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1. Scaling slowly rotating asteroids by stellar occultations

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Marciniak, A., Ďurech, J., Choukroun, A., Hanuš, J., Ogłoza, W., Szakáts, R., Molnár, L., Pál, A., Monteiro, F., Frappa, E., Beisker, W., Pavlov, H., Moore, J., Adomavičienė, R., Aikawa, R., Andersson, S., Antonini, P., Argentin, Y., Asai, A., Assoignon, P., Barton, J., Baruffetti, P., Bath, K. L., Behrend, R., Benedyktowicz, L., Bernasconi, L., Biguet, G., Billiani, M., Błażewicz, D., Boninsegna, R., Borkowski, M., Bosch, J., Brazill, S., Bronikowska, M., Bruno, A., Bąk, M. Butkiewicz, Caron, J., Casalnuovo, G., Castellani, J. J., Ceravolo, P., Conjat, M., Delincak, P., Delpau, J., Demeautis, C., Demirkol, A., Dróżdż, M., Duffard, R., Durandet, C., Eisfeldt, D., Evangelista, M., Fauvaud, S., Fauvaud, M., Ferrais, M., Filipek, M., Fini, P., Fukui, K., Gährken, B., Geier, S., George, T., Goffin, B., Golonka, J., Goto, T., Grice, J., Guhl, K., Halíř, K., Hanna, W., Harman, M., Hashimoto, A., Hasubick, W., Higgins, D., Higuchi, M., Hirose, T., Hirsch, R., Hofschulz, O., Horaguchi, T., Horbowicz, J., Ida, M., Ignácz, B., Ishida, M., Isobe, K., Jehin, E., Joachimczyk, B., Jones, A., Juan, J., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Kankiewicz, P., Kasebe, H., Kattentidt, B., Kim, D. -H., Kim, M. -J., Kitazaki, K., Klotz, A., Komraus, M., Konstanciak, I., Tóth, R. Könyves, Kouno, K., Kowald, E., Krajewski, J., Krannich, G., Kreutzer, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Kubánek, J., Kudak, V., Kugel, F., Kukita, R., Kulczak, P., Lazzaro, D., Licandro, J., Livet, F., Maley, P., Manago, N., Mánek, J., Manna, A., Matsushita, H., Meister, S., Mesquita, W., Messner, S., Michelet, J., Michimani, J., Mieczkowska, I., Morales, N., Motyliński, M., Murawiecka, M., Newman, J., Nikitin, V., Nishimura, M., Oey, J., Oszkiewicz, D., Owada, M., Pakštienė, E., Pawłowski, M., Pereira, W., Perig, V., Perła, J., Pilcher, F., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Polák, J., Polakis, T., Polińska, M., Popowicz, A., Richard, F., Rives, J. J., Rodrigues, T., Rogiński, Ł., Rondón, E., Rottenborn, M., Schäfer, R., Schnabel, C., Schreurs, O., Selva, A., Simon, M., Skiff, B., Skrutskie, M., Skrzypek, J., Sobkowiak, K., Sonbas, E., Sposetti, S., Stuart, P., Szyszka, K., Terakubo, K., Thomas, W., Trela, P., Uchiyama, S., Urbanik, M., Vaudescal, G., Venable, R., Watanabe, Ha., Watanabe, Hi., Winiarski, M., Wróblewski, R., Yamamura, H., Yamashita, M., Yoshihara, H., Zawilski, M., Zelený, P., Żejmo, M., Żukowski, K., and Żywica, S.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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As evidenced by recent survey results, majority of asteroids are slow rotators (P>12 h), but lack spin and shape models due to selection bias. This bias is skewing our overall understanding of the spins, shapes, and sizes of asteroids, as well as of their other properties. Also, diameter determinations for large (>60km) and medium-sized asteroids (between 30 and 60 km) often vary by over 30% for multiple reasons. Our long-term project is focused on a few tens of slow rotators with periods of up to 60 hours. We aim to obtain their full light curves and reconstruct their spins and shapes. We also precisely scale the models, typically with an accuracy of a few percent. We used wide sets of dense light curves for spin and shape reconstructions via light-curve inversion. Precisely scaling them with thermal data was not possible here because of poor infrared data: large bodies are too bright for WISE mission. Therefore, we recently launched a campaign among stellar occultation observers, to scale these models and to verify the shape solutions, often allowing us to break the mirror pole ambiguity. The presented scheme resulted in shape models for 16 slow rotators, most of them for the first time. Fitting them to stellar occultations resolved previous inconsistencies in size determinations. For around half of the targets, this fitting also allowed us to identify a clearly preferred pole solution, thus removing the ambiguity inherent to light-curve inversion. We also address the influence of the uncertainty of the shape models on the derived diameters. Overall, our project has already provided reliable models for around 50 slow rotators. Such well-determined and scaled asteroid shapes will, e.g. constitute a solid basis for density determinations when coupled with mass information. Spin and shape models continue to fill the gaps caused by various biases., Comment: Accepted to Astronomy & Astrophysics. 12 pages + appendices

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2023
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2. A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS$_4$ measured from stellar occultations

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Rommel, F. L., Braga-Ribas, F., Ortiz, J. L., Sicardy, B., Santos-Sanz, P., Desmars, J., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Assafin, M., Morgado, B. E., Boufleur, R. C., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Holler, B. J., Souami, D., Duffard, R., Margoti, G., Vara-Lubiano, M., Lecacheux, J., Plouvier, J. L., Morales, N., Maury, A., Fabrega, J., Ceravolo, P., Jehin, E., Albanese, D., Mariey, H., Cikota, S., Ruždjak, D., Cikota, A., Szakáts, R., Aissa, D. Baba, Gringahcene, Z., Kashuba, V., Koshkin, N., Zhukov, V., Fişek, S., Çakır, O., Özer, S., Schnabel, C., Schnabel, M., Signoret, F., Morrone, L., Santana-Ros, T., Pereira, C. L., Emilio, M., Burdanov, A. Y., de Wit, J., Barkaoui, K., Gillon, M., Leto, G., Frasca, A., Catanzaro, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Tagliaferri, U., Di Sora, M., Isopi, G., Krugly, Y., Slyusarev, I., Chiorny, V., Mikuž, H., Bacci, P., Maestripieri, M., Grazia, M. D., de la Cueva, I., Yuste-Moreno, M., Ciabattari, F., Kozhukhov, O. M., Serra-Ricart, M., Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J., Masi, G., Bacci, R., Bosch, J. M., Behem, R., Prost, J. -P., Renner, S., Conjat, M., Bachini, M., Succi, G., Stoian, L., Juravle, A., Carosati, D., Gowe, B., Carrillo, J., Zheleznyak, A. P., Montigiani, N., Foster, C. R., Mannucci, M., Ruocco, N., Cuevas, F., Di Marcantonio, P., Coretti, I., Iafrate, G., Baldini, V., Collins, M., Pál, A., Csák, B., Fernández-Garcia, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Hudin, L., Madiedo, J. M., Anghel, R. M., Calvo-Fernández, J. F., Valvasori, A., Guido, E., Gherase, R. M., Kamoun, S., Fafet, R., Sánchez-González, M., Curelaru, L., Vîntdevară, C. D., Danescu, C. A., Gout, J. -F., Schmitz, C. J., Sota, A., Belskaya, I., Rodríguez-Marco, M., Kilic, Y., Frappa, E., Klotz, A., Lavayssière, M., Oliveira, J. Marques, Popescu, M., Mammana, L. A., Fernández-Lajús, E., Schmidt, M., Hopp, U., Komžík, R., Pribulla, T., Tomko, D., Husárik, M., Erece, O., Eryilmaz, S., Buzzi, L., Gährken, B., Nardiello, D., Hornoch, K., Sonbas, E., Er, H., Burwitz, V., Sybilski, P. Waldemar, Bykowski, W., Müller, T. G., Ogloza, W., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, J. F., Ferreira, M., Bento, M., Meister, S., Bagiran, M. N., Tekeş, M., Marciniak, A., Moravec, Z., Delinčák, P., Gianni, G., Casalnuovo, G. B., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Klemt, B., Wuensche, N., Burzynski, W., Borkowski, M., Serrau, M., Dangl, G., Klös, O., Weber, C., Urbaník, M., Rousselot, L., Kubánek, J., André, P., Colazo, C., Spagnotto, J., Sickafoose, A. A., Hueso, R., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Fisher, R. S., Rengstorf, A. W., Perelló, C., Dascalu, M., Altan, M., Gazeas, K., de Santana, T., Sfair, R., Winter, O. C., Kalkan, S., Canales-Moreno, O., Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., Tsamis, V., Tigani, K., Sioulas, N., Lekkas, G., Bertesteanu, D. N., Dumitrescu, V., Wilberger, A. J., Barnes, J. W., Fieber-Beyer, S. K., Swaney, R. L., Fuentes, C., Mendez, R. A., Dumitru, B. D., Flynn, R. L., and Wake, D. A.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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This work aims at constraining the size, shape, and geometric albedo of the dwarf planet candidate 2002 MS4 through the analysis of nine stellar occultation events. Using multichord detection, we also studied the object's topography by analyzing the obtained limb and the residuals between observed chords and the best-fitted ellipse. We predicted and organized the observational campaigns of nine stellar occultations by 2002 MS4 between 2019 and 2022, resulting in two single-chord events, four double-chord detections, and three events with three to up to sixty-one positive chords. Using 13 selected chords from the 8 August 2020 event, we determined the global elliptical limb of 2002 MS4. The best-fitted ellipse, combined with the object's rotational information from the literature, constrains the object's size, shape, and albedo. Additionally, we developed a new method to characterize topography features on the object's limb. The global limb has a semi-major axis of 412 $\pm$ 10 km, a semi-minor axis of 385 $\pm$ 17 km, and the position angle of the minor axis is 121 $^\circ$ $\pm$ 16$^\circ$. From this instantaneous limb, we obtained 2002 MS4's geometric albedo and the projected area-equivalent diameter. Significant deviations from the fitted ellipse in the northernmost limb are detected from multiple sites highlighting three distinct topographic features: one 11 km depth depression followed by a 25$^{+4}_{-5}$ km height elevation next to a crater-like depression with an extension of 322 $\pm$ 39 km and 45.1 $\pm$ 1.5 km deep. Our results present an object that is $\approx$138 km smaller in diameter than derived from thermal data, possibly indicating the presence of a so-far unknown satellite. However, within the error bars, the geometric albedo in the V-band agrees with the results published in the literature, even with the radiometric-derived albedo.

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2023
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3. Asteroid spin-states of a 4 Gyr collisional family

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Athanasopoulos, D., Hanus, J., Avdellidou, C., Bonamico, R., Delbo, M., Conjat, M., Ferrero, A., Gazeas, K., Rivet, J. P., Sioulas, N., van Belle, G., Antonini, P., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Bernasconi, L., Brinsfield, J. W., Brouillard, S., Brunetto, L., Fauvaud, M., Fauvaud, S., González, R., Higgins, D., Holoien, T. W. -S., Kobber, G., Koff, R. A., Kryszczynska, A., Livet, F., Marciniak, A., Oey, J., Pejcha, O., Rives, J. J., and Roy, R.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Families of asteroids generated by the collisional fragmentation of a common parent body have been identified using clustering methods of asteroids in their proper orbital element space. An alternative method has been developed in order to identify collisional families from the correlation between the asteroid fragment sizes and their proper semi-major axis distance from the family centre (V-shape). This method has been shown to be effective in the cases of the very diffuse families that formed billions of years ago. We obtained photometric observations of asteroids in order to construct their rotational light curves; we combine them with the literature light curves and sparse-in-time photometry; we input these data in the light curve inversion methods to determine the shape and the spin pole of the asteroids in order to assess whether an object is prograde or retrograde. The ultimate goal is to assess whether we find an excess of retrograde asteroids on the inward side of the V-shape of a 4 Gyr asteroid family identified via the V-shape method. This excess of retrograde rotators is predicted by the theory of asteroid family evolution. We obtained the spin poles for 55 asteroids claimed to belong to a 4 Gyr collisional family of the inner main belt that consists of low-albedo asteroids. After re-evaluating the albedo and spectroscopic information, we found that nine of these asteroids are interlopers in the 4 Gyr family. Of the 46 remaining asteroids, 31 are found to be retrograde and 15 prograde. We also found that these retrograde rotators have a very low probability (1.29%) of being due to random sampling from an underlying uniform distribution of spin poles. Our results constitute corroborating evidence that the asteroids identified as members of a 4 Gyr collisional family have a common origin, thus strengthening their family membership., Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures. A&A (2022)

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2022
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4. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

