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Contact binary asteroid (153201) 2000 WO107: rotation, shape model, and density
Yurij Krugly, Oleksiy Golubov, Ihor Kyrylenko +10
We combine different methods to investigate the rotation, determine the shape and estimate the density of near-Earth asteroid (153201) 2000 WO. We carried out photometric o…
Size, albedo and rotational period of the Hayabusa2# target (98943) 2001 CC21
S. Fornasier, E. Dotto, P. Panuzzo +8
This study aims to determine the size, albedo and rotational period of (98943) 2001 CC21, target of the Hayabusa2 extended mission, using thermal data from the Spitzer Space telesc…
Photometry of the Didymos system across the DART impact apparition
Nicholas Moskovitz, Cristina Thomas, Petr Pravec +78
On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the satellite of binary near-Earth asteroid (65803) Didymos. This demonstrated the…
A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS measured from stellar occultations
F. L. Rommel, F. Braga-Ribas, J. L. Ortiz +201
This work aims at constraining the size, shape, and geometric albedo of the dwarf planet candidate 2002 MS4 through the analysis of nine stellar occultation events. Using multichor…
Physical modelling of near-Earth asteroid (23187) 2000 PN9 with ground-based optical and radar observations
L. Dover, S. C. Lowry, A. Rożek +19
We present a physical model and spin-state analysis of the potentially hazardous asteroid (23187) 2000 PN9. As part of a long-term campaign to make direct detections of the YORP ef…
NEOROCKS project: surface properties of small near-Earth asteroids
T. Hromakina, M. Birlan, M. A. Barucci +11
We present new results of the observing program which is a part of the NEOROCKS project aimed to improve knowledge on physical properties of near-Earth Objects (NEOs) for planetary…
Physical properties of the trans-Neptunian object (38628) Huya from a multi-chord stellar occultation
P. Santos-Sanz, J. L. Ortiz, B. Sicardy +85
Within our international program to obtain accurate physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) we predicted a stellar occultation by the TNO (38628) Huya of the star Gai…
Asteroid phase curves using sparse Gaia DR2 data and differential dense light curves
E. Wilawer, D. Oszkiewicz, A. Kryszczyńska +10
The amount of sparse asteroid photometry being gathered by both space- and ground-based surveys is growing exponentially. This large volume of data poses a computational challenge…
Polarimetry of M-type asteroids in the context of their surface composition
I. Belskaya, A. Berdyugin, Yu. Krugly +9
Aims. We aim to investigate how polarimetric observations can improve our understanding of the nature and diversity of M/X-type asteroids. Methods. Polarimetric observations of the…
Photometry of selected outer main belt asteroids
V. Shevchenko, O. Mikhalchenko, I. Belskaya +17
We present new photometric observations for twelve asteroids ((122) Gerda, (152) Atala, (260) Huberta, (665) Sabine, (692) Hippodamia, (723) Hammonia, (745) Mauritia, (768) Struvea…
Small solar system objects on highly inclined orbits: Surface colours and lifetimes
T. Hromakina, I. Belskaya, Yu. Krugly +9
Less than one percent of the discovered small solar system objects have highly inclined orbits (), and revolve around the Sun on near-polar or retrograde orbits. The…
Photometry of an unusual small distant object 2016 ND21
Tetiana Hromakina, Sergey Velichko, Irina Belskaya +2
We present the first-ever measurements of the surface colors and rotational properties of a recently discovered distant object in an unusual orbit 2016 ND21. In 2017, this object w…
Phase integral of asteroids
Vasilij G. Shevchenko, Irina N. Belskaya, Olga I. Mikhalchenko +6
The values of the phase integral q were determined for asteroids using (i) a numerical integration of the brightness phase functions over a wide phase-angle range and (ii) the rela…
Long-term photometric monitoring of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemake
T. A. Hromakina, I. N. Belskaya, Yu. N. Krugly +17
We studied the rotational properties of the dwarf planet Makemake. The photometric observations were carried out at different telescopes between 2006 and 2017. Most of the measurem…
Unusual polarimetric properties of (101955) Bennu: similarities with F-class asteroids and cometary bodies
A. Cellino, S. Bagnulo, I. N. Belskaya +1
We have obtained polarimetric measurements of asteroid (101955) Bennu, a presumably primitive near-Earth object (NEO) that is the target of NASA's sample return mission OSIRIS-REx.…
Rotational variation of the linear polarisation of the asteroid (3200) Phaethon as evidence for inhomogeneity in its surface properties
G. Borisov, M. Devogèle, A. Cellino +23
Asteroid (3200) Phaethon is a Near-Earth Apollo asteroid with an unusual orbit that brings it closer to the Sun than any other known asteroid. Its last close approach to the Earth…
The phase-polarization curve of asteroid (3200) Phaethon
M. Devogèle, A. Cellino, G. Borisov +10
A multi-colour phase-polarization curve of asteroid (3200)~Phaethon has been obtained during the December 2017 apparition by merging measurements taken at the observing station of…
A spectroscopic survey of the small near-Earth asteroid population: peculiar taxonomic distribution and phase reddening
Davide Perna, Maria Antonietta Barucci, Marcello Fulchignoni +6
We present the results of the first-ever visible spectroscopic survey fully dedicated to the small (absolute magnitude H>20) near-Earth asteroid (NEA) population. Observations have…
Olivine-rich asteroids in the near-Earth space
M. Popescu, D. Perna, M. A. Barucci +6
In the framework of a 30-night spectroscopic survey of small near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) we present new results regarding the identification of olivine-rich objects. The following…
Photometric observations of nine Transneptunian objects and Centaurs
T. Hromakina, D. Perna, I. Belskaya +3
We present the results of photometric observations of six Transneptunian objects and three Centaurs, estimations of their rotational periods and corresponding amplitudes. For six o…
Decimetre-scaled spectrophotometric properties of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from OSIRIS observations
C. Feller, S. Fornasier, P. H. Hasselmann +43
We present the results of the photometric and spectrophotometric properties of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko nucleus derived with the OSIRIS instrument during the closest fly-by ov…
Broadband Linear Polarization of Jupiter Trojans
S. Bagnulo, I. N. Belskaya, A. Stinson +2
Trojan asteroids orbit in the Lagrange points of the system Sun-planet-asteroid. Their dynamical stability make their physical properties important proxies for the early evolution…
UV to far-IR reflectance spectra of carbonaceous chondrites. I. Implications for remote characterization of dark primitive asteroids targeted by sample-return missions
Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez, Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Jordi Llorca +8
We analyze here a wide sample of carbonaceous chondrites from historic falls (e.g. Allende, Cold Bokkeveld, Kainsaz, Leoville, Murchison, Murray and Orgueil), and from NASA Antarct…
Polarimetry of transneptunian objects (136472) Makemake and (90482) Orcus
I. N. Belskaya, S. Bagnulo, A. Stinson +5
Context. We study the surface properties of transneptunian populations of Solar-system bodies. Aims. We investigate the surface characteristics of the dwarf planet (136472) Makemak…