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20172026
most citedATLAS: A High-Cadence All-Sky Survey System

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22 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Long-baseline ATLAS photometry of the seven main-belt asteroid targets of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt

Nicolas Erasmus, Josef Ďurech, David E. Trilling +6

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) will use the MBR Explorer spacecraft to fly past six main-belt asteroids -- (10253) Westerwald, (623) Chimaera, (13294) Rockox, (880…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

ATLAS Photometry of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

John Tonry, Larry Denneau, Miguel Alarcon +7

We present calibrated ATLAS photometry of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) from 28 March through 29 Aug 2025, obtained with the five-site, robotic ATLAS network in the c…

astro-ph.EP2024

Analysing the Onset of Cometary Activity by the Jupiter-Family Comet 2023 RN3

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Alan Fitzsimmons +17

We utilize serendipitous observations from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in addition to targeted follow-up obser…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 8 cited

The Discovery and Evolution of a Possible New Epoch of Cometary Activity by the Centaur (2060) Chiron

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Alan Fitzsimmons +24

Centaurs are small Solar System objects on chaotic orbits in the giant planet region, forming an evolutionary continuum with the Kuiper belt objects and Jupiter-family comets. Some…

astro-ph.EP2023

Phase Curves of Kuiper Belt Objects, Centaurs, and Jupiter Family Comets from the ATLAS Survey

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Susan D. Benecchi +9

The Kuiper belt objects, the Centaurs, and the Jupiter-family comets form an evolutionary continuum of small outer Solar System objects, and their study allows us to gain insight i…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 17 cited

Discovery of Super-Slow Rotating Asteroids with ATLAS and ZTF photometry

N. Erasmus, D. Kramer, A. McNeill +7

We present here the discovery of a new class of super-slow rotating asteroids (P>1000 hours) in data extracted from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and Zw…