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(42355) Typhon-Echidna: Scheduling Observations for Binary Orbit Determination
W. M. Grundy, K. S. Noll, J. Virtanen +6
We describe a strategy for scheduling astrometric observations to minimize the number required to determine the mutual orbits of binary transneptunian systems. The method is illust…
Evidence for Two Populations of Classical Transneptunian Objects: The Strong Inclination Dependence of Classical Binaries
Keith S. Noll, William M. Grundy, Denise C. Stephens +2
We have searched 101 Classical transneptunian objects for companions with the Hubble Space Telescope. Of these, at least 21 are binary. The heliocentric inclinations of the objects…
The orbit, mass, size, albedo, and density of (65489) Ceto/Phorcys: A tidally-evolved binary Centaur
W. M. Grundy, J. A. Stansberry, K. S. Noll +6
Hubble Space Telescope observations of Uranus- and Neptune-crossing object (65489) Ceto/Phorcys (provisionally designated 2003 FX128) reveal it to be a close binary system. The mut…
Binaries in the Kuiper Belt
Keith S. Noll, William M. Grundy, Eugene I. Chiang +2
Binaries have played a crucial role many times in the history of modern astronomy and are doing so again in the rapidly evolving exploration of the Kuiper Belt. The large fraction…
Procedures, Resources, and Selected Results of the Deep Ecliptic Survey
M. W. Buie, R. L. Millis, L. H. Wasserman +8
The Deep Ecliptic Survey is a project whose goal is to survey a large area of the near-ecliptic region to a faint limiting magnitude (R ~ 24) in search of objects in the outer sola…
Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 5:2 and Trojan Resonances
E. I. Chiang, A. B. Jordan, R. L. Millis +7
As part of our ongoing Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) of the Kuiper belt, we report on the occupation of the 1:1 (Trojan), 4:3, 3:2, 7:4, 2:1, and 5:2 Neptunian mean-motion resonances…