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Oliveira, J. Marques, Sicardy, B., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Pérez-Hoyos, S., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K. -L., Bode, H. -J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelínek, M., Štrobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J. -M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Savio, R. Lo, Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Abbeel, F. Van Den, André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J. -P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J. -F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrède, P., Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Aissa, D. Baba, Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Reche, A. Román, Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Ibáñez, J. Abril, Martín, M. C. Díaz, González, H., García, J. L. Maestre, Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, M., Dias, F. Marques, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., Moutamid, M. El, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. -P., Françoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., and Downs, B.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of which yielded a central flash detection. We aimed at constraining Triton's atmospheric structure and the seasonal variations of its atmospheric pressure since the Voyager 2 epoch (1989). We also derived the shape of the lower atmosphere from central flash analysis. We used Abel inversions and direct ray-tracing code to provide the density, pressure, and temperature profiles in the altitude range $\sim$8 km to $\sim$190 km, corresponding to pressure levels from 9 {\mu}bar down to a few nanobars. Results. (i) A pressure of 1.18$\pm$0.03 {\mu}bar is found at a reference radius of 1400 km (47 km altitude). (ii) A new analysis of the Voyager 2 radio science occultation shows that this is consistent with an extrapolation of pressure down to the surface pressure obtained in 1989. (iii) A survey of occultations obtained between 1989 and 2017 suggests that an enhancement in surface pressure as reported during the 1990s might be real, but debatable, due to very few high S/N light curves and data accessible for reanalysis. The volatile transport model analysed supports a moderate increase in surface pressure, with a maximum value around 2005-2015 no higher than 23 {\mu}bar. The pressures observed in 1995-1997 and 2017 appear mutually inconsistent with the volatile transport model presented here. (iv) The central flash structure does not show evidence of an atmospheric distortion. We find an upper limit of 0.0011 for the apparent oblateness of the atmosphere near the 8 km altitude., Comment: 52 pages, 26 figures in the main paper, 2 figures in appendix B, 9 figures in appendix C, 1 long table over 5 pages

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2022
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5. The large Trans-Neptunian Object 2002 TC$_{302}$ from combined stellar occultation, photometry and astrometry data

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Ortiz, J. L., Santos-Sanz, P., Sicardy, B., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Duffard, R., Morales, N., Braga-Ribas, F., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Nascimbeni, V., Nardiello, D., Carbognani, A., Buzzi, L., Aletti, A., Bacci, P., Maestripieri, M., Mazzei, L., Mikuz, H., Skvarc, J., Ciabattari, F., Lavalade, F., Scarfi, G., Mari, J. M., Conjat, M., Sposetti, S., Bachini, M., Succi, G., Mancini, F., Alighieri, M., Canto, E. Dal, Masucci, M., Vara-Lubiano, M., Gutiérrez, P. J., Desmars, J., Lecacheux, J., Vieira-Martins, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Assafin, M., Colas, F., Beisker, W., Behrend, R., Mueller, T. G., Meza, E., Gomes-Junior, A. R., Roques, F., Vachier, F., Mottola, S., Hellmich, S., Bagatin, A. Campo, Alvarez-Candal, A., Cikota, S., Cikota, A., Christille, J. M., Pál, A., Kiss, C., Pribulla, T., Komžík, R., Madiedo, J. M., Charmandaris, V., Alikakos, J., Szakáts, R., Farkas-Takács, A., Varga-Verebélyi, E., Marton, G., Marciniak, A., Bartczak, P., Butkiewicz-Bak, M., Dudziński, G., Alí-Lagoa, V., Gazeas, K., Paschalis, N., Tsamis, V., Guirado, J. C., Peris, V., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Schnabel, C., Manzano, F., Navarro, A., Perelló, C., Vecchione, A., Noschese, A., and Morrone, L.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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On 28th January 2018, the large Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) 2002TC302 occulted a m$_v= $15.3 star with ID 130957813463146112 in the Gaia DR2 stellar catalog. 12 positive occultation chords were obtained from Italy, France, Slovenia and Switzerland. Also, 4 negative detections were obtained near the north and south limbs. This represents the best observed stellar occultation by a TNO other than Pluto, in terms of the number of chords published thus far. From the 12 chords, an accurate elliptical fit to the instantaneous projection of the body, compatible with the near misses, can be obtained. The resulting ellipse has major and minor axes of 543 $\pm$ 18 km and 460 $\pm$ 11 km, respectively, with a position angle of 3 $\pm$ 1 degrees for the minor axis. This information, combined with rotational light curves obtained with the 1.5m telescope at Sierra Nevada Observatory and the 1.23m telescope at Calar Alto observatory, allows us to derive possible 3D shapes and density estimations for the body, based on hydrostatic equilibrium assumptions. The effective area equivalent diameter is $\sim$ 84 km smaller than the radiometrically derived diameter using thermal data from Herschel and Spitzer Space Telescopes. This might indicate the existence of an unresolved satellite of up to $\sim$ 300 km in diameter, to account for all the thermal flux, although the occultation and thermal diameters are compatible within their error bars given the considerable uncertainty of the thermal results. The existence of a potential satellite also appears to be consistent with other ground-based data presented here. From the effective occultation diameter combined with H$_V$ measurements we derive a geometric albedo of 0.147 $\pm$ 0.005, which would be somewhat smaller if 2002TC302 has a satellite. The best occultation light curves do not show any signs of ring features or any signatures of a global atmosphere., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 14 pages, 9 figures

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2020
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6. Discovery of XO-6b: a hot Jupiter transiting a fast rotating F5 star on an oblique orbit

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Crouzet, N., McCullough, P. R., Long, D., Rodriguez, P. Montanes, Etangs, A. Lecavelier des, Ribas, I., Bourrier, V., Hébrard, G., Vilardell, F., Deleuil, M., Herrero, E., Garcia-Melendo, E., Akhenak, L., Foote, J., Gary, B., Benni, P., Guillot, T., Conjat, M., Mékarnia, D., Garlitz, J., Burke, C. J., Courcol, B., and Demangeon, O.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Only a few hot Jupiters are known to orbit around fast rotating stars. These exoplanets are harder to detect and characterize and may be less common than around slow rotators. Here, we report the discovery of the transiting hot Jupiter XO-6b, which orbits a bright, hot, and fast rotating star: V = 10.25, Teff = 6720 +/- 100 K, v sin i = 48 +/- 3 km/s. We detected the planet from its transits using the XO instruments and conducted a follow-up campaign. Because of the fast stellar rotation, radial velocities taken along the orbit do not yield the planet's mass with a high confidence level, but we secure a 3-sigma upper limit Mp < 4.4 MJup. We also obtain high resolution spectroscopic observations of the transit with the SOPHIE spectrograph at the 193-cm telescope of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and analyze the stellar lines profile by Doppler tomography. The transit is clearly detected in the spectra. The radii measured independently from the tomographic analysis and from the photometric lightcurves are consistent, showing that the object detected by both methods is the same and indeed transits in front of XO-6. We find that XO-6b lies on a prograde and misaligned orbit with a sky-projected obliquity lambda = -20.7 +/- 2.3 deg. The rotation period of the star is shorter than the orbital period of the planet: Prot < 2.12 days, Porb = 3.77 days. Thus, this system stands in a largely unexplored regime of dynamical interactions between close-in giant planets and their host stars., Comment: 12 pages, 11 figures, Accepted for publication in AJ

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2016
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7. New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network

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Hanuš, J., Ďurech, J., Oszkiewicz, D. A., Behrend, R., Carry, B., Delbo', M., Adam, O., Afonina, V., Anquetin, R., Antonini, P., Arnold, L., Audejean, M., Aurard, P., Bachschmidt, M., Badue, B., Barbotin, E., Barroy, P., Baudouin, P., Berard, L., Berger, N., Bernasconi, L., Bosch, J-G., Bouley, S., Bozhinova, I., Brinsfield, J., Brunetto, L., Canaud, G., Caron, J., Carrier, F., Casalnuovo, G., Casulli, S., Cerda, M., Chalamet, L., Charbonnel, S., Chinaglia, B., Cikota, A., Colas, F., Coliac, J-F., Collet, A., Coloma, J., Conjat, M., Conseil, E., Costa, R., Crippa, R., Cristofanelli, M., Damerdji, Y., Debackere, A., Decock, A., Déhais, Q., Déléage, T., Delmelle, S., Demeautis, C., Dróżdż, M., Dubos, G., Dulcamara, T., Dumont, M., Durkee, R., Dymock, R., del Valle, A. Escalante, Esseiva, N., Esseiva, R., Esteban, M., Fauchez, T., Fauerbach, M., Fauvaud, M., Fauvaud, S., Forné, E., Fournel, C., Fradet, D., Garlitz, J., Gerteis, O., Gillier, C., Gillon, M., Giraud, R., Godard, J-P., Goncalves, R., Hamanowa, H., Hay, K., Hellmich, S., Heterier, S., Higgins, D., Hirsch, R., Hodosan, G., Hren, M., Hygate, A., Innocent, N., Jacquinot, H., Jawahar, S., Jehin, E., Jerosimic, L., Klotz, A., Koff, W., Korlevic, P., Kosturkiewicz, E., Krafft, P., Krugly, Y., Kugel, F., Labrevoir, O., Lecacheux, J., Lehký, M., Leroy, A., Lesquerbault, B., Lopez-Gonzales, M. J., Lutz, M., Mallecot, B., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Marciniak, A., Martin, A., Modave, B., Montaigut, R., Montier, J., Morelle, E., Morton, B., Mottola, S., Naves, R., Nomen, J., Oey, J., Ogłoza, W., Paiella, M., Pallares, H., Peyrot, A., Pilcher, F., Pirenne, J-F., Piron, P., Polinska, M., Polotto, M., Poncy, R., Previt, J. P., Reignier, F., Renauld, D., Ricci, D., Richard, F., Rinner, C., Risoldi, V., Robilliard, D., Romeuf, D., Rousseau, G., Roy, R., Ruthroff, J., Salom, P. A., Salvador, L., Sanchez, S., Santana-Ros, T., Scholz, A., Séné, G., Skiff, B., Sobkowiak, K., Sogorb, P., Soldán, F., Spiridakis, A., Splanska, E., Sposetti, S., Starkey, D., Stephens, R., Stiepen, A., Stoss, R., Strajnic, J., Teng, J-P., Tumolo, G., Vagnozzi, A., Vanoutryve, B., Vugnon, J. M., Warner, B. D., Waucomont, M., Wertz, O., Winiarski, M., and Wolf, M.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Asteroid modeling efforts in the last decade resulted in a comprehensive dataset of almost 400 convex shape models and their rotation states. This amount already provided a deep insight into physical properties of main-belt asteroids or large collisional families. We aim to increase the number of asteroid shape models and rotation states. Such results are an important input for various further studies such as analysis of asteroid physical properties in different populations, including smaller collisional families, thermophysical modeling, and scaling shape models by disk-resolved images, or stellar occultation data. This provides, in combination with known masses, bulk density estimates, but constrains also theoretical collisional and evolutional models of the Solar System. We use all available disk-integrated optical data (i.e., classical dense-in-time photometry obtained from public databases and through a large collaboration network as well as sparse-in-time individual measurements from a few sky surveys) as an input for the convex inversion method, and derive 3D shape models of asteroids, together with their rotation periods and orientations of rotation axes. The key ingredient is the support of more that one hundred observers who submit their optical data to publicly available databases. We present updated shape models for 36 asteroids, for which mass estimates are currently available in the literature or their masses will be most likely determined from their gravitational influence on smaller bodies, which orbital deflection will be observed by the ESA Gaia astrometric mission. This was achieved by using additional optical data from recent apparitions for the shape optimization. Moreover, we also present new shape model determinations for 250 asteroids, including 13 Hungarias and 3 near-Earth asteroids., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A

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2015
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8. The non-convex shape of (234) Barbara, the first Barbarian

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Tanga, P., Carry, B., Colas, F., Delbo, M., Matter, A., Hanus, J., Lagoa, V. Ali, Andrei, A. H., Assafin, M., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Carbognani, A., Reyes, M. Cedres, Conjat, M., Cornero, N., Coward, D., Crippa, R., Fantin, E. de Ferra, Devogele, M., Dubos, G., Frappa, E., Gillon, M., Hamanowa, H., Jehin, E., Klotz, A., Kryszczynska, A., Lecacheux, J., Leroy, A., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Maquet, L., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Polinska, M., Roy, R., Todd, M., Vachier, F., Hernandez, C. Vera, and Wiggins, P.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Asteroid (234) Barbara is the prototype of a category of asteroids that has been shown to be extremely rich in refractory inclusions, the oldest material ever found in the Solar System. It exhibits several peculiar features, most notably its polarimetric behavior. In recent years other objects sharing the same property (collectively known as "Barbarians") have been discovered. Interferometric observations in the mid-infrared with the ESO VLTI suggested that (234) Barbara might have a bi-lobated shape or even a large companion satellite. We use a large set of 57 optical lightcurves acquired between 1979 and 2014, together with the timings of two stellar occultations in 2009, to determine the rotation period, spin-vector coordinates, and 3-D shape of (234) Barbara, using two different shape reconstruction algorithms. By using the lightcurves combined to the results obtained from stellar occultations, we are able to show that the shape of (234) Barbara exhibits large concave areas. Possible links of the shape to the polarimetric properties and the object evolution are discussed. We also show that VLTI data can be modeled without the presence of a satellite., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures

