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19982026
most citedThe Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons

485 citations · 3.9k across the 75 of their papers we have counts for

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76 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Active Asteroid (101955) Bennu

David jewitt, Max Mutchler, Yoonyoung Kim

Measurements from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft revealed (101955) Bennu as a member of the active asteroid class. These objects exhibit transient, comet-like activity, commonly prod…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Nucleus and Postperihelion Activity of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Observed by Hubble Space Telescope

Man-To Hui, David Jewitt, Max J. Mutchler +2

We report the detection of the nucleus of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, using a nucleus extraction technique on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations taken between December 202…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS

David Jewitt, Man-To Hui, Max Mutchler +2

We present high angular resolution observations of the third known interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, from the Hubble Space Telescope. The object is clearly active at 3.8 au pre-pe…

astro-ph.EP2023

Physical Properties of the Young Asteroid Pair 2010 UM26 and 2010 RN221

David Jewitt, Yonyoung Kim, Jing Li +1

The main belt asteroids 458271 (2010 UM26) and 2010 RN221 share almost identical orbital elements and currently appear as comoving objects 30 arcsec apart in the plane of the sky.…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 44 cited

The Dimorphos Boulder Swarm

David Jewitt, Yoonyoung Kim, Jing Li +1

We present deep Hubble Space Telescope images taken to examine the ejecta from the DART spacecraft impact into asteroid Dimorphos. The images reveal an extensive population of co-m…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

Comet 108P/Ciffreo: The Blob

Yoonyoung Kim, David Jewitt, Jane Luu +2

Short-period comet 108P/Ciffreo is known for its peculiar double morphology, in which the nucleus is accompanied by a co-moving, detached, diffuse 'blob'. We report new observation…