The Upcoming Mutual Event Season for the Patroclus - Menoetius Trojan Binary

Abstract

We present new Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based Keck observations and new Keplerian orbit solutions for the mutual orbit of binary Jupiter Trojan asteroid (617) Patroclus and Menoetius, targets of NASA's Lucy mission. We predict event times for the upcoming mutual event season, which is anticipated to run from late 2017 through mid 2019.

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• The Mutual Orbit, Mass, and Density of the Large Transneptunian Binary System Varda and Ilmarë

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