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most citedThe Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results

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Numerical estimation of the capture ability of Neptunian mean motion resonances II. Influence of eccentricity and inclination

Hailiang Li, Li-Yong Zhou, Xiaoping Zhang

Evaluating the ability of Neptunian mean-motion resonances (MMRs) to capture small bodies is an important step in reconstructing the evolutionary history of the early Solar System.…

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Post-perihelion dust activity and a candidate icy-grain halo in long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan--ATLAS)

Bin Liu, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaodong Liu +1

We analyze the post-perihelion coma of the Great Comet of 2024, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan--ATLAS) to characterize dust activity and assess the contribution of sublimating icy grains t…

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Dust Activity Evolution and Constraints on Icy Grains in the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Bin Liu, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaodong Liu +1

We present Zwicky Transient Facility observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to characterize its dust-activity evolution before and after perihelion. Before perihelion, the…

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Lunar ejecta as the missing piece to resolve the lunar cratering asymmetry

Hailiang Li, Xiaoping Zhang, Li-Yong Zhou

The leading-trailing asymmetry in lunar crater distribution provides a critical record of inner solar system dynamics, yet the long-standing discrepancy between the observed higher…

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Numerical estimation of the capture ability of Neptunian mean motion resonances

Hailiang Li, Li-Yong Zhou, Xiaoping Zhang

Resonant populations of trans-Neptunian objects serve as crucial dynamical archives for unraveling the early migratory history of the Solar System. A quantitative assessment of the…

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Mars Thermospheric Polar Warming at Aphelion: Dynamical Processes Studied Using M-GITM

Jia-Zheng Li, Stephen W. Bougher, Cheng Li +1

Aphelion Thermospheric Polar Warming (TPW), first identified in 2024 by Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) observations, is a dynamical heating phenomenon in the Martia…