3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
An ancient L- type family associated to (460) Scania in the Middle Main Belt as revealed by Gaia DR3 spectra
Roberto Balossi, Paolo Tanga, Marco Delbo +2
Asteroid families are typically identified using hierarchical clustering methods (HCM) in the proper element phase space. However, these methods struggle with overlapping families,…
astro-ph.EP2024
Gaia DR3 asteroid reflectance spectra: L-type families, memberships, and ages
Roberto Balossi, Paolo Tanga, Alexey Sergeyev +2
The Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) contains reflectance spectra at visible wavelengths for 60,518 asteroids over the range between 374-1034 nm, representing a large sample that is well…
astro-ph.EP2024
Binary asteroid candidates in Gaia DR3 astrometry
Luana Liberato, Paolo Tanga, David Mary +7
Asteroids with companions constitute an excellent sample for studying the collisional and dynamical evolution of minor planets. The currently known binary population were discovere…