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Planetary Bistatic Radar
M. Brozovic, B. J. Butler, Jean-Luc Margot +2
Planetary radar observations offer the potential for probing the properties of characteristics of solid bodies throughout the inner solar system and at least as far as the orbit of…
New Jupiter Satellites and Moon-Moon Collisions
Scott Sheppard, Gareth Williams, David Tholen +7
We report the discovery of 12 new satellites of Jupiter, giving Jupiter 79 known satellites. The new finds are between 23rd-24th mag in the r-band and 1-3 km in diameter assuming d…
Surface Composition of (99942) Apophis
Vishnu Reddy, Juan Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro +6
On April 13, 2029, near-Earth asteroid (NEA) (99942) Apophis will pass at a distance of 6 Earth radii from Earth. This event will provide researchers with a unique opportunity to s…
Asteroid 1566 Icarus's size, shape, orbit, and Yarkovsky drift from radar observations
Adam H. Greenberg, Jean-Luc Margot, Ashok K. Verma +4
Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 1566 Icarus ( au, , ) made a close approach to Earth in June 2015 at 22 lunar distances (LD). Its detection during the 196…
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico +148
The Pluto system was recently explored by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, making closest approach on 14 July 2015. Pluto's surface displays diverse landforms, terrain ages, albedos…
Radar Imaging and Characterization of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107
Shantanu P. Naidu, Jean-Luc Margot, Patrick A. Taylor +7
Potentially hazardous asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107 was the first binary near-Earth asteroid to be imaged. Radar observations in 2000 provided images at 75 m resolution that reveale…