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most citedThe HST Lightcurve of (486958) 2014 MU69

20 citations · 30 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby

Juan Luis Rizos, Jose Maria Gomez-Limon, Yucel Kilic +51

Jupiter's irregular satellites are thought to be relics of early Solar System planetesimals. However, their small sizes, large distances from Earth and close angular proximity to J…

astro-ph.EP2026

The Shape of (486958) Arrokoth

Simon B. Porter, Kelsi N. Singer, Paul M. Schenk +6

Here we present an updated shape model of (486958) Arrokoth, the bilobate Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) which the NASA New Horizons spacecraft flew past in 2019. This updated shape mode…

astro-ph.EP2025

Tracking the Activity of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS through its Perihelion

T. Marshall Eubanks, Craig E. DeForest, Kevin J. Walsh +10

In order to facilitate interplanetary spacecraft observationsof 3I/ATLAS, we have monitored and predicted the optical properties of its coma using both ground and space-based obser…

astro-ph.IM2025

Characterization of the Deep, Extended Kuiper Belt in the Galactic Disk

Susan D. Benecchi, Simon B. Porter, Anne J. Verbiscer +11

We propose a Roman Space Telescope survey to investigate fundamental properties of the distant solar system in the region of the Kuiper Belt where object characteristics and the si…

astro-ph.EP2024

Beyond Point Masses. I. New Non-Keplerian Modeling Tools Applied to Trans-Neptunian Triple (47171) Lempo

Darin Ragozzine, Seth Pincock, Benjamin C. N. Proudfoot +3

Many details of the formation and evolution of the solar system are best inferred by understanding the orbital and physical properties of small bodies in the solar system. For exam…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 20 cited

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…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 10 cited

The Orbit of Transneptunian Binary Manwë and Thorondor and their Upcoming Mutual Events

W. M. Grundy, S. D. Benecchi, S. B. Porter +1

A new Hubble Space Telescope observation of the 7:4 resonant transneptunian binary system (385446) Manwë has shown that, of two previously reported solutions for the orbit of its s…