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2015
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9. Asteroids' physical models from combined dense and sparse photometry and scaling of the YORP effect by the observed obliquity distribution

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Hanuš, J., Ďurech, J., Brož, M., Marciniak, A., Warner, B. D., Pilcher, F., Stephens, R., Behrend, R., Carry, B., Čapek, D., Antonini, P., Audejean, M., Augustesen, K., Barbotin, E., Baudouin, P., Bayol, A., Bernasconi, L., Borczyk, W., Bosch, J. -G., Brochard, E., Brunetto, L., Casulli, S., Cazenave, A., Charbonnel, S., Christophe, B., Colas, F., Coloma, J., Conjat, M., Cooney, W., Correira, H., Cotrez, V., Coupier, A., Crippa, R., Cristofanelli, M., Dalmas, Ch., Danavaro, C., Demeautis, C., Droege, T., Durkee, R., Esseiva, N., Esteban, M., Fagas, M., Farroni, G., Fauvaud, M., Fauvaud, S., Del Freo, F., Garcia, L., Geier, S., Godon, C., Grangeon, K., Hamanowa, H., Heck, N., Hellmich, S., Higgins, D., Hirsch, R., Husarik, M., Itkonen, T., Jade, O., Kamiński, K., Kankiewicz, P., Klotz, A., Koff, R. A., Kryszczyńska, A., Kwiatkowski, T., Laffont, A., Leroy, A., Lecacheux, J., Leonie, Y., Leyrat, C., Manzini, F., Martin, A., Masi, G., Matter, D., Michałowski, J., Michałowski, M. J., Michałowski, T., Michelet, J., Michelsen, R., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Naves, R., Nomen, J., Oey, J., Ogloza, W., Oksanen, A., Oszkiewicz, D., Pääkkönen, P., Paiella, M., Pallares, H., Paulo, J., Pavic, M., Payet, B., Polińska, M., Polishook, D., Poncy, R., Revaz, Y., Rinner, C., Rocca, M., Roche, A., Romeuf, D., Roy, R., Saguin, H., Salom, P. A., Sanchez, S., Santacana, G., Santana-Ros, T., Sareyan, J. -P., Sobkowiak, K., Sposetti, S., Starkey, D., Stoss, R., Strajnic, J., Teng, J. -P., Tregon, B., Vagnozzi, A., Velichko, F. P., Waelchli, N., Wagrez, K., and Wücher, H.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The larger number of models of asteroid shapes and their rotational states derived by the lightcurve inversion give us better insight into both the nature of individual objects and the whole asteroid population. With a larger statistical sample we can study the physical properties of asteroid populations, such as main-belt asteroids or individual asteroid families, in more detail. Shape models can also be used in combination with other types of observational data (IR, adaptive optics images, stellar occultations), e.g., to determine sizes and thermal properties. We use all available photometric data of asteroids to derive their physical models by the lightcurve inversion method and compare the observed pole latitude distributions of all asteroids with known convex shape models with the simulated pole latitude distributions. We used classical dense photometric lightcurves from several sources and sparse-in-time photometry from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Catalina Sky Survey, and La Palma surveys (IAU codes 689, 703, 950) in the lightcurve inversion method to determine asteroid convex models and their rotational states. We also extended a simple dynamical model for the spin evolution of asteroids used in our previous paper. We present 119 new asteroid models derived from combined dense and sparse-in-time photometry. We discuss the reliability of asteroid shape models derived only from Catalina Sky Survey data (IAU code 703) and present 20 such models. By using different values for a scaling parameter cYORP (corresponds to the magnitude of the YORP momentum) in the dynamical model for the spin evolution and by comparing synthetics and observed pole-latitude distributions, we were able to constrain the typical values of the cYORP parameter as between 0.05 and 0.6., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, January 15, 2013

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2013
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10. Scaling slowly rotating asteroids with stellar occultations

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Marciniak, A., primary, Ďurech, J., additional, Choukroun, A., additional, Hanuš, J., additional, Ogłoza, W., additional, Szakáts, R., additional, Molnár, L., additional, Pál, A., additional, Monteiro, F., additional, Frappa, E., additional, Beisker, W., additional, Pavlov, H., additional, Moore, J., additional, Adomavičienė, R., additional, Aikawa, R., additional, Andersson, S., additional, Antonini, P., additional, Argentin, Y., additional, Asai, A., additional, Assoignon, P., additional, Barton, J., additional, Baruffetti, P., additional, Bath, K. L., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Benedyktowicz, L., additional, Bernasconi, L., additional, Biguet, G., additional, Billiani, M., additional, Błażewicz, D., additional, Boninsegna, R., additional, Borkowski, M., additional, Bosch, J., additional, Brazill, S., additional, Bronikowska, M., additional, Bruno, A., additional, Butkiewicz-Bąk, M., additional, Caron, J., additional, Casalnuovo, G., additional, Castellani, J. J., additional, Ceravolo, P., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Delincak, P., additional, Delpau, J., additional, Demeautis, C., additional, Demirkol, A., additional, Dróżdż, M., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Durandet, C., additional, Eisfeldt, D., additional, Evangelista, M., additional, Fauvaud, S., additional, Fauvaud, M., additional, Ferrais, M., additional, Filipek, M., additional, Fini, P., additional, Fukui, K., additional, Gährken, B., additional, Geier, S., additional, George, T., additional, Goffin, B., additional, Golonka, J., additional, Goto, T., additional, Grice, J., additional, Guhl, K., additional, Halíř, K., additional, Hanna, W., additional, Harman, M., additional, Hashimoto, A., additional, Hasubick, W., additional, Higgins, D., additional, Higuchi, M., additional, Hirose, T., additional, Hirsch, R., additional, Hofschulz, O., additional, Horaguchi, T., additional, Horbowicz, J., additional, Ida, M., additional, Ignácz, B., additional, Ishida, M., additional, Isobe, K., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Joachimczyk, B., additional, Jones, A., additional, Juan, J., additional, Kamiński, K., additional, Kamińska, M. K., additional, Kankiewicz, P., additional, Kasebe, H., additional, Kattentidt, B., additional, Kim, D.-H., additional, Kim, M.-J., additional, Kitazaki, K., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Komraus, M., additional, Konstanciak, I., additional, Könyves-Tóth, R., additional, Kouno, K., additional, Kowald, E., additional, Krajewski, J., additional, Krannich, G., additional, Kreutzer, A., additional, Kryszczyńska, A., additional, Kubánek, J., additional, Kudak, V., additional, Kugel, F., additional, Kukita, R., additional, Kulczak, P., additional, Lazzaro, D., additional, Licandro, J., additional, Livet, F., additional, Maley, P., additional, Manago, N., additional, Mánek, J., additional, Manna, A., additional, Matsushita, H., additional, Meister, S., additional, Mesquita, W., additional, Messner, S., additional, Michelet, J., additional, Michimani, J., additional, Mieczkowska, I., additional, Morales, N., additional, Motyliński, M., additional, Murawiecka, M., additional, Newman, J., additional, Nikitin, V., additional, Nishimura, M., additional, Oey, J., additional, Oszkiewicz, D., additional, Owada, M., additional, Pakštienė, E., additional, Pawłowski, M., additional, Pereira, W., additional, Perig, V., additional, Perła, J., additional, Pilcher, F., additional, Podlewska-Gaca, E., additional, Polák, J., additional, Polakis, T., additional, Polińska, M., additional, Popowicz, A., additional, Richard, F., additional, Rives, J. J, additional, Rodrigues, T., additional, Rogiński, Ł., additional, Rondón, E., additional, Rottenborn, M., additional, Schäfer, R., additional, Schnabel, C., additional, Schreurs, O., additional, Selva, A., additional, Simon, M., additional, Skiff, B., additional, Skrutskie, M., additional, Skrzypek, J., additional, Sobkowiak, K., additional, Sonbas, E., additional, Sposetti, S., additional, Stuart, P., additional, Szyszka, K., additional, Terakubo, K., additional, Thomas, W., additional, Trela, P., additional, Uchiyama, S., additional, Urbanik, M., additional, Vaudescal, G., additional, Venable, R., additional, Watanabe, Ha., additional, Watanabe, Hi., additional, Winiarski, M., additional, Wróblewski, R., additional, Yamamura, H., additional, Yamashita, M., additional, Yoshihara, H., additional, Zawilski, M., additional, Zelený, P., additional, Żejmo, M., additional, Żukowski, K., additional, and Żywica, S., additional

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2023
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11. A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS4 measured from stellar occultations

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Rommel, F. L., primary, Braga-Ribas, F., additional, Ortiz, J. L., additional, Sicardy, B., additional, Santos-Sanz, P., additional, Desmars, J., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Morgado, B. E., additional, Boufleur, R. C., additional, Benedetti-Rossi, G., additional, Gomes-Júnior, A. R., additional, Fernández-Valenzuela, E., additional, Holler, B. J., additional, Souami, D., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Margoti, G., additional, Vara-Lubiano, M., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Plouvier, J. L., additional, Morales, N., additional, Maury, A., additional, Fabrega, J., additional, Ceravolo, P., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Albanese, D., additional, Mariey, H., additional, Cikota, S., additional, Ruždjak, D., additional, Cikota, A., additional, Szakáts, R., additional, Baba Aissa, D., additional, Gringahcene, Z., additional, Kashuba, V., additional, Koshkin, N., additional, Zhukov, V., additional, Fişek, S., additional, Çakir, O., additional, Özer, S., additional, Schnabel, C., additional, Schnabel, M., additional, Signoret, F., additional, Morrone, L., additional, Santana-Ros, T., additional, Pereira, C. L., additional, Emilio, M., additional, Burdanov, A. Y., additional, de Wit, J., additional, Barkaoui, K., additional, Gillon, M., additional, Leto, G., additional, Frasca, A., additional, Catanzaro, G., additional, Sanchez, R. Zanmar, additional, Tagliaferri, U., additional, Di Sora, M., additional, Isopi, G., additional, Krugly, Y., additional, Slyusarev, I., additional, Chiorny, V., additional, Mikuž, H., additional, Bacci, P., additional, Maestripieri, M., additional, Grazia, M. D., additional, de la Cueva, I., additional, Yuste-Moreno, M., additional, Ciabattari, F., additional, Kozhukhov, O. M., additional, Serra-Ricart, M., additional, Alarcon, M. R., additional, Licandro, J., additional, Masi, G., additional, Bacci, R., additional, Bosch, J. M., additional, Behem, R., additional, Prost, J.-P., additional, Renner, S., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Bachini, M., additional, Succi, G., additional, Stoian, L., additional, Juravle, A., additional, Carosati, D., additional, Gowe, B., additional, Carrillo, J., additional, Zheleznyak, A. P., additional, Montigiani, N., additional, Foster, C. R., additional, Mannucci, M., additional, Ruocco, N., additional, Cuevas, F., additional, Di Marcantonio, P., additional, Coretti, I., additional, Iafrate, G., additional, Baldini, V., additional, Collins, M., additional, Pál, A., additional, Csák, B., additional, Fernández-Garcia, E., additional, Castro-Tirado, A. J., additional, Hudin, L., additional, Madiedo, J. M., additional, Anghel, R. M., additional, Calvo-Fernández, J. F., additional, Valvasori, A., additional, Guido, E., additional, Gherase, R. M., additional, Kamoun, S., additional, Fafet, R., additional, Sánchez-González, M., additional, Curelaru, L., additional, Vîntdevară, C. D., additional, Danescu, C. A., additional, Gout, J.-F., additional, Schmitz, C. J., additional, Sota, A., additional, Belskaya, I., additional, Rodríguez-Marco, M., additional, Kilic, Y., additional, Frappa, E., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Lavayssière, M., additional, Oliveira, J. Marques, additional, Popescu, M., additional, Mammana, L. A., additional, Fernández-Lajús, E., additional, Schmidt, M., additional, Hopp, U., additional, Komžík, R., additional, Pribulla, T., additional, Tomko, D., additional, Husárik, M., additional, Erece, O., additional, Eryilmaz, S., additional, Buzzi, L., additional, Gährken, B., additional, Nardiello, D., additional, Hornoch, K., additional, Sonbas, E., additional, Er, H., additional, Burwitz, V., additional, Sybilski, P. Waldemar, additional, Bykowski, W., additional, Müller, T. G., additional, Ogloza, W., additional, Gonçalves, R., additional, Ferreira, J. F., additional, Ferreira, M., additional, Bento, M., additional, Meister, S., additional, Bagiran, M. N., additional, Tekeş, M., additional, Marciniak, A., additional, Moravec, Z., additional, Delinčák, P., additional, Gianni, G., additional, Casalnuovo, G. B., additional, Boutet, M., additional, Sanchez, J., additional, Klemt, B., additional, Wuensche, N., additional, Burzynski, W., additional, Borkowski, M., additional, Serrau, M., additional, Dangl, G., additional, Klös, O., additional, Weber, C., additional, Urbaník, M., additional, Rousselot, L., additional, Kubánek, J., additional, André, P., additional, Colazo, C., additional, Spagnotto, J., additional, Sickafoose, A. A., additional, Hueso, R., additional, Sánchez-Lavega, A., additional, Fisher, R. S., additional, Rengstorf, A. W., additional, Perelló, C., additional, Dascalu, M., additional, Altan, M., additional, Gazeas, K., additional, de Santana, T., additional, Sfair, R., additional, Winter, O. C., additional, Kalkan, S., additional, Canales-Moreno, O., additional, Trigo-Rodríguez, J. M., additional, Tsamis, V., additional, Tigani, K., additional, Sioulas, N., additional, Lekkas, G., additional, Bertesteanu, D. N., additional, Dumitrescu, V., additional, Wilberger, A. J., additional, Barnes, J. W., additional, Fieber-Beyer, S. K., additional, Swaney, R. L., additional, Fuentes, C., additional, Mendez, R. A., additional, Dumitru, B. D., additional, Flynn, R. L., additional, and Wake, D. A., additional

