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Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby
Juan Luis Rizos, Jose Maria Gomez-Limon, Yucel Kilic +51
The paper presents new observations of Jupiter’s irregular moon Kallichore, using Hubble, ground‑based telescopes and stellar occultations to refine its orbit, size, shape and surf…
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…
Unveiling the Trans-Neptunian Region with the SKA
Pablo Santos-Sanz, Yücel Kilic, Thomas G. Müller +3
We explore the potential of the SKA staged delivery AA4 (SKA-AA4) to detect and characterise the thermal emission of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Centaurs at centimetre wavel…
Probing close-in satellites of Trans-Neptunian Objects through thermal and direct size measurements
J. M. Gómez-Limón, R. Leiva, J. L. Ortiz +6
Context: Trans-Neptunian objects are distant bodies that retain valuable information about the origin and evolution of the Solar System. Many of these objects constitute binary sys…
Predictions of Stellar Occultations by Haumea and the Event of 4 May 2026
José Luis Ortiz, Nicolas Morales, Antonio Ocaña-Pastor +8
Haumea is the third-largest of the five officially recognized dwarf planets and one of the four that reside in the trans-Neptunian region. It is among the most exotic bodies in the…
The trans-Neptunian object (119951) 2002 KX14 revealed via multiple stellar occultations
J. L. Rizos, J. L. Ortiz, F. L. Rommel +55
(119951) 2002 KX14 is a large classical TNO with limited previous observations and unresolved questions regarding its physical properties. Five stellar occultations by 2002 KX14 we…