3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
LiDO: Discovery of a 10:1 Resonator with a Novel Libration State
Rosemary E. Pike, Ruth Murray-Clay, Kathryn Volk +9
The Large inclination Distant Objects LiDO survey has discovered the first securely classified object in the 10:1 mean motion resonance of Neptune. This object, 2020 VN40, is short…
astro-ph.EP2025
Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Discovery Rates and Characterizations of Centaurs
Joseph Murtagh, Megan E. Schwamb, Stephanie R. Merritt +16
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) will start by the end of 2025 and operate for ten years, offering billions of observations of the southern nigh…
astro-ph.EP2024
Machine Learning Assisted Dynamical Classification of Trans-Neptunian Objects
Kathryn Volk, Renu Malhotra
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are small, icy bodies in the outer solar system. They are observed to have a complex orbital distribution that was shaped by the early dynamical hist…