The Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA-II) survey has performed high cadence, wide field observations of the Galactic Bulge from New Zealand since...
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PublicationAsteroid Lightcurves from the MOA-II Survey: a pilot study
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PublicationAsteroid pairs: A complex picture
We studied a sample of 93 asteroid pairs, i.e., pairs of genetically related asteroids that are on highly similar heliocentric orbits. We estimated times...
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PublicationAsteroids' reflectance from Gaia DR3: Artificial reddening at near-UV wavelengths
Context. Observational and instrumental difficulties observing small bodies below 0.5 μm make this wavelength range poorly studied compared with the visible and...
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NewsAstronomers confirm a new “Trojan” asteroid that shares an orbit with Mars
Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) a study led from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Universidad Complutense...
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NewsAstronomers make a significant advance in our knowledge of the asteroids nearest to the Earth, the Arjunas
Research, in which the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias has participated has analyzed object 2023 FY3, a member of a group of asteroids which have...
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PublicationBasaltic asteroids in the Near-Earth Objects population: a mineralogical analysis
Aims.We present reflectance spectra of three V-type Near-Earth Objects obtained at the 3.6 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo and at the 2.5 m Nordic Optical...
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PublicationBennu's global surface and two candidate sample sites characterized by spectral clustering of OSIRIS-REx multispectral images
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft encountered the asteroid (101955) Bennu on December 3, 2018, and has since acquired extensive data from the payload of scientific...
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PublicationCharacterisation of the new target of the NASA Lucy mission: Asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh (1999 VD57)
Context. The NASA Lucy mission is designed to collect data that will be used to study the very interesting population of Jupiter Trojans, which are considered...
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PublicationCharacterization of the June epsilon Ophiuchids meteoroid stream and the comet 300P/Catalina
Aims: Prior to 2019, the June epsilon Ophiuchids (JEO) were known as a minor unconfirmed meteor shower with activity that was considered typically moderate for...