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1. Orbit of the Patroclus–Menoetius Binary System and Predictions for the 2024/2025 Mutual Events Season

Author: Marina Brozović, Robert A. Jacobson, Ryan S. Park, Pascal Descamps, Jérôme Berthier, Noemí Pinilla-Alonso, Marcel Popescu, and Javier Licandro
Subjects: Jupiter trojans, Orbital elements, Asteroid satellites, Astronomy, QB1-991
Abstract: We report on the ephemeris development for Menoetius, the satellite of Patroclus. Our data set consisted of ground–based and Hubble Space Telescope relative astrometry, as well as 42 lightcurves from the mutual events seasons in 2007, 2012, and 2017/2018. Our dynamical model included the effects of oblate, nonspherical shapes of the components, and we assumed that Menoetius contained ∼22% of the system’s mass. We numerically integrated the equations of motion and obtained a set of dynamical parameters that fit the data. We report the fit results in terms of residuals, state vectors, orbital elements and their 1 σ uncertainties. The mean osculating semimajor axis is a = 692.5 ± 4.0 km, the mean eccentricity is e = 0.004 ± 0.004, and the International Celestial Reference Frame pole direction in R.A. and decl. is R. A. = 178.0 ± 0.5 deg, δ = −74.1 ± 0.2 deg. We determined the siderial orbital period of P = 4.282753 ± 0.000023 days. The fit yielded the system GM = 0.0950 ± 0.0012 km ^3 s ^−2 , which, in combination with the system volume determined from the stellar occultation and the assumed volume uncertainty of 20%, suggests a system bulk density of 1.05 ± 0.21 g cm ^−3 (1 σ ). The next season of mutual events starts in February of 2024 and lasts until January of 2025. The Patroclus system is in opposition for the observers on Earth in late September and is suitable for observations of the mutual events with an edge-on geometry in October.
Published: 2024
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2. Spectral properties of binary asteroids

Author: Myriam Pajuelo, Mirel Birlan, Benoît Carry, Francesca E DeMeo, Richard P Binzel, and Jérôme Berthier
Published: 2018
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3. The EPN-TAP protocol for the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory.

Author: Stéphane Erard, Baptiste Cecconi, Pierre Le Sidaner, Jérôme Berthier, Florence Henry, Marco Molinaro 0003, Marco Giardino, N. Bourrel, Nicolas André, Michel Gangloff, Christian Jacquey, and Florian Topf
Published: 2014
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4. Planetary Science Virtual Observatory architecture.

Author: Stéphane Erard, Baptiste Cecconi, Pierre Le Sidaner, Jérôme Berthier, Florence Henry, Cyril Chauvin, Nicolas André, Vincent Génot, Christian Jacquey, Michel Gangloff, N. Bourrel, Bernard Schmitt, Maria Teresa Capria, and Gérard Chanteur
Published: 2014
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5. Gaia, validation des données. Un milliard d'étoiles, de pixels et de mégaoctets.

Author: F. Arenou, C. Babusiaux, Jérôme Berthier, J.-M. Cornuet, P. di Matteo, D. Hestroffer, C. Reylé, C. Robert, A. Robin, J. Rousseau, I.-C. Shih, R. Stoica, Laurent Yeh, and Karine Zeitouni
Published: 2014

