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The Moon at thermal infrared wavelengths: A benchmark for asteroid thermal models
T. Müller, M. Burgdorf, V. Ali-Lagoa +2
Thermal-infrared measurements of asteroids are crucial for deriving the objects' sizes, albedos, and also the thermophysical properties of the surface material. Depending on the av…
The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation
J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, B. Sicardy +90
Among the four known transneptunian dwarf planets, Haumea is an exotic, very elongated, and fast rotating body. In contrast to the other dwarf planets, its size, shape, albedo, and…
The large Trans-Neptunian Object 2002 TC from combined stellar occultation, photometry and astrometry data
J. L. Ortiz, P. Santos-Sanz, B. Sicardy +78
On 28th January 2018, the large Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) 2002TC302 occulted a m15.3 star with ID 130957813463146112 in the Gaia DR2 stellar catalog. 12 positive occultati…
Light curves of ten Centaurs from K2 measurements
G. Marton, Cs. Kiss, L. Molnár +12
Here we present the results of visible range light curve observations of ten Centaurs using the Kepler Space Telescope in the framework of the K2 mission. Well defined periodic lig…
The visible and near-infrared spectra of asteroids in cometary orbits
J. Licandro, M. Popescu, J. de Leon +4
We study the visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectral properties of different ACO populations and compare them to the independently determined properties of comets. We select our A…
Haumea's thermal emission revisited in the light of the occultation results
T. Müller, Cs. Kiss, V. Ali-Lagoa +9
A recent occultation measurement of the dwarf planet Haumea (Ortiz et al. 2017) revealed an elongated shape with the longest axis comparable to Pluto's mean diameter. The chords al…
Compositional Diversity Among Primitive Asteroids
Humberto Campins, Julia de Leon, Javier Licandro +3
Spectroscopic observations from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared have revealed new and diagnostic differences among primitive asteroids. We review the spectral characteristics o…
Asteroid models reconstructed from the Lowell Photometric Database and WISE data
Josef Durech, Josef Hanus, Victor Ali-Lagoa
Information about the spin state of asteroids is important for our understanding of the dynamical processes affecting them. However, spin properties of asteroids are known for only…
Thermophysical modeling of main-belt asteroids from WISE thermal data
Josef Hanus, Marco Delbo, Josef Durech +1
By means of a varied-shape thermophysical model (VS-TPM) of Hanus et al. (2015) that takes into account asteroid shape and pole uncertainties, we analyze the thermal IR data acquir…
Asteroid shapes and thermal properties from combined optical and mid-infrared photometry inversion
Josef Durech, Marco Delbo, Benoit Carry +2
Optical lightcurves can be used for the shape and spin reconstruction of asteroids. Due to unknown albedo, these models are scale-free. When thermal infrared data are available, th…
Size and albedo distributions of asteroids in cometary orbits using WISE data
J. Licandro, V. Ali-Lagoa, G. Tancredi +1
We study the distributions of effective diameter (), beaming parameter (), and visible geometric albedo () of asteroids in cometry orbits (ACOs) populations, derived fro…
THERMAP: a mid-infrared spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system
O. Groussin, J. Licandro, J. Helbert +28
We present THERMAP, a mid-infrared (8-16 μm) spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system, developed in the framework of the MarcoPolo-R asteroid sam…
Additional spectra of asteroid 1996 FG3, backup target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission
J. de Leon, V. Lorenzi, V. Ali-Lagoa +3
Near-Earth binary asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 is the current backup target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission, selected for the study phase of ESA M3 missions. It is a primitive (C-type…
Surface composition and dynamical evolution of two retrograde objects in the outer solar system: 2008 YB3 and 2005 VD
N. Pinilla-Alonso, A. Alvarez-Candal, M. D. Melita +8
Most of the objects in the trans-Neptunian belt (TNb) and related populations move in prograde orbits with low eccentricity and inclination. However, the list of icy minor bodies m…