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2023
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13. A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS4 measured from stellar occultations

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Rommel, F.L., Braga-Ribas, F., Ortiz Moreno, José Luis, Sicardy, B., Santos Sanz, Pablo, Desmars, Josselin, Camargo, J.I.B., Vieira-Martins, R., Assafin, M., Morgado, B.E., Boufleur, R.C., Burwitz, V., Waldemar Sybilski, P., Bykowski, W., Müller, Thomas G., Ogloza, W., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, J.F., Ferreira, M., Bento, M., Urbaník, M., Di Sora, M., Souami, Damya, Canales-Moreno, O., Meister, S., Bagiran, M.N., Tekeş, M., Marciniak, Anna, Moravec, Z., Delinčák, P., Gianni, G., Casalnuovo, G.B., Isopi, G., Tsamis, V., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M., Duffard, René, Renner, S., Rousselot, L., Margoti, G., Kubánek, J., André, P., Krugly, Yurij, Colazo, C., Spagnotto, J., Sickafoose, A.A., Hueso, R., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Fisher, R.S., Conjat, M., Lecacheux, J., Rengstorf, A.W., Perelló, C., Slyusarev, I., Vara-Lubiano, M., Dascalu, M., Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., Tigani, K., Sioulas, Nick, Lekkas, G., Bertesteanu, D.N., Bachini, M., Dumitrescu, V., Wilberger, A.J., Chiorny, V., Barnes, J.W., Fieber-Beyer, S.K., Swaney, R.L., Fuentes, C., Hudin, L., Plouvier, J.L., Mendez, R.A., Dumitru, B.D., Succi, G., Flynn, R.L., Mikuz, H., Wake, D.A., Morales, Nicolás, Maury, Alain, Fabrega, J., Ceravolo, P., Jehin, Emmanuel, Madiedo, J.M., Albanese, D., Mariey, H., Stoian, L., Bacci, P., Cikota, S., Ruždjak, D., Cikota, A., Szakáts, Róbert, Baba Aissa, D., Gringahcene, Z., Kashuba, V., Koshkin, N., Anghel, R.M., Zhukov, V., Maestripieri, M., Juravle, A., Fişek, S., Çakir, O., Özer, S., Schnabel, C., Schnabel, M., Signoret, F., Morrone, L., Santana-Ros, Toni, Pereira, C.L., Grazia, M.D., Calvo-Fernández, J.F., Carosati, D., Emilio, M., Burdanov, A.Y., de Wit, J., Barkaoui, K., Gillon, M., Leto, G., Frasca, A., Catanzaro, G., Carrillo, J., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Tagliaferri, U., Gowe, B., Valvasori, A., Klemt, B., de la Cueva, I., Guido, E., Yuste-Moreno, M., Ciabattari, F., Kozhukhov, O.M., Serra-Ricart, M., Alarcon, Miguel R., Licandro, Javier, Masi, G., Bacci, Roberto, Wuensche, N., Kamoun, S., Bosch, Josep M., Behem, R., Gherase, R.M., Prost, J.-P., Altan, M., Zheleznyak, A.P., Montigiani, N., Foster, C.R., Mannucci, M., Burzynski, W., Ruocco, Nello, Cuevas, F., Di Marcantonio, P., Coretti, I., Iafrate, G., Baldini, V., Gazeas, K., Fafet, R., Collins, M., Pál, András, Borkowski, M., Csák, B., Fernández-García, Emilio, Benedetti-Rossi, G., Sánchez-González, M., Curelaru, L., Vîntdevară, C.D., Danescu, C.A., de Santana, T., Gout, J.-F., Schmitz, C.J., Serrau, M., Sota, Alfredo, Belskaya, Irina, Rodríguez-Marco, M., Kilic, Y., Gomes-Júnior, A.R., Frappa, E., Klotz, A., Lavayssière, M., Sfair, R., Marques Oliveira, J., Dangl, G., Popescu, Marcel, Mammana, L.A., Fernández-Lajús, E., Schmidt, M., Hopp, U., Komžík, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, Estela, Pribulla, T., Tomko, D., Winter, O.C., Klös, O., Husárik, Marek, Erece, O., Eryilmaz, S., Buzzi, Luca, Gährken, B., Nardiello, D., Hornoch, Kamil, Sonbas, E., Holler, B.J., Er, H., Weber, C., Kalkan, S., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Rommel, F.L., Braga-Ribas, F., Ortiz Moreno, José Luis, Sicardy, B., Santos Sanz, Pablo, Desmars, Josselin, Camargo, J.I.B., Vieira-Martins, R., Assafin, M., Morgado, B.E., Boufleur, R.C., Burwitz, V., Waldemar Sybilski, P., Bykowski, W., Müller, Thomas G., Ogloza, W., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, J.F., Ferreira, M., Bento, M., Urbaník, M., Di Sora, M., Souami, Damya, Canales-Moreno, O., Meister, S., Bagiran, M.N., Tekeş, M., Marciniak, Anna, Moravec, Z., Delinčák, P., Gianni, G., Casalnuovo, G.B., Isopi, G., Tsamis, V., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Trigo-Rodríguez, Josep M., Duffard, René, Renner, S., Rousselot, L., Margoti, G., Kubánek, J., André, P., Krugly, Yurij, Colazo, C., Spagnotto, J., Sickafoose, A.A., Hueso, R., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Fisher, R.S., Conjat, M., Lecacheux, J., Rengstorf, A.W., Perelló, C., Slyusarev, I., Vara-Lubiano, M., Dascalu, M., Castro-Tirado, Alberto J., Tigani, K., Sioulas, Nick, Lekkas, G., Bertesteanu, D.N., Bachini, M., Dumitrescu, V., Wilberger, A.J., Chiorny, V., Barnes, J.W., Fieber-Beyer, S.K., Swaney, R.L., Fuentes, C., Hudin, L., Plouvier, J.L., Mendez, R.A., Dumitru, B.D., Succi, G., Flynn, R.L., Mikuz, H., Wake, D.A., Morales, Nicolás, Maury, Alain, Fabrega, J., Ceravolo, P., Jehin, Emmanuel, Madiedo, J.M., Albanese, D., Mariey, H., Stoian, L., Bacci, P., Cikota, S., Ruždjak, D., Cikota, A., Szakáts, Róbert, Baba Aissa, D., Gringahcene, Z., Kashuba, V., Koshkin, N., Anghel, R.M., Zhukov, V., Maestripieri, M., Juravle, A., Fişek, S., Çakir, O., Özer, S., Schnabel, C., Schnabel, M., Signoret, F., Morrone, L., Santana-Ros, Toni, Pereira, C.L., Grazia, M.D., Calvo-Fernández, J.F., Carosati, D., Emilio, M., Burdanov, A.Y., de Wit, J., Barkaoui, K., Gillon, M., Leto, G., Frasca, A., Catanzaro, G., Carrillo, J., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Tagliaferri, U., Gowe, B., Valvasori, A., Klemt, B., de la Cueva, I., Guido, E., Yuste-Moreno, M., Ciabattari, F., Kozhukhov, O.M., Serra-Ricart, M., Alarcon, Miguel R., Licandro, Javier, Masi, G., Bacci, Roberto, Wuensche, N., Kamoun, S., Bosch, Josep M., Behem, R., Gherase, R.M., Prost, J.-P., Altan, M., Zheleznyak, A.P., Montigiani, N., Foster, C.R., Mannucci, M., Burzynski, W., Ruocco, Nello, Cuevas, F., Di Marcantonio, P., Coretti, I., Iafrate, G., Baldini, V., Gazeas, K., Fafet, R., Collins, M., Pál, András, Borkowski, M., Csák, B., Fernández-García, Emilio, Benedetti-Rossi, G., Sánchez-González, M., Curelaru, L., Vîntdevară, C.D., Danescu, C.A., de Santana, T., Gout, J.-F., Schmitz, C.J., Serrau, M., Sota, Alfredo, Belskaya, Irina, Rodríguez-Marco, M., Kilic, Y., Gomes-Júnior, A.R., Frappa, E., Klotz, A., Lavayssière, M., Sfair, R., Marques Oliveira, J., Dangl, G., Popescu, Marcel, Mammana, L.A., Fernández-Lajús, E., Schmidt, M., Hopp, U., Komžík, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, Estela, Pribulla, T., Tomko, D., Winter, O.C., Klös, O., Husárik, Marek, Erece, O., Eryilmaz, S., Buzzi, Luca, Gährken, B., Nardiello, D., Hornoch, Kamil, Sonbas, E., Holler, B.J., Er, H., Weber, C., and Kalkan, S.

Abstract

Context. The physical characterization of trans-Neptunian objects is essential for improving our understanding of the formation and evolution of our Solar System. Stellar occultation is a ground-based technique that can be successfully used to determine some of the TNOs’ fundamental physical properties with high precision, such as size and shape. Aims. This work is aimed at constraining the size, shape, and geometric albedo of the dwarf planet candidate (307261) 2002 MS4 through the analysis of nine stellar occultation events. Using multichord detection, we also study the object’s topography by analyzing the obtained limb and residuals between the observed chords and the best-fit ellipse. Metods. We predicted and organized the observational campaigns of nine stellar occultations by 2002 MS4 between 2019 and 2022, resulting in two single-chord events, four double-chord detections, and three events with between 3 and 61 positive chords. We derived the occultation light curves using differential aperture photometry, from which the star ingress and egress instants were calculated. Using 13 selected chords from the 8 August 2020 event, we determined the global elliptical limb of 2002 MS4. The best-fit ellipse, combined with the object’s rotational information from the literature, sets constraints on the object’s size, shape, and albedo. Additionally, we developed a new method to characterize the topography features on the object’s limb. Results. The global limb has a semi-major axis of a′ = 412 ± 10 km, a semi-minor axis of b′= 385 ± 17 km, and the position angle of the minor axis is 121° ± 16°. From this instantaneous limb, we obtained 2002 MS4’s geometric albedo of pV = 0.1 ± 0.025, using HV = 3.63 ± 0.05 mag and a projected area-equivalent diameter of 796 ± 24 km. Significant deviations from the fitted ellipse in the northernmost limb were detected from multiple sites, highlighting three distinct topographic features: one 11 km depth depression, followed by a 25−5+4 k

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2023

14. Asteroid spin-states of a 4 Gyr collisional family

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Athanasopoulos, D., primary, Hanuš, J., additional, Avdellidou, C., additional, Bonamico, R., additional, Delbo, M., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Ferrero, A., additional, Gazeas, K., additional, Rivet, J. P., additional, Sioulas, N., additional, van Belle, G., additional, Antonini, P., additional, Audejean, M., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Bernasconi, L., additional, Brinsfield, J. W., additional, Brouillard, S., additional, Brunetto, L., additional, Fauvaud, M., additional, Fauvaud, S., additional, Gonzalez, R., additional, Higgins, D., additional, Holoien, T. W.-S., additional, Kober, G., additional, Koff, R. A., additional, Kryszczynska, A., additional, Livet, F., additional, Marciniak, A., additional, Oey, J., additional, Pejcha, O., additional, Rives, J. J., additional, and Roy, R., additional

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2022
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15. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

