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Reliability of Zodiacal Background Models at Small Solar Elongations
Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Javier Licandro +6
Present models of the zodiacal light (scattered sunlight from interplanetary dust in the visible) and zodiacal emission (thermal emission in the mid-infrared) are primarily constra…
Long-baseline ATLAS photometry of the seven main-belt asteroid targets of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt
Nicolas Erasmus, Josef Ďurech, David E. Trilling +6
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) will use the MBR Explorer spacecraft to fly past six main-belt asteroids -- (10253) Westerwald, (623) Chimaera, (13294) Rockox, (880…
The Polana-Eulalia Complex with JWST NIRSpec: Connections to Bennu, Ryugu, and Outer Solar System Bodies
Lucas McClure, Joshua Emery, Driss Takir +8
Carbon rich [C complex] asteroids provide insight into the early Solar System, and families of C complex asteroids serve as robust samples for learning about the internal structure…
Dust colour, phase behaviour, and Monte Carlo modelling of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from 4 au pre- to 4 au post-perihelion
F. Moreno, M. Serra-Ricart, J. Licandro +4
We report multi-band photometric imaging observations and Monte Carlo dust tail modelling of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS covering a wide range of heliocentric distances, from a…
JWST and Gemini Observations of the Active Centaur 450P/LONEOS: Nucleus and Coma Characterizations
Charles A. Schambeau, Michael S. P. Kelley, Maria Womack +16
Between 2019 and 2024, we used the Gemini-N and JWST observatories to conduct a detailed case study of the active Centaur 450P/LONEOS, whose orbit was significantly altered by a cl…
Spin Parameters and Shape Models of Near-Earth Asteroids (4660) Nereus, (21088) Chelyabinsk, (66146) 1998 TU3, and (297418) 2000 SP43
Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez, Enrique Díez Alonso, Santiago Iglesias Álvarez +8
We present our shape and rotational characterization of four near-Earth asteroids observed as part of the Visible NEAs Observations Survey. This work includes 61 new light curves o…
Compositional characterisation of asteroid (84) Klio with JWST
Tania Le Pivert-Jolivet, Julia de León, Javier Licandro +8
The analysis of the composition of primitive Ccomplex asteroids is essential to understand the distribution of volatiles in the Solar System since its formation. Primitive low-a…
ATLAS Photometry of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
John Tonry, Larry Denneau, Miguel Alarcon +7
We present calibrated ATLAS photometry of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) from 28 March through 29 Aug 2025, obtained with the five-site, robotic ATLAS network in the c…
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-…
Characterization of of (98943) 2001 CC, the target of Hayabusa2
Marcel M. Popescu, Eri Tatsumi, Javier Licandro +11
The near-Earth asteroid (98943) Torifune, previously designated 2001 CC, is the flyby target of the Hayabusa2 extended mission, nicknamed Hayabusa2 (SHARP: Small Hazardo…
Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope
N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro, R. Brunetto +15
(2060) Chiron is a large centaur that has been reported active on multiple occasions including during aphelion passage. Studies of Chirons coma during active periods have resulted…
Pre-perihelion Monitoring of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov
George P. Prodan, Marcel Popescu, Javier Licandro +11
The discovery of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov offered the unique opportunity to obtain a detailed analysis of an object coming from another planetary system, and leaving behind ma…
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…
Measurement of D/H and 13C/12C Ratios in Methane Ice on Eris and Makemake: Evidence for Internal Activity
W. M. Grundy, I. Wong, C. R. Glein +11
James Webb Space Telescope's NIRSpec infrared imaging spectrometer observed the outer solar system dwarf planets Eris and Makemake in reflected sunlight at wavelengths spanning 1 t…
Observations of two super fast rotator NEAs: 2021 NY and 2022 AB
J. Licandro, M. Popescu, E. Tatsumi +5
In the framework of the Visible NEAs Observations Survey (ViNOS) that uses several telescopes at the Canary Islands observatories since 2018, we observed two super fast rotator NEA…
Bennu's global surface and two candidate sample sites characterized by spectral clustering of OSIRIS-REx multispectral images
J. L. Rizos, J. de Leon, J. Licandro +9
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft encountered the asteroid (101955) Bennu on December 3, 2018, and has since acquired extensive data from the payload of scientific instruments on board. In…
Visible and near-infrared observations of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov with the 10.4-m GTC and the 3.6-m TNG telescopes
J. de León, J. Licandro, C. de la Fuente Marcos +15
In this work, we present the results of an observational study of 2I/Borisov carried out with the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) and the 3.6-m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroids
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León +1
We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in the MOVIS-C catalogue. A total of 782 asteroids…
V-type candidates and Vesta family asteroids in the Moving Objects VISTA (MOVIS) Catalogue
J. Licandro, M. Popescu, J. de Leon +1
Basaltic asteroids (V-types) are believed to be fragments of large differentiated bodies. The majority of them are found in the inner part of the asteroid belt, and are current or…
THERMAP: a mid-infrared spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system
O. Groussin, J. Licandro, J. Helbert +28
We present THERMAP, a mid-infrared (8-16 μm) spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system, developed in the framework of the MarcoPolo-R asteroid sam…
The Spectrum of Pluto, 0.40 - 0.93 m I. Secular and longitudinal distribution of ices and complex organics
V. Lorenzi, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Licandro +4
Context. During the last 30 years the surface of Pluto has been characterized, and its variability has been monitored, through continuous near-infrared spectroscopic observations.…
Possible ring material around centaur (2060) Chiron
J. L. Ortiz, R. Duffard, N. Pinilla-Alonso +7
We propose that several short duration events observed in past stellar occultations by Chiron were produced by rings material. From a reanalysis of the stellar occultation data in…
The Atmospheric Monitoring System of the JEM-EUSO Space Mission
M. D. Rodriguez Frias, S. Toscano, E. Bozzo +3
An Atmospheric Monitoring System (AMS) is a mandatory and key device of a space-based mission which aims to detect Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) and Extremely-High Energy C…
The binary near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 - An observational constraint on its orbital evolution
P. Scheirich, P. Pravec, S. A. Jacobson +23
Using our photometric observations taken between 1996 and 2013 and other published data, we derived properties of the binary near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 including new mea…