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Photometric analyses of Saturn's small moons: Aegaeon, Methone and Pallene are dark; Helene and Calypso are bright
M. M. Hedman, P. Helfenstein, R. O. Chancia +4
We examine the surface brightnesses of Saturn's smaller satellites using a photometric model that explicitly accounts for their elongated shapes and thus facilitates comparisons am…
The Complex Rotational Light Curve of (385446) Manwë-Thorondor, a Multi-Component Eclipsing System in the Kuiper Belt
David L. Rabinowitz, Susan D. Benecchi, William M. Grundy +2
Kuiper Belt Object (385446) Manwë-Thorondor is a multi-object system with mutual events predicted to occur from 2014 to 2019. To detect the events, we observed the system at 4 epoc…
Astro2020 Science White Paper: Triggered High-Priority Observations of Dynamic Solar System Phenomena
Nancy Chanover, Michael H. Wong, Thomas Greathouse +30
Unexpected dynamic phenomena have surprised solar system observers in the past and have led to important discoveries about solar system workings. Observations at the initial stages…
Formation of Charon's Red Poles From Seasonally Cold-Trapped Volatiles
W. M. Grundy, D. P. Cruikshank, G. R. Gladstone +38
A unique feature of Pluto's large satellite Charon is its dark red northern polar cap. Similar colours on Pluto's surface have been attributed to organic macromolecules produced by…
Overview of initial results from the reconnaissance flyby of a Kuiper Belt planetesimal: 2014 MU69
S. A. Stern, J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver +11
The centerpiece objective of the NASA New Horizons first Kuiper Extended Mission (KEM-1) was the close flyby of the Kuiper Belt Object KBO) 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule. On 1…