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20142026
most citedDiscovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry

129 citations · 311 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Multi-Wavelength Post-Perihelion Polarimetry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Zuri Gray, Galin Borisov, Ludmilla Kolokolova +15

We present new post-perihelion polarimetric observations of the third discovered interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1; hereafter 3I), obtained using FORS2 at the Very Large Tel…

astro-ph.EP2026

Polarimetry and albedo of the Near-Earth Asteroid 2025 FA22

J. -P. Rivet, S. Bagnulo, P. Bendjoya +17

We report spectropolarimetric and broadband polarimetric observations of the near-Earth asteroid 2025 FA22 during its close approach of 18 September 2025 (about two Moon distances)…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Rapid-response characterization of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 during a Torino Scale 3 alert

Maxime Devogèle, Olivier R. Hainaut, Marco Micheli +32

On 27 December 2024, near-Earth object (NEO) 2024 YR was discovered by the ATLAS survey and identified as a virtual impactor. A few weeks later, it eventually reached level 3 o…

astro-ph.EP2025

An ancient L- type family associated to (460) Scania in the Middle Main Belt as revealed by Gaia DR3 spectra

Roberto Balossi, Paolo Tanga, Marco Delbo +2

Asteroid families are typically identified using hierarchical clustering methods (HCM) in the proper element phase space. However, these methods struggle with overlapping families,…

astro-ph.EP2025

Extreme Negative Polarisation of New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Zuri Gray, Stefano Bagnulo, Galin Borisov +13

We present the first polarimetric observations of the third discovered interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1), obtained pre-perihelion with FORS2/VLT, ALFOSC/NOT, and FoReRo2/RC…

astro-ph.EP2025

Cross validation of albedo determination for 1627 Ivar from three different techniques

Elena Selmi, M. Devogèle, J. R. Masiero +10

Near Earth Asteroids are of great interest to the scientific community due to their proximity to Earth, making them both potential hazards and possible targets for future missions,…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 5 cited

Gaia DR3 asteroid reflectance spectra: L-type families, memberships, and ages

Roberto Balossi, Paolo Tanga, Alexey Sergeyev +2

The Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) contains reflectance spectra at visible wavelengths for 60,518 asteroids over the range between 374-1034 nm, representing a large sample that is well…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 129 cited

Discovery of a dormant 33 solar-mass black hole in pre-release Gaia astrometry

Gaia Collaboration, P. Panuzzo, T. Mazeh +412

Gravitational waves from black-hole merging events have revealed a population of extra-galactic BHs residing in short-period binaries with masses that are higher than expected base…

astro-ph.EP2023

Polarimetry of Didymos-Dimorphos: Unexpected Long-Term Effects of the DART Impact

Zuri Gray, Stefano Bagnulo, Mikael Granvik +9

We have monitored the Didymos-Dimorphos binary system in imaging polarimetric mode before and after the impact from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. A previous…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

Gaia Focused Product Release: Asteroid orbital solution. Properties and assessment

Gaia Collaboration, P. David, F. Mignard +2

Context. We report the exploitation of a sample of epoch astrometry for 157 000 asteroids, the same object in the Gaia Data Release 3, extended over the time coverage planned for t…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 55 cited

Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization of cometary dust analogs

Elisa Frattin, Olga Muñoz, Fernando Moreno +12

We present experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization curves for seven samples of cometary dust analogues namely: ground pieces of Allende, DaG521, FRO95002 and…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 61 cited

On the Ages of Resonant, Eroded and Fossil Asteroid Families

A. Milani, Z. Knežević, F. Spoto +3

In this work we have estimated 10 collisional ages of 9 families for which for different reasons our previous attempts failed. In general, these are difficult cases that required d…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 35 cited

A successful search for hidden Barbarians in the Watsonia asteroid family

A. Cellino, S. Bagnulo, P. Tanga +2

Barbarians, so named after the prototype of this class (234) Barbara, are a rare class of asteroids exhibiting anomalous polarimetric properties. Their very distinctive feature is…