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Rapid-response characterization of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 during a Torino Scale 3 alert
Maxime Devogèle, Olivier R. Hainaut, Marco Micheli +32
On 27 December 2024, near-Earth object (NEO) 2024 YR was discovered by the ATLAS survey and identified as a virtual impactor. A few weeks later, it eventually reached level 3 o…
Planet Earth in reflected and polarized light: II. Refining contrast estimates for rocky exoplanets with ELT and HWO
Giulia Roccetti, Michael F. Sterzik, Julia V. Seidel +3
The characterization of nearby rocky exoplanets will become feasible with the next generation of telescopes, such as the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) and the mission concept Hab…
The PLATO field selection process. II. Characterization of LOPS2, the first long-pointing field
V. Nascimbeni, G. Piotto, J. Cabrera +26
PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is an ESA M-class mission to be launched by the end of 2026 to discover and characterize transiting planets around bright and n…
The possible dual nature of the asteroid (12499) 1998 FR47
G. Borisov, N. Todorovic, E. Vchkova-Bebekovska +2
We present the R-band lightcurves of the Flora family asteroid (12499) 1998 FR47, obtained in 2022 at two different astronomical sites: Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory…
Deconvolving the complex structure of the asteroid belt
Stanley F. Dermott, Dan Li, Apostolos A. Christou
The asteroid belt is a unique source of information on some of the most important questions facing solar system science. These questions include the sizes, numbers, types and orbit…
Optical spectropolarimetry of large C-complex asteroids: polarimetric evidence for heterogeneous surface compositions
Yuna G. Kwon, Stefano Bagnulo, Alberto Cellino
This study presents the first optical spectropolarimetric study of large C-complex asteroids. A total of 64 C-complex asteroids of different subclasses are analyzed using archival…