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most citedOrbital Period Change of Dimorphos Due to the DART Kinetic Impact

164 citations · 977 across the 35 of their papers we have counts for

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37 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Discovery of 2 km ultra-fast rotating asteroid in Rubin DP2 catalog via varying Fourier order method

Dmitrii E. Vavilov, Siegfried Eggl, Sarah Greenstreet

Time-resolved photometry from large surveys can yield rotation periods for huge numbers of asteroids, but only if the reliability of each period is assessed automatically, since sp…

astro-ph.EP2026

Extracting Asteroid Physical Properties from Vera C. Rubin Observatory Science Validation Survey Data: Rotational Periods, Colors, and Taxonomies

V. Carruba, S. Greenstreet, M. Mastropietro +7

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will enable large-scale characterization of minor bodies through high-cadence, multi-band photometry. Early Science Validation (SV) observations from…

astro-ph.EP2026

Fast and Furious: Long-term orbit integrations with collocation integrator Lobbie

Dmitrii E. Vavilov, Siegfried Eggl, Sarah Greenstreet

Efficient and accurate numerical integration methods are fundamental to studying long-term solar system dynamics, where numerical errors can accumulate over billions of orbital per…

astro-ph.EP2026

Multi-year Ground-Based Survey Photometry of Active Comet 103P/Hartley 2 and Centaur (2060) Chiron: A Tale of Two Comets in the Pre-LSST Era

Joseph Murtagh, Megan E. Schwamb, Michael S. P. Kelley +22

Comets and Centaurs trace the evolution of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) into the inner solar system. Their activity reflects the interplay between volatile sublimation, dust dyna…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 14 cited

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1

Vera C Rubin Observatory Team, Tatiana Acero Cuellar, Emily Acosta +325

We present Rubin Data Preview 1 DP1, the first data from the NSF DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, comprising raw and calibrated single epoch images, coadds, difference images, detecti…

astro-ph.EP2025

Sequential Fragmentation of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) After Its Near-Sun Passage

Dennis Bodewits, John W. Noonan, Michael S. P. Kelley +6

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) reached perihelion at 0.33 au on 2025 October 8. Daily monitoring by the LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project revealed a major activity increase between Nove…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Pluto Geologic Map: Use of Crater Data to Understand Age Relationships

Kelsi N. Singer, Oliver L. White, Sarah Greenstreet +3

Pluto's surface displays a wide variety of geologic units from smooth plains to extremely rugged mountainous expanses. These terrains range in age from young, actively resurfaced r…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

First Detection of Molecular Activity in the Largest Known Oort Cloud Comet: ALMA Imaging of C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) at 16.6 au from the Sun

Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner +12

We report observations of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) carried out on UT 2024 March 8 and 17 at a heliocentric distance () of 16.6 au using the Atac…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 6 cited

Rubin ToO 2024: Envisioning the Vera C. Rubin Observatory LSST Target of Opportunity program

Igor Andreoni, Raffaella Margutti, John Banovetz +86

The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at Vera C. Rubin Observatory is planned to begin in the Fall of 2025. The LSST survey cadence has been designed via a community-driven pr…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 5 cited

Tuning the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Observing Strategy for Solar System Science: Incremental Templates in Year 1

James E. Robinson, Megan E. Schwamb, R. Lynne Jones +13

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is due to commence the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the end of 2025. To detect transient/variable sources and identify solar syst…

astro-ph.EP2024

Analysing the Onset of Cometary Activity by the Jupiter-Family Comet 2023 RN3

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Alan Fitzsimmons +17

We utilize serendipitous observations from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in addition to targeted follow-up obser…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 8 cited

The Discovery and Evolution of a Possible New Epoch of Cometary Activity by the Centaur (2060) Chiron

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Alan Fitzsimmons +24

Centaurs are small Solar System objects on chaotic orbits in the giant planet region, forming an evolutionary continuum with the Kuiper belt objects and Jupiter-family comets. Some…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

Photometry of the Didymos system across the DART impact apparition

Nicholas Moskovitz, Cristina Thomas, Petr Pravec +78

On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the satellite of binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. This demonstrated the…

astro-ph.EP2023

Jupiter's Metastable Companions

Sarah Greenstreet, Brett Gladman, Mario Juric

Jovian co-orbitals share Jupiter's orbit in 1:1 mean motion resonance. This includes 10,000 so-called Trojan asteroids surrounding the leading (L4) and trailing (L5) Lagrange po…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

Splitting of Long-Period Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)

Man-To Hui, Michael S. P. Kelley, Denise Hung +4

Long-period comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS) was observed to show duplicity of its inner region in 2020 September, suggestive of a splitting event. We here present analyses of our obser…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 79 cited

Tuning the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Observing Strategy for Solar System Science

Megan E. Schwamb, R. Lynne Jones, Peter Yoachim +27

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to start the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) in early to mid-2025. This multi-band wide-field synoptic survey will transform our vi…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 164 cited

Orbital Period Change of Dimorphos Due to the DART Kinetic Impact

Cristina A. Thomas, Shantanu P. Naidu, Peter Scheirich +46

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully performed the first test of a kinetic impactor for asteroid deflection by impacting Dimorphos, the secondary of…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 15 cited

A LOOK at Outbursts of Comet C/2014 UN (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) Near 20 au

Michael S. P. Kelley, Rosita Kokotanekova, Carrie E. Holt +10

Cometary activity may be driven by ices with very low sublimation temperatures, such as carbon monoxide ice, which can sublimate at distances well beyond 20 au. This point is empha…

astro-ph.EP2022

The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status

Tim Lister, Michael S. P. Kelley, Carrie E. Holt +32

The LCO Outbursting Objects Key (LOOK) Project uses the telescopes of the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) Network to: (1) to systematically monitor a sample of Dynamically New Comets…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 15 cited

Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020-2021 apparition data

H. -J. Lee, M. -J. Kim, A. Marciniak +30

Context. The close approach of the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis to Earth in 2029 will provide a unique opportunity to examine how the physical properties of the asteroid cou…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 5 cited

OSSOS. XXIII. 2013 VZ70 and the Temporary Coorbitals of the Giant Planet

Mike Alexandersen, Sarah Greenstreet, Brett J. Gladman +8

We present the discovery of 2013 VZ70, the first known horseshoe coorbital companion of Saturn. Observed by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) for 4.5 years, the orbit o…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 20 cited

Physical Characterization of Main-Belt Comet (248370) 2005 QN173

Henry H. Hsieh, Colin O. Chandler, Larry Denneau +17

We report results from new and archival observations of the newly discovered active asteroid (248370) 2005 QN_137, which has been determined to be a likely main-belt comet based on…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 22 cited

Collision Probabilities in the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt

Abedin Y. Abedin, JJ Kavelaars, Sarah Greenstreet +8

Here, we present results on the intrinsic collision probabilities, , and range of collision speeds, , as a function of the heliocentric distance, , in the trans-Neptu…