrES-1, observed with the HST. This feature in the HST light curve cannot be attributed to noise and is suppo…

astro-ph2008★ 5.4k cited

The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. Abazajian

This paper describes the Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), marking the completion of the original goals of the SDSS and the end of the phase known as SDS…

astro-ph2008★ 1.8k cited

Direct Imaging of Multiple Planets Orbiting the Star HR 8799

C. Marois, B. Macintosh, T. Barman +5

Direct imaging of exoplanetary systems is a powerful technique that can reveal Jupiter-like planets in wide orbits, can enable detailed characterization of planetary atmospheres, a…

astro-ph2008★ 49 cited

Is the Missing Ultra-Red Material Colorless Ice?

W. M. Grundy

The extremely red colors of some transneptunian objects and Centaurs are not seen among the Jupiter family comets which supposedly derive from them. Could this mismatch result from…

astro-ph2008★ 101 cited

The Correlated Colors of Transneptunian Binaries

S. D. Benecchi, K. S. Noll, W. M. Grundy +3

We report resolved photometry of the primary and secondary components of 23 transneptunian binaries obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. V-I colors of the components range fro…

astro-ph2008★ 18 cited

Digging Into the Surface of the Icy Dwarf Planet Eris

M. R. Abernathy, S. C. Tegler, W. M. Grundy +4

We describe optical spectroscopic observations of the icy dwarf planet Eris with the 6.5 meter MMT telescope and the Red Channel Spectrograph. We report a correlation, that is at t…