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20232025
most citedThe Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results

21 citations · 37 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

NGTS-EB-8: A double-lined eclipsing M+M binary discovered by citizen scientists

Sean M. O'Brien, Megan E. Schwamb, Christopher A. Watson +54

We report the identification and characterization of a new binary system composed of two near-equal mass M-dwarfs. The binary NGTS-EB-8 was identified as a planet candidate in data…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

GOTO065054+593624: a 8.5 mag amplitude dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers

T. L. Killestein, G. Ramsay, M. Kennedy +62

Dwarf novae are astrophysical laboratories for probing the nature of accretion, binary mass transfer, and binary evolution -- yet their diverse observational characteristics contin…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 21 cited

The Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results

Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo, William J. Oldroyd +20

We present the Citizen Science program Active Asteroids and describe discoveries stemming from our ongoing project. Our NASA Partner program is hosted on the Zooniverse online plat…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

Recurring Activity Discovered on Quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ118

William J. Oldroyd, Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo +10

We have discovered two epochs of activity on quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ118. Small bodies that display comet-like activity, such as active asteroids and active quasi-Hildas, are important…

astro-ph.EP2023

New Recurrently Active Main-belt Comet 2010 LH15

Colin Orion Chandler, William J. Oldroyd, Henry H. Hsieh +9

We announce the discovery of a main-belt comet (MBC), 2010 LH15 (alternately designated 2010 TJ175). MBCs are a rare type of main-belt asteroid that display comet-like activity, su…