5 papers
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical description
Bryce T. Bolin, Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling +18
We describe the physical characteristics of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered on 2025 July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. The comet has eccentricity,…
Multi-epoch spectro-photometric characterization of the minimoon 2024 PT in the visible and near-infrared
Jin Beniyama, Bryce T. Bolin, Alexey V. Sergeyev +5
2024 PT is a tiny ( m) near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in August 2024. 2024 PT was gravitationally bound to the Earth-Moon system from September to November 2…
Keck and Gemini characterization of rendezvous target 1998 KY
Bryce T. Bolin, Christoffer Fremling, Matthew Belyakov +7
Near-earth object (NEO) 1998 KY is a target of the spacecraft, which it will rendezvous with in July 2031. The asteroid is a rapid rotator and has a large out-…
The discovery and characterization of Earth-crossing asteroid 2024 YR
Bryce T. Bolin, Josef Hanuš, Larry Denneau +9
We describe observations and physical characteristics of Earth-crossing asteroid 2024 YR, discovered on 2024 December 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. T…
The discovery and characterization of minimoon 2024 PT
Bryce T. Bolin, Larry Denneau, Laura-May Abron +4
Minimoons are asteroids that become temporarily captured by the Earth-Moon system. We present the discovery of 2024 PT, a minimoon discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact…