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most citedDiscovery of the Fastest Early Optical Emission from Overluminous SN Ia 2020hvf: A Thermonuclear Explosion within a Dense Circumstellar Environment

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15 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Multiband Color Monitoring of 3I/ATLAS through Ground-Based Relay Observations

Ariel Graykowski, Bryce Bolin, Laura-May Abron +140

We present multiband, long-baseline photometric observations of interstellar comet 3I throughout its 2025--2026 apparition using coordinated ground-based global relay observations.…

astro-ph.EP2026

Rotation, spectral type, and albedo of the potentially hazardous asteroid (153814) 2001 WN Prior to the 2028 June close approach

Jin Beniyama, Alexey V. Sergeyev, Konstantinos Odysseas Xenos +6

The potentially hazardous asteroid (153814) 2001 WN will pass inside the lunar distance on June 26, 2028, offering a rare opportunity to characterize a kilometer-scale near-Ear…

astro-ph.EP2026

Simultaneous Tricolor Video Observations of Three Tiny Near-Earth Asteroids with Sub-Minute Rotation Periods

Jin Beniyama, Ryou Ohsawa, Shigeyuki Sako +4

Studying the physical properties of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is crucial for understanding their dynamical histories and origins, and assessing impact hazards to Earth. Tiny NEAs…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 11 cited

Simultaneous visible spectrophotometry of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with Seimei/TriCCS

Jin Beniyama

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N (ATLAS), is the third interstellar object (ISO) discovered in July 2025. ISOs are particularly interesting because characterizing their physica…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Multi-epoch spectro-photometric characterization of the minimoon 2024 PT in the visible and near-infrared

Jin Beniyama, Bryce T. Bolin, Alexey V. Sergeyev +5

2024 PT is a tiny ( m) near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in August 2024. 2024 PT was gravitationally bound to the Earth-Moon system from September to November 2…

astro-ph.EP2025

Size Constraint on Hayabusa2 Extended Mission Rendezvous Target 1998~KY via VLT/VISIR Non-detection

Jin Beniyama, Thomas G. Müller, Marco Delbo +4

1998~KY is a tiny near-Earth asteroid () discovered in 1998. It has been selected as the target of the Hayabusa2 extended mission, which will rendezvous with 1998 KY…

astro-ph.EP2025

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-…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 5 cited

Rotation state, colors, and albedo of the mission-accessible tiny near-Earth asteroid 2001 QJ

Jin Beniyama, Alexey V. Sergeyev, David J. Tholen +1

Context. Characterizing mission-accessible asteroids using telescopic observations is fundamental for target-selection and planning for spacecraft missions. Near-Earth asteroids on…

astro-ph.EP2023

Multicolor Photometry of Tiny Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 RN Across a Wide Range of Phase Angles: Possible Mission Accessible A-type Asteroid

Jin Beniyama, Ryou Ohsawa, Chrysa Avdellidou +10

Studying small near-Earth asteroids is important to understand their dynamical histories and origins as well as to mitigate the damage of the asteroid impact to the Earth. We repor…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 12 cited

Photometry and Polarimetry of 2010 XC: Observational Confirmation of E-type Near-Earth Asteroid Pair

Jin Beniyama, Shigeyuki Sako, Katsuhito Ohtsuka +16

Asteroid systems such as binaries and pairs are indicative of physical properties and dynamical histories of the Small Solar System Bodies. Although numerous observational and theo…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 7 cited

Simultaneous Multicolor Photometry of the DESTINY target asteroid (3200) Phaethon

Jin Beniyama, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Daisuke Kuroda +11

Accurate estimation of brightness of (3200) Phaethon up to lower phase angles are essential for planning of the on-board camera of the DESTINY mission. We have carried out in…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 12 cited

(3200) Phaethon Polarimetry in the Negative Branch: New Evidence for the Anhydrous Nature of the DESTINY+ Target Asteroid

Jooyeon Geem, Masateru Ishiguro, Jun Takahashi +23

We report on the first polarimetric study of (3200) Phaethon, the target of JAXA's DESTINY mission, in the negative branch to ensure its anhydrous nature and to derive an accur…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 13 cited

Video Observations of Tiny Near-Earth Objects with Tomo-e Gozen

Jin Beniyama, Shigeyuki Sako, Ryou Ohsawa +20

We report the results of video observations of tiny (diameter less than 100 m) near-Earth objects (NEOs) with Tomo-e Gozen on the Kiso 105 cm Schmidt telescope. A rotational period…

astro-ph.CO2022★ 4 cited

Detection of highly correlated optical and X-ray variations in SS Cygni with Tomo-e Gozen and NICER

Y. Nishino, M. Kimura, S. Sako +8

We report on simultaneous optical and X-ray observations of the dwarf nova SS Cyg with Tomo-e Gozen/1.05 m Kiso Schmidt and Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (it NICER) /…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 50 cited

Discovery of the Fastest Early Optical Emission from Overluminous SN Ia 2020hvf: A Thermonuclear Explosion within a Dense Circumstellar Environment

Ji-an Jiang, Keiichi Maeda, Miho Kawabata +28

In this Letter we report a discovery of a prominent flash of a peculiar overluminous Type Ia supernova, SN 2020hvf, in about 5 hours of the supernova explosion by the first wide-fi…