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A laboratory study of water ice erosion by low-energy ions
Elena A. Muntean, Pedro Lacerda, Thomas A. Field +4
Water ice covers the surface of various objects in the outer Solar system. Within the heliopause, surface ice is constantly bombarded and sputtered by energetic particles from the…
The Pan-STARRS 1 Discoveries of five new Neptune Trojans
Hsing Wen Lin, Ying-Tung Chen, Matthew J. Holman +16
In this work we report the detection of seven Neptune Trojans (NTs) in the Pan-STARRS 1 (PS1) survey. Five of these are new discoveries, consisting of four L4 Trojans and one L5 Tr…
Discovery of A New Retrograde Trans-Neptunian Object: Hint of A Common Orbital Plane for Low Semi-Major Axis, High Inclination TNOs and Centaurs
Ying-Tung Chen, Hsing Wen Lin, Matthew J. Holman +14
Although the majority of Centaurs are thought to have originated in the scattered disk, with the high-inclination members coming from the Oort cloud, the origin of the high inclina…
OSSOS: IV. Discovery of a dwarf planet candidate in the 9:2 resonance with Neptune
Michele T. Bannister, Mike Alexandersen, Susan D. Benecchi +32
We report the discovery and orbit of a new dwarf planet candidate, 2015 RR, by the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS). 2015 RR's orbit is eccentric ($e=0.586…
TRIPPy: Trailed Image Photometry in Python
Wesley C. Fraser, Mike Alexandersen, Megan E. Schwamb +6
Photometry of moving sources typically suffers from reduced signal-to-noise (SNR) or flux measurements biased to incorrect low values through the use of circular apertures. To addr…