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A Bayesian Analysis of Physical Parameters for 783 Kepler (Near-)Contact Binaries: Extreme-Mass-Ratio Systems and a New Mass Ratio versus Period Lower Limit
Henry A. Kobulnicky, Lawrence A. Molnar, Evan M. Cook +1
Contact binary star systems represent the long-lived penultimate phase of binary evolution. Population statistics of their physical parameters inform understanding of binary evolut…
Pluto's lower atmosphere and pressure evolution from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016
E. Meza, B. Sicardy, M. Assafin +167
Context. Pluto's tenuous nitrogen (N2) atmosphere undergoes strong seasonal effects due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has been recently (July 2015) observed by th…
Prediction of a red nova outburst in KIC 9832227
Lawrence A. Molnar, Daniel M. Van Noord, Karen Kinemuchi +7
We present the first identification of a candidate precursor for an imminent red nova. Our prediction is based on the example of the precursor to the red nova V1309 Sco, which was…
Defining the Flora Family: Orbital Properties, Reflectance Properties and Age
Melissa J. Dykhuis, Lawrence Molnar, Samuel J. Van Kooten +1
The Flora family resides in the densely populated inner main belt, bounded in semimajor axis by the secular resonance and the Jupiter 3:1 mean motion resonance. The presence…
The Short Period End of the Distribution of Contact Binary Stars
Lawrence A. Molnar, Daniel M. Van Noord, Steven D. Steenwyk
Contact binary systems (also known as W UMa systems) consist of a pair of hydrogen-burning dwarf stars orbiting each other so closely that they share a common envelope. Although th…
Atypical Light Curves
Steven D. Steenwyk, Daniel M. Van Noord, Lawrence A. Molnar
We have identified some two-hundred new variable stars in a systematic study of a data archive obtained with the Calvin-Rehoboth observatory. Of these, we present five close binari…