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Physical Characteristics of Jupiter's Trojan (1437) Diomedes from a Tri-chord Stellar Occultation in 2020 and Dimensionless 3D Model

H. Dutra, M. Assafin, B. Sicardy +15

Jupiter Trojans preserve primitive formation characteristics due to their collisionless stable orbits. Determination of their shapes and size-frequency distribution constrains the…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 and its near-nucleus environment from a stellar occultation

C. L. Pereira, F. Braga-Ribas, B. Sicardy +9

Comets offer valuable insights into the early Solar System's conditions and processes. Stellar occultations enables detailed study of cometary nuclei typically hidden by their coma…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 19 cited

Stellar occultations by Trans-Neptunian Objects

Bruno Sicardy, Felipe Braga-Ribas, Marc W. Buie +2

Stellar occultations provide a powerful tool to explore objects of the outer solar system. The Gaia mission now provides milli-arcsec accuracy on the predictions of these events an…

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Prominent mid-infrared excess of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake discovered by JWST/MIRI indicates ongoing activity

Csaba Kiss, Thomas G. Müller, Anikó Farkas-Takács +18

We report on the discovery of a very prominent mid-infrared (18-25 μm) excess associated with the trans-Neptunian dwarf planet (136472) Makemake. The excess, detected by the MIRI i…

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Constraints on Triton atmospheric evolution from occultations: 1989-2022

B. Sicardy, A. Tej, A. R. Gomes-Junior +49

Context - Around the year 2000, Triton's south pole experienced an extreme summer solstice that occurs every about 650 years, when the subsolar latitude reached about 50°. Bracketi…