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most citedCombining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes

127 citations · 584 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP2026

Size, shape, density, and atmospheric limit of (50000) Quaoar revealed from 14 years of stellar occultation

Giuliano Margoti, Felipe Braga-Ribas, José Luis Ortiz +173

We present results from 28 stellar occultations by the large Trans-Neptunian Object (50000) Quaoar registered between 2018 and 2025. By performing a joint analysis of this occultat…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 30 cited

Stellar occultations enable milliarcsecond astrometry for Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs

F. L. Rommel, F. Braga-Ribas, J. Desmars +66

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Centaurs are remnants of our planetary system formation, and their physical properties have invaluable information for evolutionary theories. Ste…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 42 cited

Precise astrometry and diameters of asteroids from occultations -- a data-set of observations and their interpretation

David Herald, David Gault, Robert Anderson +10

Occultations of stars by asteroids have been observed since 1961, increasing from a very small number to now over 500 annually. We have created and regularly maintain a growing dat…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 15 cited

Spectroscopic Detection of the Pre-White Dwarf Companion of Regulus

Douglas R. Gies, Kathryn V. Lester, Luqian Wang +6

Mass transfer in an interacting binary will often strip the mass donor of its entire envelope and spin up the mass gainer to near critical rotation. The nearby B-type star Regulus…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 27 cited

A multi-chord stellar occultation by the large trans-Neptunian object (174567) Varda

D. Souami, F. Braga-Ribas, B. Sicardy +41

We present results from the first recorded stellar occultation by the large trans-Neptunian object (174567) Varda that was observed on September 10, 2018. Varda belongs…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 52 cited

Size and Shape Constraints of (486958) Arrokoth from Stellar Occultations

Marc W. Buie, Simon B. Porter, Peter Tamblyn +130

We present the results from four stellar occultations by (486958) Arrokoth, the flyby target of the New Horizons extended mission. Three of the four efforts led to positive detecti…