Publication type: Refereed

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    Mineralogical characterization of A-type asteroid (1951) Lick
    We have obtained visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of asteroid (1951) Lick. According to its spectral characteristics in the visible region, this...
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    Mineralogical characterization of some basaltic asteroids in the neighborhood of (4) Vesta: first results
    We present reflectance spectra of 19 V-type asteroids obtained at the 3.6 m Telescopio Nazionale Galileo covering 0.8 to 2.5 μm. For 8 of these asteroids we...
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    Mini-moons from horseshoes: A physical characterization of 2022 NX<SUB>1</SUB> with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias
    Context. The near-Earth orbital space is shared by natural objects and space debris that can be temporarily captured in geocentric orbits. Short-term natural...
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    Mining the ESO WFI and INT WFC archives for known Near Earth Asteroids. Mega-Precovery software
    The ESO/MPG WFI and the INT WFC wide field archives comprising 330 000 images were mined to search for serendipitous encounters of known Near Earth Asteroids...
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    Minor axis kinematics of 19 S0-Sbc bulges
    We present minor axis kinematic profiles for a well-studied sample of 19 early- to intermediate-type disk galaxies. We introduce, for the first time, the use of...
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    Minor Merger Origin for the Circumnuclear Starburst in NGC 7742
    We present an emission-line diagnostic analysis of integral-field spectroscopic observations that cover the central kiloparsec of NGC 7742. This Sa galaxy hosts...
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    Minutes-duration optical flares with supernova luminosities
    In recent years, certain luminous extragalactic optical transients have been observed to last only a few days 1. Their short observed duration implies a...
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    Mirach's Goblin: Discovery of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy behind the Andromeda galaxy
    Context. It is of broad interest for galaxy formation theory to carry out a full inventory of the numbers and properties of dwarf galaxies, both satellite and...
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    Misaligned spin-orbit in the XO-3 planetary system?
    The transiting extrasolar planet XO-3b is remarkable, with a high mass and eccentric orbit. These unusual characteristics make it interesting to test whether...