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most citedThe Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results

21 citations · 57 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.EP202421 cited

The Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results

Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo, William J. Oldroyd +20

We present the Citizen Science program Active Asteroids and describe discoveries stemming from our ongoing project. Our NASA Partner program is hosted on the Zooniverse online plat…

astro-ph.EP202310 cited

Recurring Activity Discovered on Quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ118

William J. Oldroyd, Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo +10

We have discovered two epochs of activity on quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ118. Small bodies that display comet-like activity, such as active asteroids and active quasi-Hildas, are important…

astro-ph.EP2023

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) II. Observational Strategy and Design

Chadwick A. Trujillo, Cesar Fuentes, David W. Gerdes +19

We present the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) survey strategy including observing cadence for orbit determination, exposure times, field pointings and filter choices. Th…

astro-ph.EP2023

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) VI: first multi-year observations of trans-Neptunian objects

Hayden Smotherman, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Stephen K. N. Portillo +25

We present the first set of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) observed on multiple nights in data taken from the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP). Of these 110 TNOs, 105 do n…

astro-ph.EP2023

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) III: Survey characterization and simulation methods

Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Hayden Smotherman, Zachary Langford +24

We present a detailed study of the observational biases of the DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project's (DEEP) B1 data release and survey simulation software that enables direct statis…

astro-ph.EP2023

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP): V. The Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt

Kevin J. Napier, Hsing-Wen Lin, David W. Gerdes +21

The DECam Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP) is a deep survey of the trans-Neptunian solar system being carried out on the 4-meter Blanco telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American…