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

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astro-ph.EP2020

Characterization of Temporarily-Captured Minimoon 2020 CD by Keck Time-resolved Spectrophotometry

Bryce T. Bolin, Christoffer Fremling, Timothy R. Holt +42

We present time-resolved visible spectrophotometry of minimoon 2020 CD, the second asteroid known to become temporarily captured by the Earth-Moon system's gravitational field.…

astro-ph.IM2020306 cited

The Zwicky Transient Facility: Observing System

Richard Dekany, Roger M. Smith, Reed Riddle +23

The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) Observing System (OS) is the data collector for the ZTF project to study astrophysical phenomena in the time domain. ZTF OS is based upon the 48…

astro-ph.HE2020

ZTF J1901+5309: A 40.6-Minute Orbital Period Eclipsing Double White Dwarf System

Michael W. Coughlin, Kevin Burdge, E. Sterl Phinney +17

The Zwicky Transient Facility has begun to discover binary systems with orbital periods that are less than 1\,hr. Combined with dedicated follow-up systems, which allow for high-ca…

astro-ph.SR2020

The first ultracompact Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf binary

Thomas Kupfer, Evan B. Bauer, Thomas R. Marsh +29

We report the discovery of the first short period binary in which a hot subdwarf star (sdOB) fills its Roche lobe and started mass transfer to its companion. The object was discove…

astro-ph.EP201951 cited

Pre-discovery Activity of New Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Beyond 5 AU

Quanzhi Ye, Michael S. P. Kelley, Bryce T. Bolin +15

Comet 2I/Borisov, the first unambiguous interstellar comet ever found, was discovered in August 2019 at au from the Sun on its inbound leg. No pre-discovery detection beyon…

astro-ph.HE2019

GROWTH on S190425z: Searching thousands of square degrees to identify an optical or infrared counterpart to a binary neutron star merger with the Zwicky Transient Facility and Palomar Gattini IR

Michael W. Coughlin, Tomás Ahumada, Shreya Anand +76

The third observing run by LVC has brought the discovery of many compact binary coalescences. Following the detection of the first binary neutron star merger in this run (LIGO/Virg…