Context. Thanks to the Gaia mission, it will be possible to determine the masses of approximately hundreds of large main belt asteroids with very good precision...

Aims: Our aim is to obtain more information about the physical nature of B-type asteroids and extend previous work by studying their physical properties as...

The observation of Near Earth objects (NEOs) allows us to study the physical properties of the smallest size bodies of our Solar System and help impose...

The study of minor planets is motivated both by fundamental science of Solar system origins (some of these bodies contain the most pristine materials from the...

The inner asteroid belt is an important source of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Dynamical studies of the inner asteroid belt have identified several families...

We propose that several short-duration events observed in past stellar occultations by Chiron were produced by ring material. Some similarities between these...

Past analyses of spectral properties of the inner-belt primitive families in visible wavelengths have uncovered the possible existence of two compositional...

The Cybele and Hilda dynamical groups delimit the outer edge of the asteroid belt. Their compositional distribution is a key element to constrain evolutionary...

Project Cassini is concerned with a potential collaborative mission to Saturn and Titan. The project has been the subject of a joint ESA/NASA Technical...