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Física aplicada I, Fisika aplikatua I, Marques Oliveira, Joana, Sicardy, Bruno, Gómes Junior, A.R., Ortiz, J.L., Strobel, D.F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos Sanz, Pablo, Morales, N., Duffard, Rene, Fernández Valenzuela, Estela, Castro Tirado, A.J., Braga Ribas, Felipe, Morgado, Bruno, Assafin, Marcelo, Bueno de Camargo, Julio Ignacio, Vieira Martins, Roberto, Benedetti Rossi, Gustavo, Santos Filho, S., Banda Huarca, M.V., Quispe Huaynasi, F., Pereira, Chrystian Luciano, Rommel, Flavia Luane, Margoti, Giuliano, Dias Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, Ricardo, Pérez Hoyos, Santiago, Sánchez Lavega, Agustín María, Rojas Palenzuela, José Félix, Beisker, W., Kretlow, Mike, Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K.-L., Bode, H.-J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T.V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, Chrysa, Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A.A., Xilouris, Emmanuel, Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, Alexios, Charmandaris, Vassilis, Jelínek, Martin, Štrobl, Jan, Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, Dirk, Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, Volker, Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J.-M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, Giuseppe, Zanmar Sánchez, R., Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, Cesare, Lo Savio, R., Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., G. Gallego, Sofía, Tortorelli, Luca, Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Van Den Abbeel, F., André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, Frédéric, Ardissone, J., Boutet, Michel, Sánchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J.L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, Marc, Rousselot, Lionel, Ferreira, João, Machado, Pedro, Tanga, P., Rivet, J.-P., Frappa, Eric, Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A.N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, Jean-François, Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrede, Jean-Philippe, Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Baba Aissa, D., Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, Stephen, Denyer, P., Haigh, Nicholas, Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., talbot, J., Alonso Burgos, Sergio, Román Reche, A., Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias Marzoa, Ramón, Abril Ibáñez, J., Díaz Martín, M.C., González, H., Maestre García, J.L., Marchant, Jonathan, Ordoñez Etxeberria, Iñaki, Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perelló Pérez, Carlos, Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, Rui M. D., Ferreira, M., Marques Dias, Filipe, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, Khalid, Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., El Moutamid, Maryame, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J.T., caton, D.B., Kouprianov, Vladimir, Timerson, B.W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P., Françoise, J., Mondon, Bernard, Payet, Thierry, Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, William, Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, Olivier, Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., Downs, B., Física aplicada I, Fisika aplikatua I, Marques Oliveira, Joana, Sicardy, Bruno, Gómes Junior, A.R., Ortiz, J.L., Strobel, D.F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos Sanz, Pablo, Morales, N., Duffard, Rene, Fernández Valenzuela, Estela, Castro Tirado, A.J., Braga Ribas, Felipe, Morgado, Bruno, Assafin, Marcelo, Bueno de Camargo, Julio Ignacio, Vieira Martins, Roberto, Benedetti Rossi, Gustavo, Santos Filho, S., Banda Huarca, M.V., Quispe Huaynasi, F., Pereira, Chrystian Luciano, Rommel, Flavia Luane, Margoti, Giuliano, Dias Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, Ricardo, Pérez Hoyos, Santiago, Sánchez Lavega, Agustín María, Rojas Palenzuela, José Félix, Beisker, W., Kretlow, Mike, Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K.-L., Bode, H.-J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T.V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, Chrysa, Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A.A., Xilouris, Emmanuel, Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, Alexios, Charmandaris, Vassilis, Jelínek, Martin, Štrobl, Jan, Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, Dirk, Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, Volker, Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J.-M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, Giuseppe, Zanmar Sánchez, R., Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, Cesare, Lo Savio, R., Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., G. Gallego, Sofía, Tortorelli, Luca, Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Van Den Abbeel, F., André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, Frédéric, Ardissone, J., Boutet, Michel, Sánchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J.L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, Marc, Rousselot, Lionel, Ferreira, João, Machado, Pedro, Tanga, P., Rivet, J.-P., Frappa, Eric, Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A.N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, Jean-François, Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrede, Jean-Philippe, Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Baba Aissa, D., Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, Stephen, Denyer, P., Haigh, Nicholas, Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., talbot, J., Alonso Burgos, Sergio, Román Reche, A., Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias Marzoa, Ramón, Abril Ibáñez, J., Díaz Martín, M.C., González, H., Maestre García, J.L., Marchant, Jonathan, Ordoñez Etxeberria, Iñaki, Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perelló Pérez, Carlos, Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, Rui M. D., Ferreira, M., Marques Dias, Filipe, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, Khalid, Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., El Moutamid, Maryame, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J.T., caton, D.B., Kouprianov, Vladimir, Timerson, B.W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P., Françoise, J., Mondon, Bernard, Payet, Thierry, Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, William, Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, Olivier, Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., and Downs, B.

Abstract

Context. A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of which yielded a central flash detection. Aims. We aimed at constraining Triton's atmospheric structure and the seasonal variations of its atmospheric pressure since the Voyager 2 epoch (1989). We also derived the shape of the lower atmosphere from central flash analysis. Methods. We used Abel inversions and direct ray-tracing code to provide the density, pressure, and temperature profiles in the altitude range similar to 8 km to similar to 190 km, corresponding to pressure levels from 9 mu bar down to a few nanobars. Results. (i) A pressure of 1.18 +/- 0.03 mu bar is found at a reference radius of 1400 km (47 km altitude). (ii) A new analysis of the Voyager 2 radio science occultation shows that this is consistent with an extrapolation of pressure down to the surface pressure obtained in 1989. (iii) A survey of occultations obtained between 1989 and 2017 suggests that an enhancement in surface pressure as reported during the 1990s might be real, but debatable, due to very few high S/N light curves and data accessible for reanalysis. The volatile transport model analysed supports a moderate increase in surface pressure, with a maximum value around 2005-2015 no higher than 23 mu bar. The pressures observed in 1995-1997 and 2017 appear mutually inconsistent with the volatile transport model presented here. (iv) The central flash structure does not show evidence of an atmospheric distortion. We find an upper limit of 0.0011 for the apparent oblateness of the atmosphere near the 8 km altitude.

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2022

16. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton’s atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

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Marques Oliveira, J., primary, Sicardy, B., additional, Gomes-Júnior, A. R., additional, Ortiz, J. L., additional, Strobel, D. F., additional, Bertrand, T., additional, Forget, F., additional, Lellouch, E., additional, Desmars, J., additional, Bérard, D., additional, Doressoundiram, A., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Leiva, R., additional, Meza, E., additional, Roques, F., additional, Souami, D., additional, Widemann, T., additional, Santos-Sanz, P., additional, Morales, N., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Fernández-Valenzuela, E., additional, Castro-Tirado, A. J., additional, Braga-Ribas, F., additional, Morgado, B. E., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Benedetti-Rossi, G., additional, Santos-Filho, S., additional, Banda-Huarca, M. V., additional, Quispe-Huaynasi, F., additional, Pereira, C. L., additional, Rommel, F. L., additional, Margoti, G., additional, Dias-Oliveira, A., additional, Colas, F., additional, Berthier, J., additional, Renner, S., additional, Hueso, R., additional, Pérez-Hoyos, S., additional, Sánchez-Lavega, A., additional, Rojas, J. F., additional, Beisker, W., additional, Kretlow, M., additional, Herald, D., additional, Gault, D., additional, Bath, K.-L., additional, Bode, H.-J., additional, Bredner, E., additional, Guhl, K., additional, Haymes, T. V., additional, Hummel, E., additional, Kattentidt, B., additional, Klös, O., additional, Pratt, A., additional, Thome, B., additional, Avdellidou, C., additional, Gazeas, K., additional, Karampotsiou, E., additional, Tzouganatos, L., additional, Kardasis, E., additional, Christou, A. A., additional, Xilouris, E. M., additional, Alikakos, I., additional, Gourzelas, A., additional, Liakos, A., additional, Charmandaris, V., additional, Jelínek, M., additional, Štrobl, J., additional, Eberle, A., additional, Rapp, K., additional, Gährken, B., additional, Klemt, B., additional, Kowollik, S., additional, Bitzer, R., additional, Miller, M., additional, Herzogenrath, G., additional, Frangenberg, D., additional, Brandis, L., additional, Pütz, I., additional, Perdelwitz, V., additional, Piehler, G. M., additional, Riepe, P., additional, von Poschinger, K., additional, Baruffetti, P., additional, Cenadelli, D., additional, Christille, J.-M., additional, Ciabattari, F., additional, Di Luca, R., additional, Alboresi, D., additional, Leto, G., additional, Zanmar Sanchez, R., additional, Bruno, P., additional, Occhipinti, G., additional, Morrone, L., additional, Cupolino, L., additional, Noschese, A., additional, Vecchione, A., additional, Scalia, C., additional, Lo Savio, R., additional, Giardina, G., additional, Kamoun, S., additional, Barbosa, R., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Spano, M., additional, Bouchet, E., additional, Cottier, M., additional, Falco, L., additional, Gallego, S., additional, Tortorelli, L., additional, Sposetti, S., additional, Sussenbach, J., additional, Van Den Abbeel, F., additional, André, P., additional, Llibre, M., additional, Pailler, F., additional, Ardissone, J., additional, Boutet, M., additional, Sanchez, J., additional, Bretton, M., additional, Cailleau, A., additional, Pic, V., additional, Granier, L., additional, Chauvet, R., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Dauvergne, J. L., additional, Dechambre, O., additional, Delay, P., additional, Delcroix, M., additional, Rousselot, L., additional, Ferreira, J., additional, Machado, P., additional, Tanga, P., additional, Rivet, J.-P., additional, Frappa, E., additional, Irzyk, M., additional, Jabet, F., additional, Kaschinski, M., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Rieugnie, Y., additional, Klotz, A. N., additional, Labrevoir, O., additional, Lavandier, D., additional, Walliang, D., additional, Leroy, A., additional, Bouley, S., additional, Lisciandra, S., additional, Coliac, J.-F., additional, Metz, F., additional, Erpelding, D., additional, Nougayrède, P., additional, Midavaine, T., additional, Miniou, M., additional, Moindrot, S., additional, Morel, P., additional, Reginato, B., additional, Reginato, E., additional, Rudelle, J., additional, Tregon, B., additional, Tanguy, R., additional, David, J., additional, Thuillot, W., additional, Hestroffer, D., additional, Vaudescal, G., additional, Baba Aissa, D., additional, Grigahcene, Z., additional, Briggs, D., additional, Broadbent, S., additional, Denyer, P., additional, Haigh, N. J., additional, Quinn, N., additional, Thurston, G., additional, Fossey, S. J., additional, Arena, C., additional, Jennings, M., additional, Talbot, J., additional, Alonso, S., additional, Román Reche, A., additional, Casanova, V., additional, Briggs, E., additional, Iglesias-Marzoa, R., additional, Abril Ibáñez, J., additional, Díaz Martín, M. C., additional, González, H., additional, Maestre García, J. L., additional, Marchant, J., additional, Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., additional, Martorell, P., additional, Salamero, J., additional, Organero, F., additional, Ana, L., additional, Fonseca, F., additional, Peris, V., additional, Brevia, O., additional, Selva, A., additional, Perello, C., additional, Cabedo, V., additional, Gonçalves, R., additional, Ferreira, M., additional, Marques Dias, F., additional, Daassou, A., additional, Barkaoui, K., additional, Benkhaldoun, Z., additional, Guennoun, M., additional, Chouqar, J., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Rinner, C., additional, Lloyd, J., additional, El Moutamid, M., additional, Lamarche, C., additional, Pollock, J. T., additional, Caton, D. B., additional, Kouprianov, V., additional, Timerson, B. W., additional, Blanchard, G., additional, Payet, B., additional, Peyrot, A., additional, Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P., additional, Françoise, J., additional, Mondon, B., additional, Payet, T., additional, Boissel, C., additional, Castets, M., additional, Hubbard, W. B., additional, Hill, R., additional, Reitsema, H. J., additional, Mousis, O., additional, Ball, L., additional, Neilsen, G., additional, Hutcheon, S., additional, Lay, K., additional, Anderson, P., additional, Moy, M., additional, Jonsen, M., additional, Pink, I., additional, Walters, R., additional, and Downs, B., additional

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17. VizieR Online Data Catalog: Triton light curves from 05/10/2017 (Marques Oliveira+, 2022)

Author

Marques Oliveira, J., Sicardy, B., Gomes-Junior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Berard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernandez-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Perez-Hoyos, S., Sanchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K.-L., Bode, H.-J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klos, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelinek, M., Strobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gahrken, B., Kowo Llik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Puetz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J.-M., Ciabattari, F., Di, Luca R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Lo Savio, R., Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., van den Abbeel, F., Andre, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J.-P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J.-F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrede, P., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Baba Aissa, D., Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Roman Reche, A., Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Abril Ibanez, J., Diaz, Martin M. C., Gonzalez, H., Maestre Garcia, J. L., Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Goncalves, R., Ferreira, M., Marques Dias, F., Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., El Moutamid, M., Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P., Francoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., Downs, B., Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Photometry, Planets, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Solar system
Abstract

International audience; The data provided features all light curves from the 5 October 2017 event. The names of the files are the same names, in lower caps and with no spaces, that are presented in Figures C.1 and C.2. The first column of all files is the time in seconds, starting on 5 October 2017 00:00:00 UTC. The second column of all files is the normalised flux, where the unocculted flux oscillates around 1. (2 data files).

