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most citedThe Mutual Orbit, Mass, and Density of the Large Transneptunian Binary System Varda and Ilmarë

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astro-ph.EP20251 cited

A Dormant Captured Oort Cloud Comet Awakens: (18916) 2000 OG44

Colin Orion Chandler, William J. Oldroyd, Chadwick A. Trujillo +2

We report the discovery of activity emanating from (18916) 2000 OG44 (alternately designated 1977 SD), a minor planet previously reported to be both an extinct comet or an asteroid…

astro-ph.EP20252 cited

Recurrent Cometary Activity Discovered on Quasi-Hilda Jupiter Family Comet 362P/(457175) 2008 GO98

Kennedy A. Farrell, Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo +5

We report the discovery of recurrent activity on quasi-Hilda comet (QHC) 362P/(457175) 2008 GO98. The first activity epoch was discovered during the perihelion passage of 362P. The…

astro-ph.EP2025

Evaluating an Embryo Origin for Detached TNOs within Full Kuiper Belt Formation Models

Nathan A. Kaib, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Scott S. Sheppard

With perihelia well beyond Neptune, but semimajor axes and eccentricities indicative of substantial perturbation, the origins of detached trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) remain a dy…

astro-ph.EP20258 cited

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…

astro-ph.EP2024

The Volatile Composition and Activity Evolution of Main-Belt Comet 358P/PANSTARRS

Henry H. Hsieh, John W. Noonan, Michael S. P. Kelley +17

We report the detection of water vapor associated with main-belt comet 358P/PANSTARRS on UT 2024 January 8-9 using the NIRSPEC instrument aboard JWST. We derive a water production…

astro-ph.EP2024

New Moons of Uranus and Neptune from Ultra-Deep Pencil Beam Surveys

Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, Marina Brozovic +4

We have conducted extremely ultra-deep pencil beam observations for new satellites around both Uranus and Neptune. Tens of images on several different nights in 2021, 2022 and 2023…