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Evidence of Possible Spectral Variability in the Patroclus-Menoetius Binary System
Ian Wong, William M. Grundy, Joshua P. Emery +5
We present new visible-wavelength spectroscopic observations of the Patroclus-Menoetius binary system in the Jupiter Trojan population. Motivated by previously published spectra fr…
Prospects of a New Trojan Flyby Target for the Lucy Mission
Luis E. Salazar Manzano, David W. Gerdes, Kevin J. Napier +6
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is en route to conduct the first close encounter with Jupiter's Trojans. While most scheduled flybys lie in the cloud, the only target is the Pat…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description
Bryce T. Bolin, Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling +18
We describe the physical characteristics of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on 2025 July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The comet has eccentricity,…
Keck and Gemini characterization of rendezvous target 1998 KY
Bryce T. Bolin, Christoffer Fremling, Matthew Belyakov +7
Near-earth object (NEO) 1998 KY is a target of the spacecraft, which it will rendezvous with in July 2031. The asteroid is a rapid rotator and has a large out-…
A Contact Binary Satellite of the Asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh
Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll +3
Asteroids with diameters less than about 5 km have complex histories because they are small enough for radiative torques, YORP, to be a notable factor in their evolution. (152830)…
The New Horizons Extended Mission Target: Arrokoth Search and Discovery
Marc W. Buie, John R. Spencer, Simon B. Porter +37
Following the Pluto fly-by of the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission provided a unique opportunity to explore the Kuiper Belt in-situ. The possibility existed to fly-by a Kuiper…
JWST near-infrared spectroscopy of the Lucy Jupiter Trojan flyby targets: Evidence for OH absorption, aliphatic organics, and CO
Ian Wong, Michael E. Brown, Joshua P. Emery +6
We present observations obtained with the Near Infrared Spectrograph on JWST of the five Jupiter Trojans that will be visited by the Lucy spacecraft -- the Patroclus-Menoetius bina…
The Upcoming Mutual Event Season for the Patroclus - Menoetius Trojan Binary
W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, M. W. Buie +1
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 an…
The HST Lightcurve of (486958) 2014 MU69
S. D. Benecchi, S. Porter, M. W. Buie +6
We report HST lightcurve observations of the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft encounter KBO (486958) 2014 MU69 acquired near opposition in July 2017. In order to plan the optimum flyby…