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18. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

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Marques Oliveira, J. Sicardy, B. Gomes-Júnior, A.R. Ortiz, J.L. Strobel, D.F. Bertrand, T. Forget, F. Lellouch, E. Desmars, J. Bérard, D. Doressoundiram, A. Lecacheux, J. Leiva, R. Meza, E. Roques, F. Souami, D. Widemann, T. Santos-Sanz, P. Morales, N. Duffard, R. Fernández-Valenzuela, E. Castro-Tirado, A.J. Braga-Ribas, F. Morgado, B.E. Assafin, M. Camargo, J.I.B. Vieira-Martins, R. Benedetti-Rossi, G. Santos-Filho, S. Banda-Huarca, M.V. Quispe-Huaynasi, F. Pereira, C.L. Rommel, F.L. Margoti, G. Dias-Oliveira, A. Colas, F. Berthier, J. Renner, S. Hueso, R. Pérez-Hoyos, S. Sánchez-Lavega, A. Rojas, J.F. Beisker, W. Kretlow, M. Herald, D. Gault, D. Bath, K.-L. Bode, H.-J. Bredner, E. Guhl, K. Haymes, T.V. Hummel, E. Kattentidt, B. Klös, O. Pratt, A. Thome, B. Avdellidou, C. Gazeas, K. Karampotsiou, E. Tzouganatos, L. Kardasis, E. Christou, A.A. Xilouris, E.M. Alikakos, I. Gourzelas, A. Liakos, A. Charmandaris, V. Jelínek, M. Štrobl, J. Eberle, A. Rapp, K. Gährken, B. Klemt, B. Kowollik, S. Bitzer, R. Miller, M. Herzogenrath, G. Frangenberg, D. Brandis, L. Pütz, I. Perdelwitz, V. Piehler, G.M. Riepe, P. Von Poschinger, K. Baruffetti, P. Cenadelli, D. Christille, J.-M. Ciabattari, F. Di Luca, R. Alboresi, D. Leto, G. Zanmar Sanchez, R. Bruno, P. Occhipinti, G. Morrone, L. Cupolino, L. Noschese, A. Vecchione, A. Scalia, C. Lo Savio, R. Giardina, G. Kamoun, S. Barbosa, R. Behrend, R. Spano, M. Bouchet, E. Cottier, M. Falco, L. Gallego, S. Tortorelli, L. Sposetti, S. Sussenbach, J. Van Den Abbeel, F. André, P. Llibre, M. Pailler, F. Ardissone, J. Boutet, M. Sanchez, J. Bretton, M. Cailleau, A. Pic, V. Granier, L. Chauvet, R. Conjat, M. Dauvergne, J.L. Dechambre, O. Delay, P. Delcroix, M. Rousselot, L. Ferreira, J. MacHado, P. Tanga, P. Rivet, J.-P. Frappa, E. Irzyk, M. Jabet, F. Kaschinski, M. Klotz, A. Rieugnie, Y. Klotz, A.N. Labrevoir, O. Lavandier, D. Walliang, D. Leroy, A. Bouley, S. Lisciandra, S. Coliac, J.-F. Metz, F. Erpelding, D. Nougayrède, P. Midavaine, T. Miniou, M. Moindrot, S. Morel, P. Reginato, B. Reginato, E. Rudelle, J. Tregon, B. Tanguy, R. David, J. Thuillot, W. Hestroffer, D. Vaudescal, G. Baba Aissa, D. Grigahcene, Z. Briggs, D. Broadbent, S. Denyer, P. Haigh, N.J. Quinn, N. Thurston, G. Fossey, S.J. Arena, C. Jennings, M. Talbot, J. Alonso, S. Román Reche, A. Casanova, V. Briggs, E. Iglesias-Marzoa, R. Abril Ibáñez, J. Díaz Martín, M.C. González, H. Maestre García, J.L. Marchant, J. Ordonez-Etxeberria, I. Martorell, P. Salamero, J. Organero, F. Ana, L. Fonseca, F. Peris, V. Brevia, O. Selva, A. Perello, C. Cabedo, V. Gonçalves, R. Ferreira, M. Marques Dias, F. Daassou, A. Barkaoui, K. Benkhaldoun, Z. Guennoun, M. Chouqar, J. Jehin, E. Rinner, C. Lloyd, J. El Moutamid, M. Lamarche, C. Pollock, J.T. Caton, D.B. Kouprianov, V. Timerson, B.W. Blanchard, G. Payet, B. Peyrot, A. Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P. Françoise, J. Mondon, B. Payet, T. Boissel, C. Castets, M. Hubbard, W.B. Hill, R. Reitsema, H.J. Mousis, O. Ball, L. Neilsen, G. Hutcheon, S. Lay, K. Anderson, P. Moy, M. Jonsen, M. Pink, I. Walters, R. Downs, B.

Abstract

Context. A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of which yielded a central flash detection. Aims. We aimed at constraining Triton's atmospheric structure and the seasonal variations of its atmospheric pressure since the Voyager 2 epoch (1989). We also derived the shape of the lower atmosphere from central flash analysis. Methods. We used Abel inversions and direct ray-tracing code to provide the density, pressure, and temperature profiles in the altitude range ∼8 km to ∼190 km, corresponding to pressure levels from 9 μbar down to a few nanobars. Results. (i) A pressure of 1.18 ± 0.03 μbar is found at a reference radius of 1400 km (47 km altitude). (ii) A new analysis of the Voyager 2 radio science occultation shows that this is consistent with an extrapolation of pressure down to the surface pressure obtained in 1989. (iii) A survey of occultations obtained between 1989 and 2017 suggests that an enhancement in surface pressure as reported during the 1990s might be real, but debatable, due to very few high S/N light curves and data accessible for reanalysis. The volatile transport model analysed supports a moderate increase in surface pressure, with a maximum value around 2005-2015 no higher than 23 μbar. The pressures observed in 1995-1997 and 2017 appear mutually inconsistent with the volatile transport model presented here. (iv) The central flash structure does not show evidence of an atmospheric distortion. We find an upper limit of 0.0011 for the apparent oblateness of the atmosphere near the 8 km altitude. ©

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20. The large trans-Neptunian object 2002 TC302 from combined stellar occultation, photometry, and astrometry data

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación Informática, Ortiz Moreno, José Luis, Santos Sanz, Pablo, Sicardy, B., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Duffard, René, Morales Palomino, Nicolás, Braga-Ribas, F., Fernández-Valenzuela, Estela, Nascimbeni, V., Nardiello, D., Carbognani, A., Buzzi, Luca, Aletti, A., Bacci, P., Maestripieri, M., Mazzei, L., Mikuz, H., Skvarc, J., Ciabattari, F., Lavalade, F., Scarfi, G., Mari, J.M., Conjat, M., Sposetti, S., Bachini, M., Succi, G., Mancini, F., Alighieri, M., Dal Canto, E., Masucci, M., Vara-Lubiano, M., Gutiérrez, P.J., Desmars, Josselin, Lecacheux, J., Vieira-Martins, R., Camargo, J.I.B., Assafin, M., Colas, François, Beisker, W., Behrend, Raoul, Mueller, T.G., Meza, E., Gomes-Junior, A.R., Roques, F., Vachier, Frédéric, Mottola, S., Hellmich, S., Campo Bagatin, Adriano, Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro, Cikota, S., Cikota, A., Christille, J.M., Pál, András, Kiss, C., Pribulla, T., Komžík, R., Madiedo, J.M., Charmandaris, V., Alikakos, J., Szakáts, Róbert, Farkas, Anikó, Varga-Verebélyi, E., Marton, G., Marciniak, Anna, Bartczak, Przemyslaw, Butkiewicz-Bąk, Magdalena, Dudziński, Grzegorz, Alí-Lagoa, Víctor, Gazeas, K., Paschalis, N., Tsamis, V., Guirado, J.C., Peris, V., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Schnabel, C., Manzano, F., Navarro, A., Perelló, C., Vecchione, A., Noschese, A., Morrone, L., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación Informática, Ortiz Moreno, José Luis, Santos Sanz, Pablo, Sicardy, B., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Duffard, René, Morales Palomino, Nicolás, Braga-Ribas, F., Fernández-Valenzuela, Estela, Nascimbeni, V., Nardiello, D., Carbognani, A., Buzzi, Luca, Aletti, A., Bacci, P., Maestripieri, M., Mazzei, L., Mikuz, H., Skvarc, J., Ciabattari, F., Lavalade, F., Scarfi, G., Mari, J.M., Conjat, M., Sposetti, S., Bachini, M., Succi, G., Mancini, F., Alighieri, M., Dal Canto, E., Masucci, M., Vara-Lubiano, M., Gutiérrez, P.J., Desmars, Josselin, Lecacheux, J., Vieira-Martins, R., Camargo, J.I.B., Assafin, M., Colas, François, Beisker, W., Behrend, Raoul, Mueller, T.G., Meza, E., Gomes-Junior, A.R., Roques, F., Vachier, Frédéric, Mottola, S., Hellmich, S., Campo Bagatin, Adriano, Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro, Cikota, S., Cikota, A., Christille, J.M., Pál, András, Kiss, C., Pribulla, T., Komžík, R., Madiedo, J.M., Charmandaris, V., Alikakos, J., Szakáts, Róbert, Farkas, Anikó, Varga-Verebélyi, E., Marton, G., Marciniak, Anna, Bartczak, Przemyslaw, Butkiewicz-Bąk, Magdalena, Dudziński, Grzegorz, Alí-Lagoa, Víctor, Gazeas, K., Paschalis, N., Tsamis, V., Guirado, J.C., Peris, V., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Schnabel, C., Manzano, F., Navarro, A., Perelló, C., Vecchione, A., Noschese, A., and Morrone, L.

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Context. Deriving physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects is important for the understanding of our Solar System. This requires observational efforts and the development of techniques suitable for these studies. Aims. Our aim is to characterize the large trans-Neptunian object (TNO) 2002 TC302. Methods. Stellar occultations offer unique opportunities to determine key physical properties of TNOs. On 28 January 2018, 2002 TC302 occulted a mv ~ 15.3 star with designation 593-005847 in the UCAC4 stellar catalog, corresponding to Gaia source 130957813463146112. Twelve positive occultation chords were obtained from Italy, France, Slovenia, and Switzerland. Also, four negative detections were obtained near the north and south limbs. This represents the best observed stellar occultation by a TNO other than Pluto in terms of the number of chords published thus far. From the 12 chords, an accurate elliptical fit to the instantaneous projection of the body can be obtained that is compatible with the near misses. Results. The resulting ellipse has major and minor axes of 543 ± 18 km and 460 ± 11 km, respectively, with a position angle of 3 ± 1 degrees for the minor axis. This information, combined with rotational light curves obtained with the 1.5 m telescope at Sierra Nevada Observatory and the 1.23 m telescope at Calar Alto observatory, allows us to derive possible three-dimensional shapes and density estimations for the body based on hydrostatic equilibrium assumptions. The effective diameter in equivalent area is around 84 km smaller than the radiometrically derived diameter using thermal data from Herschel and Spitzer Space Telescopes. This might indicate the existence of an unresolved satellite of up to ~300 km in diameter, which is required to account for all the thermal flux, although the occultation and thermal diameters are compatible within their error bars given the considerable uncertainty of the thermal results. The existence of a potential satellite also a

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2020

21. The large trans-Neptunian object 2002 TC302from combined stellar occultation, photometry, and astrometry data

Author

Ortiz, J. L., primary, Santos-Sanz, P., additional, Sicardy, B., additional, Benedetti-Rossi, G., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Morales, N., additional, Braga-Ribas, F., additional, Fernández-Valenzuela, E., additional, Nascimbeni, V., additional, Nardiello, D., additional, Carbognani, A., additional, Buzzi, L., additional, Aletti, A., additional, Bacci, P., additional, Maestripieri, M., additional, Mazzei, L., additional, Mikuz, H., additional, Skvarc, J., additional, Ciabattari, F., additional, Lavalade, F., additional, Scarfi, G., additional, Mari, J. M., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Sposetti, S., additional, Bachini, M., additional, Succi, G., additional, Mancini, F., additional, Alighieri, M., additional, Dal Canto, E., additional, Masucci, M., additional, Vara-Lubiano, M., additional, Gutiérrez, P. J., additional, Desmars, J., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Colas, F., additional, Beisker, W., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Mueller, T. G., additional, Meza, E., additional, Gomes-Junior, A. R., additional, Roques, F., additional, Vachier, F., additional, Mottola, S., additional, Hellmich, S., additional, Campo Bagatin, A., additional, Alvarez-Candal, A., additional, Cikota, S., additional, Cikota, A., additional, Christille, J. M., additional, Pál, A., additional, Kiss, C., additional, Pribulla, T., additional, Komžík, R., additional, Madiedo, J. M., additional, Charmandaris, V., additional, Alikakos, J., additional, Szakáts, R., additional, Farkas-Takács, A., additional, Varga-Verebélyi, E., additional, Marton, G., additional, Marciniak, A., additional, Bartczak, P., additional, Butkiewicz-Ba̧k, M., additional, Dudziński, G., additional, Alí-Lagoa, V., additional, Gazeas, K., additional, Paschalis, N., additional, Tsamis, V., additional, Guirado, J. C., additional, Peris, V., additional, Iglesias-Marzoa, R., additional, Schnabel, C., additional, Manzano, F., additional, Navarro, A., additional, Perelló, C., additional, Vecchione, A., additional, Noschese, A., additional, and Morrone, L., additional

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22. Discovery of XO-6b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Fast Rotating F5 Star on an Oblique Orbit

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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Crouzet, N., McCullough, Peter, Long, D., Montañes Rodriguez, Pilar, Lecavelier des Etangs, A, Ribas, Ignasi, Bourrier, V., Hébrard, G., Vilardell, Francesc, Deleuil, M., Herrero, Enrique, García Melendo, Enrique José, Akhenak, L., Foote, Cindy, Gary, B., Benny, P., Guillot, T., Conjat, M., Mékarnia, D., Garlitz, J., Burke, C. J., Courcol, B., Demangeon, O, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Crouzet, N., McCullough, Peter, Long, D., Montañes Rodriguez, Pilar, Lecavelier des Etangs, A, Ribas, Ignasi, Bourrier, V., Hébrard, G., Vilardell, Francesc, Deleuil, M., Herrero, Enrique, García Melendo, Enrique José, Akhenak, L., Foote, Cindy, Gary, B., Benny, P., Guillot, T., Conjat, M., Mékarnia, D., Garlitz, J., Burke, C. J., Courcol, B., and Demangeon, O

Abstract

© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved., Only a few hot Jupiters are known to orbit around fast rotating stars. These exoplanets are harder to detect and characterize and may be less common than around slow rotators. Here, we report the discovery of the transiting hot Jupiter XO-6b, which orbits a bright, hot, and fast rotating star: V = 10.25, T effsstarf = 6720 ± 100 K, v sin i sstarf = 48 ± 3 km s-1. We detected the planet from its transits using the XO instruments and conducted a follow-up campaign. Because of the fast stellar rotation, radial velocities taken along the orbit do not yield the planet's mass with a high confidence level, but we secure a 3s upper limit M p < 4.4 M Jup. We also obtain high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the transit with the SOPHIE spectrograph at the 193-cm telescope of the Observatoire de Haute-Provence and analyze the stellar lines profile by Doppler tomography. The transit is clearly detected in the spectra. The radii measured independently from the tomographic analysis and from the photometric light curves are consistent, showing that the object detected by both methods is the same and indeed transits in front of XO-6. We find that XO-6b lies on a prograde and misaligned orbit with a sky-projected obliquity ${\boldsymbol{\lambda }}=-20\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 7\pm 2\buildrel{\circ}\over{.} 3$. The rotation period of the star is shorter than the orbital period of the planet: P rot < 2.12 days, P orb = 3.77 days. Thus, this system stands in a largely unexplored regime of dynamical interactions between close-in giant planets and their host stars., Peer Reviewed, Postprint (published version)

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2017

23. The non-convex shape of (234) Barbara, the first Barbarian

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Tanga, P., Carry, B., Colas, F., Delbo, M., Matter, A., Hanuš, J., Alí Lagoa, V., Andrei, A. H., Assafin, M., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Carbognani, A., Cedrés Reyes, M., Conjat, M., Cornero, N., Coward, D., Crippa, R., de Ferra Fantin, E., Devogéle, M., Dubos, G., Frappa, E., Gillon, M., Hamanowa, H., Jehin, E., Klotz, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Lecacheux, J., Leroy, A., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Maquet, L., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Polińska, M., Roy, R., Todd, M., Vachier, F., Vera Hernández, C., Wiggins, P., Tanga, P., Carry, B., Colas, F., Delbo, M., Matter, A., Hanuš, J., Alí Lagoa, V., Andrei, A. H., Assafin, M., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Carbognani, A., Cedrés Reyes, M., Conjat, M., Cornero, N., Coward, D., Crippa, R., de Ferra Fantin, E., Devogéle, M., Dubos, G., Frappa, E., Gillon, M., Hamanowa, H., Jehin, E., Klotz, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Lecacheux, J., Leroy, A., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Maquet, L., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Polińska, M., Roy, R., Todd, M., Vachier, F., Vera Hernández, C., and Wiggins, P.

Abstract

Asteroid (234) Barbara is the prototype of a category of asteroids that has been shown to be extremely rich in refractory inclusions, the oldest material ever found in the Solar system. It exhibits several peculiar features, most notably its polarimetric behaviour. In recent years other objects sharing the same property (collectively known as ‘Barbarians') have been discovered. Interferometric observations in the mid-infrared with the ESO VLTI (Very Large Telescope Interferometer) suggested that (234) Barbara might have a bi-lobated shape or even a large companion satellite. We use a large set of 57 optical light curves acquired between 1979 and 2014, together with the timings of two stellar occultations in 2009, to determine the rotation period, spin-vector coordinates, and 3-D shape of (234) Barbara, using two different shape reconstruction algorithms. By using the light curves combined to the results obtained from stellar occultations, we are able to show that the shape of (234) Barbara exhibits large concave areas. Possible links of the shape to the polarimetric properties and the object evolution are discussed. We also show that VLTI data can be modelled without the presence of a satellite

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2017

24. Discovery of XO-6b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Fast Rotating F5 Star on an Oblique Orbit

Author

Crouzet, N., primary, McCullough, P. R., additional, Long, D., additional, Rodriguez, P. Montanes, additional, Etangs, A. Lecavelier des, additional, Ribas, I., additional, Bourrier, V., additional, Hébrard, G., additional, Vilardell, F., additional, Deleuil, M., additional, Herrero, E., additional, Garcia-Melendo, E., additional, Akhenak, L., additional, Foote, J., additional, Gary, B., additional, Benni, P., additional, Guillot, T., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Mékarnia, D., additional, Garlitz, J., additional, Burke, C. J., additional, Courcol, B., additional, and Demangeon, O., additional

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2017
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25. New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network

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Hanuš, J., primary, Ďurech, J., additional, Oszkiewicz, D. A., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Carry, B., additional, Delbo, M., additional, Adam, O., additional, Afonina, V., additional, Anquetin, R., additional, Antonini, P., additional, Arnold, L., additional, Audejean, M., additional, Aurard, P., additional, Bachschmidt, M., additional, Baduel, B., additional, Barbotin, E., additional, Barroy, P., additional, Baudouin, P., additional, Berard, L., additional, Berger, N., additional, Bernasconi, L., additional, Bosch, J-G., additional, Bouley, S., additional, Bozhinova, I., additional, Brinsfield, J., additional, Brunetto, L., additional, Canaud, G., additional, Caron, J., additional, Carrier, F., additional, Casalnuovo, G., additional, Casulli, S., additional, Cerda, M., additional, Chalamet, L., additional, Charbonnel, S., additional, Chinaglia, B., additional, Cikota, A., additional, Colas, F., additional, Coliac, J.-F., additional, Collet, A., additional, Coloma, J., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Conseil, E., additional, Costa, R., additional, Crippa, R., additional, Cristofanelli, M., additional, Damerdji, Y., additional, Debackère, A., additional, Decock, A., additional, Déhais, Q., additional, Déléage, T., additional, Delmelle, S., additional, Demeautis, C., additional, Dróżdż, M., additional, Dubos, G., additional, Dulcamara, T., additional, Dumont, M., additional, Durkee, R., additional, Dymock, R., additional, Escalante del Valle, A., additional, Esseiva, N., additional, Esseiva, R., additional, Esteban, M., additional, Fauchez, T., additional, Fauerbach, M., additional, Fauvaud, M., additional, Fauvaud, S., additional, Forné, E., additional, Fournel, C., additional, Fradet, D., additional, Garlitz, J., additional, Gerteis, O., additional, Gillier, C., additional, Gillon, M., additional, Giraud, R., additional, Godard, J.-P., additional, Goncalves, R., additional, Hamanowa, Hiroko, additional, Hamanowa, Hiromi, additional, Hay, K., additional, Hellmich, S., additional, Heterier, S., additional, Higgins, D., additional, Hirsch, R., additional, Hodosan, G., additional, Hren, M., additional, Hygate, A., additional, Innocent, N., additional, Jacquinot, H., additional, Jawahar, S., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Jerosimic, L., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Koff, W., additional, Korlevic, P., additional, Kosturkiewicz, E., additional, Krafft, P., additional, Krugly, Y., additional, Kugel, F., additional, Labrevoir, O., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Lehký, M., additional, Leroy, A., additional, Lesquerbault, B., additional, Lopez-Gonzales, M. J., additional, Lutz, M., additional, Mallecot, B., additional, Manfroid, J., additional, Manzini, F., additional, Marciniak, A., additional, Martin, A., additional, Modave, B., additional, Montaigut, R., additional, Montier, J., additional, Morelle, E., additional, Morton, B., additional, Mottola, S., additional, Naves, R., additional, Nomen, J., additional, Oey, J., additional, Ogłoza, W., additional, Paiella, M., additional, Pallares, H., additional, Peyrot, A., additional, Pilcher, F., additional, Pirenne, J.-F., additional, Piron, P., additional, Polińska, M., additional, Polotto, M., additional, Poncy, R., additional, Previt, J. P., additional, Reignier, F., additional, Renauld, D., additional, Ricci, D., additional, Richard, F., additional, Rinner, C., additional, Risoldi, V., additional, Robilliard, D., additional, Romeuf, D., additional, Rousseau, G., additional, Roy, R., additional, Ruthroff, J., additional, Salom, P. A., additional, Salvador, L., additional, Sanchez, S., additional, Santana-Ros, T., additional, Scholz, A., additional, Séné, G., additional, Skiff, B., additional, Sobkowiak, K., additional, Sogorb, P., additional, Soldán, F., additional, Spiridakis, A., additional, Splanska, E., additional, Sposetti, S., additional, Starkey, D., additional, Stephens, R., additional, Stiepen, A., additional, Stoss, R., additional, Strajnic, J., additional, Teng, J.-P., additional, Tumolo, G., additional, Vagnozzi, A., additional, Vanoutryve, B., additional, Vugnon, J. M., additional, Warner, B. D., additional, Waucomont, M., additional, Wertz, O., additional, Winiarski, M., additional, and Wolf, M., additional

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2016
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26. The non-convex shape of (234) Barbara, the first Barbarian*

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Tanga, P., primary, Carry, B., additional, Colas, F., additional, Delbo, M., additional, Matter, A., additional, Hanuš, J., additional, Alí Lagoa, V., additional, Andrei, A. H., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Audejean, M., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Carbognani, A., additional, Cedrés Reyes, M., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Cornero, N., additional, Coward, D., additional, Crippa, R., additional, de Ferra Fantin, E., additional, Devogéle, M., additional, Dubos, G., additional, Frappa, E., additional, Gillon, M., additional, Hamanowa, H., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Kryszczyńska, A., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Leroy, A., additional, Manfroid, J., additional, Manzini, F., additional, Maquet, L., additional, Morelle, E., additional, Mottola, S., additional, Polińska, M., additional, Roy, R., additional, Todd, M., additional, Vachier, F., additional, Vera Hernández, C., additional, and Wiggins, P., additional

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2015
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27. Variable energy protontherapy FFAG accelerator

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Fourrier, J., Meot, F., Pasternak, J., Conjat, M., Mandrillon, J., Mandrillon, P., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, RACCAM, and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph], Physics::Accelerator Physics
Abstract

International audience; his paper presents the design of a variable energy spiral scaling FFAG (Fixed Field Alternating Gradient) accelerator installation, sized for producing 70 to 180 MeV protons. A prototype of the spiral magnet has been designed and is being constructed at SIGMAPHI, magnetic measurements to be performed next August September.

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2008

28. Asteroids’ physical models from combined dense and sparse photometry and scaling of the YORP effect by the observed obliquity distribution

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Hanuš, J., primary, Ďurech, J., additional, Brož, M., additional, Marciniak, A., additional, Warner, B. D., additional, Pilcher, F., additional, Stephens, R., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Carry, B., additional, Čapek, D., additional, Antonini, P., additional, Audejean, M., additional, Augustesen, K., additional, Barbotin, E., additional, Baudouin, P., additional, Bayol, A., additional, Bernasconi, L., additional, Borczyk, W., additional, Bosch, J.-G., additional, Brochard, E., additional, Brunetto, L., additional, Casulli, S., additional, Cazenave, A., additional, Charbonnel, S., additional, Christophe, B., additional, Colas, F., additional, Coloma, J., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Cooney, W., additional, Correira, H., additional, Cotrez, V., additional, Coupier, A., additional, Crippa, R., additional, Cristofanelli, M., additional, Dalmas, Ch., additional, Danavaro, C., additional, Demeautis, C., additional, Droege, T., additional, Durkee, R., additional, Esseiva, N., additional, Esteban, M., additional, Fagas, M., additional, Farroni, G., additional, Fauvaud, M., additional, Fauvaud, S., additional, Del Freo, F., additional, Garcia, L., additional, Geier, S., additional, Godon, C., additional, Grangeon, K., additional, Hamanowa, H., additional, Heck, N., additional, Hellmich, S., additional, Higgins, D., additional, Hirsch, R., additional, Husarik, M., additional, Itkonen, T., additional, Jade, O., additional, Kamiński, K., additional, Kankiewicz, P., additional, Klotz, A., additional, Koff, R. A., additional, Kryszczyńska, A., additional, Kwiatkowski, T., additional, Laffont, A., additional, Leroy, A., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Leonie, Y., additional, Leyrat, C., additional, Manzini, F., additional, Martin, A., additional, Masi, G., additional, Matter, D., additional, Michałowski, J., additional, Michałowski, M. J., additional, Michałowski, T., additional, Michelet, J., additional, Michelsen, R., additional, Morelle, E., additional, Mottola, S., additional, Naves, R., additional, Nomen, J., additional, Oey, J., additional, Ogłoza, W., additional, Oksanen, A., additional, Oszkiewicz, D., additional, Pääkkönen, P., additional, Paiella, M., additional, Pallares, H., additional, Paulo, J., additional, Pavic, M., additional, Payet, B., additional, Polińska, M., additional, Polishook, D., additional, Poncy, R., additional, Revaz, Y., additional, Rinner, C., additional, Rocca, M., additional, Roche, A., additional, Romeuf, D., additional, Roy, R., additional, Saguin, H., additional, Salom, P. A., additional, Sanchez, S., additional, Santacana, G., additional, Santana-Ros, T., additional, Sareyan, J.-P., additional, Sobkowiak, K., additional, Sposetti, S., additional, Starkey, D., additional, Stoss, R., additional, Strajnic, J., additional, Teng, J.-P., additional, Trégon, B., additional, Vagnozzi, A., additional, Velichko, F. P., additional, Waelchli, N., additional, Wagrez, K., additional, and Wücher, H., additional

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2013
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29. Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids

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Marciniak, A., primary, Michałowski, T., additional, Polińska, M., additional, Bartczak, P., additional, Hirsch, R., additional, Sobkowiak, K., additional, Kamiński, K., additional, Fagas, M., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Bernasconi, L., additional, Bosch, J.-G., additional, Brunetto, L., additional, Choisay, F., additional, Coloma, J., additional, Conjat, M., additional, Farroni, G., additional, Manzini, F., additional, Pallares, H., additional, Roy, R., additional, Kwiatkowski, T., additional, Kryszczyńska, A., additional, Rudawska, R., additional, Starczewski, S., additional, Michałowski, J., additional, and Ludick, P., additional

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2011
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30. Scaling slowly rotating asteroids with stellar occultations

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Marciniak, A., Ďurech, J., Choukroun, A., Hanuš, J., Ogłoza, W., Szakáts, R., Molnár, L., Pál, A., Monteiro, F., Frappa, E., Beisker, W., Pavlov, H., Moore, J., Adomavičienė, R., Aikawa, R., Andersson, S., Antonini, P., Argentin, Y., Asai, A., Assoignon, P., Barton, J., Baruffetti, P., Bath, K. L., Behrend, R., Benedyktowicz, L., Bernasconi, L., Biguet, G., Billiani, M., Błażewicz, D., Boninsegna, R., Borkowski, M., Bosch, J., Brazill, S., Bronikowska, M., Bruno, A., Butkiewicz-Bąk, M., Caron, J., Casalnuovo, G., Castellani, J. J., Ceravolo, P., Conjat, M., Delincak, P., Delpau, J., Demeautis, C., Demirkol, A., Dróżdż, M., Duffard, R., Durandet, C., Eisfeldt, D., Evangelista, M., Fauvaud, S., Fauvaud, M., Ferrais, M., Filipek, M., Fini, P., Fukui, K., Gährken, B., Geier, S., George, T., Goffin, B., Golonka, J., Goto, T., Grice, J., Guhl, K., Halíř, K., Hanna, W., Harman, M., Hashimoto, A., Hasubick, W., Higgins, D., Higuchi, M., Hirose, T., Hirsch, R., Hofschulz, O., Horaguchi, T., Horbowicz, J., Ida, M., Ignácz, B., Ishida, M., Isobe, K., Jehin, E., Joachimczyk, B., Jones, A., Juan, J., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Kankiewicz, P., Kasebe, H., Kattentidt, B., Kim, D.-H., Kim, M.-J., Kitazaki, K., Klotz, A., Komraus, M., Konstanciak, I., Könyves-Tóth, R., Kouno, K., Kowald, E., Krajewski, J., Krannich, G., Kreutzer, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Kubánek, J., Kudak, V., Kugel, F., Kukita, R., Kulczak, P., Lazzaro, D., Licandro, J., Livet, F., Maley, P., Manago, N., Mánek, J., Manna, A., Matsushita, H., Meister, S., Mesquita, W., Messner, S., Michelet, J., Michimani, J., Mieczkowska, I., Morales, N., Motyliński, M., Murawiecka, M., Newman, J., Nikitin, V., Nishimura, M., Oey, J., Oszkiewicz, D., Owada, M., Pakštienė, E., Pawłowski, M., Pereira, W., Perig, V., Perła, J., Pilcher, F., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Polák, J., Polakis, T., Polińska, M., Popowicz, A., Richard, F., Rives, J. J, Rodrigues, T., Rogiński, Ł., Rondón, E., Rottenborn, M., Schäfer, R., Schnabel, C., Schreurs, O., Selva, A., Simon, M., Skiff, B., Skrutskie, M., Skrzypek, J., Sobkowiak, K., Sonbas, E., Sposetti, S., Stuart, P., Szyszka, K., Terakubo, K., Thomas, W., Trela, P., Uchiyama, S., Urbanik, M., Vaudescal, G., Venable, R., Watanabe, Ha., Watanabe, Hi., Winiarski, M., Wróblewski, R., Yamamura, H., Yamashita, M., Yoshihara, H., Zawilski, M., Zelený, P., Żejmo, M., Żukowski, K., Żywica, S., Marciniak, A., Ďurech, J., Choukroun, A., Hanuš, J., Ogłoza, W., Szakáts, R., Molnár, L., Pál, A., Monteiro, F., Frappa, E., Beisker, W., Pavlov, H., Moore, J., Adomavičienė, R., Aikawa, R., Andersson, S., Antonini, P., Argentin, Y., Asai, A., Assoignon, P., Barton, J., Baruffetti, P., Bath, K. L., Behrend, R., Benedyktowicz, L., Bernasconi, L., Biguet, G., Billiani, M., Błażewicz, D., Boninsegna, R., Borkowski, M., Bosch, J., Brazill, S., Bronikowska, M., Bruno, A., Butkiewicz-Bąk, M., Caron, J., Casalnuovo, G., Castellani, J. J., Ceravolo, P., Conjat, M., Delincak, P., Delpau, J., Demeautis, C., Demirkol, A., Dróżdż, M., Duffard, R., Durandet, C., Eisfeldt, D., Evangelista, M., Fauvaud, S., Fauvaud, M., Ferrais, M., Filipek, M., Fini, P., Fukui, K., Gährken, B., Geier, S., George, T., Goffin, B., Golonka, J., Goto, T., Grice, J., Guhl, K., Halíř, K., Hanna, W., Harman, M., Hashimoto, A., Hasubick, W., Higgins, D., Higuchi, M., Hirose, T., Hirsch, R., Hofschulz, O., Horaguchi, T., Horbowicz, J., Ida, M., Ignácz, B., Ishida, M., Isobe, K., Jehin, E., Joachimczyk, B., Jones, A., Juan, J., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Kankiewicz, P., Kasebe, H., Kattentidt, B., Kim, D.-H., Kim, M.-J., Kitazaki, K., Klotz, A., Komraus, M., Konstanciak, I., Könyves-Tóth, R., Kouno, K., Kowald, E., Krajewski, J., Krannich, G., Kreutzer, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Kubánek, J., Kudak, V., Kugel, F., Kukita, R., Kulczak, P., Lazzaro, D., Licandro, J., Livet, F., Maley, P., Manago, N., Mánek, J., Manna, A., Matsushita, H., Meister, S., Mesquita, W., Messner, S., Michelet, J., Michimani, J., Mieczkowska, I., Morales, N., Motyliński, M., Murawiecka, M., Newman, J., Nikitin, V., Nishimura, M., Oey, J., Oszkiewicz, D., Owada, M., Pakštienė, E., Pawłowski, M., Pereira, W., Perig, V., Perła, J., Pilcher, F., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Polák, J., Polakis, T., Polińska, M., Popowicz, A., Richard, F., Rives, J. J, Rodrigues, T., Rogiński, Ł., Rondón, E., Rottenborn, M., Schäfer, R., Schnabel, C., Schreurs, O., Selva, A., Simon, M., Skiff, B., Skrutskie, M., Skrzypek, J., Sobkowiak, K., Sonbas, E., Sposetti, S., Stuart, P., Szyszka, K., Terakubo, K., Thomas, W., Trela, P., Uchiyama, S., Urbanik, M., Vaudescal, G., Venable, R., Watanabe, Ha., Watanabe, Hi., Winiarski, M., Wróblewski, R., Yamamura, H., Yamashita, M., Yoshihara, H., Zawilski, M., Zelený, P., Żejmo, M., Żukowski, K., and Żywica, S.

Abstract

Context. As evidenced by recent survey results, the majority of asteroids are slow rotators (spin periods longer than 12 h), but lack spin and shape models because of selection bias. This bias is skewing our overall understanding of the spins, shapes, and sizes of asteroids, as well as of their other properties. Also, diameter determinations for large (>60 km) and medium-sized asteroids (between 30 and 60 km) often vary by over 30% for multiple reasons. Aims. Our long-term project is focused on a few tens of slow rotators with periods of up to 60 h. We aim to obtain their full light curves and reconstruct their spins and shapes. We also precisely scale the models, typically with an accuracy of a few percent. Methods. We used wide sets of dense light curves for spin and shape reconstructions via light-curve inversion. Precisely scaling them with thermal data was not possible here because of poor infrared datasets: large bodies tend to saturate in WISE mission detectors. Therefore, we recently also launched a special campaign among stellar occultation observers, both in order to scale these models and to verify the shape solutions, often allowing us to break the mirror pole ambiguity. Results. The presented scheme resulted in shape models for 16 slow rotators, most of them for the first time. Fitting them to chords from stellar occultation timings resolved previous inconsistencies in size determinations. For around half of the targets, this fitting also allowed us to identify a clearly preferred pole solution from the pair of two mirror pole solutions, thus removing the ambiguity inherent to light-curve inversion. We also address the influence of the uncertainty of the shape models on the derived diameters. Conclusions. Overall, our project has already provided reliable models for around 50 slow rotators. Such well-determined and scaled asteroid shapes will, for example, constitute a solid basis fo

31. The non-convex shape of (234) Barbara, the first Barbarian

Author

Tanga, P., Carry, B., Colas, F., Delbo, M., Matter, A., Hanuš, J., Alí Lagoa, V., Andrei, A. H., Assafin, M., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Carbognani, A., Cedrés Reyes, M., Conjat, M., Cornero, N., Coward, D., Crippa, R., de Ferra Fantin, E., Devogéle, M., Dubos, G., Frappa, E., Gillon, M., Hamanowa, H., Jehin, E., Klotz, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Lecacheux, J., Leroy, A., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Maquet, L., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Polińska, M., Roy, R., Todd, M., Vachier, F., Vera Hernández, C., Wiggins, P., Tanga, P., Carry, B., Colas, F., Delbo, M., Matter, A., Hanuš, J., Alí Lagoa, V., Andrei, A. H., Assafin, M., Audejean, M., Behrend, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Carbognani, A., Cedrés Reyes, M., Conjat, M., Cornero, N., Coward, D., Crippa, R., de Ferra Fantin, E., Devogéle, M., Dubos, G., Frappa, E., Gillon, M., Hamanowa, H., Jehin, E., Klotz, A., Kryszczyńska, A., Lecacheux, J., Leroy, A., Manfroid, J., Manzini, F., Maquet, L., Morelle, E., Mottola, S., Polińska, M., Roy, R., Todd, M., Vachier, F., Vera Hernández, C., and Wiggins, P.

Abstract

Asteroid (234) Barbara is the prototype of a category of asteroids that has been shown to be extremely rich in refractory inclusions, the oldest material ever found in the Solar system. It exhibits several peculiar features, most notably its polarimetric behaviour. In recent years other objects sharing the same property (collectively known as ‘Barbarians') have been discovered. Interferometric observations in the mid-infrared with the ESO VLTI (Very Large Telescope Interferometer) suggested that (234) Barbara might have a bi-lobated shape or even a large companion satellite. We use a large set of 57 optical light curves acquired between 1979 and 2014, together with the timings of two stellar occultations in 2009, to determine the rotation period, spin-vector coordinates, and 3-D shape of (234) Barbara, using two different shape reconstruction algorithms. By using the light curves combined to the results obtained from stellar occultations, we are able to show that the shape of (234) Barbara exhibits large concave areas. Possible links of the shape to the polarimetric properties and the object evolution are discussed. We also show that VLTI data can be modelled without the presence of a satellite

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