6. Gaia Early Data Release 3 The Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars

Author: Zoltan Balog, G. Tauran, Vincenzo Ripepi, Gerry Gilmore, M. Barros, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, P. Gavras, Simchon Faigler, Marc Audard, C. Nicolas, M. Vaillant, A. Mora, Paolo Tanga, Silvio Leccia, Despina Hatzidimitriou, A. Dapergolas, Eva Sciacca, Alberto Krone-Martins, N. Cheek, M. Hauser, Ulrike Heiter, S. Managau, L. Rohrbasser, Mathias Schultheis, E. Utrilla, Minia Manteiga, Marcella Marconi, Xavier Luri, F. De Angeli, Shay Zucker, Paolo Giacobbe, J. Juaristi Campillo, H. I. Siddiqui, J. Torra, F. X. Pineau, Roy Gomel, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, Eric Gosset, Mario Gai, Jose M Hernandez, G. Giuffrida, A. de Torres, Laszlo Szabados, S. Ragaini, E. van Dillen, D. Semeux, Leanne P. Guy, R. Drimmel, L. M. Sarro, S. Voutsinas, Johannes Sahlmann, Damien Ségransan, S. Liao, Derek W. Morris, Jan Rybizki, André Moitinho, T. Roegiers, Bengt Edvardsson, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Martin Altmann, C. Turon, Laurent Chemin, K. Janßen, D. Garabato, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Michał Pawlak, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Sergei A. Klioner, F. Torra, Carine Babusiaux, Alfred Castro-Ginard, G. Plum, Mariateresa Crosta, Iain A. Steele, A. Yoldas, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, Francesca Fragkoudi, F. De Luise, M. Bernet, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, Roberto Molinaro, C. Diener, S. Regibo, D. Barbato, T. Pauwels, R. E. de Souza, C. Fabricius, D. Souami, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, P. Madrero Pardo, P. Re Fiorentin, J. F. Le Campion, Jérôme Berthier, N. Tonello, Ummi Abbas, Y. Lebreton, M. Biermann, D. Munoz, N. Brouillet, David Teyssier, O. Vanel, P. A. Palicio, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Jesus Salgado, E. del Pozo, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Ramachrisna Teixeira, L. Chaoul, Mike Smith, Rossella Cancelliere, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, D. Baines, M. Romero-Gómez, E. Anglada Varela, E. Livanou, X. Peñalosa Esteller, S. Diakite, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, M. David, Angela Bragaglia, J. De Ridder, Mark Taylor, Roberto Morbidelli, A. Sagristà Sellés, Nigel Hambly, Arnaud Siebert, R. L. Smart, P. Burgess, Y. Le Fustec, Alessandro Bressan, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, H. E. Huckle, Morgan Fouesneau, N. Bauchet, P. Osborne, S. Marinoni, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, A. Garofalo, Antonella Vallenari, R. Mor, Sahar Shahaf, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Peter G. Jonker, A. Kochoska, F. Taris, A. F. Mulone, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, J. M. Carrasco, Tatiana Muraveva, W. van Reeven, P. Sartoretti, Jordi Portell, Andreas Korn, E. Salguero, Ana Ulla, P. Di Matteo, Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones, J. Bakker, F. Riclet, G. Altavilla, Ulrich Bastian, P. Esquej, R. Buzzi, M. Segol, A. C. Lanzafame, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, E. Balbinot, T. Carlucci, Davide Massari, P. de Teodoro, Sébastien Lambert, M. I. Carnerero, Amina Helmi, F. Solitro, C. Robin, Carlos Dafonte, Tsevi Mazeh, A. Panahi, C. Fabre, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Deborah Busonero, Maroussia Roelens, O. Marchal, Tomaz Zwitter, B. Holl, G. Holland, William Thuillot, Michael Davidson, E. Licata, Michele Bellazzini, Teresa Antoja, E. Szegedi-Elek, Francesca Figueras, Eric Slezak, Sergio Messina, N. Samaras, E. Poujoulet, Mark Cropper, A. Burlacu, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, Annie C. Robin, H. E. Delgado, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Georges Kordopatis, Conny Aerts, L. Noval, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, L. Karbevska, Grigori Fedorets, Maria Süveges, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, D. Eappachen, K. Kruszyńska, Gisella Clementini, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, L. Bramante, G. Busso, P. David, E. Fraile, Ugo Becciani, A. Lorca, Sanjeev Khanna, Alex Bombrun, Isabella Pagano, C. Dolding, A. M. Piersimoni, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, Anthony G. A. Brown, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, N. A. Walton, P. Panuzzo, Benoit Carry, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, Marco Castellani, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, N. Leclerc, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, F. van Leeuwen, S. Bouquillon, Uwe Lammers, D. W. Evans, L. Eyer, M. van Leeuwen, A. Guerrier, J. González-Núñez, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Miguel García-Torres, Ilaria Musella, L. Palaversa, W. Roux, W. Löffler, J.-B. Delisle, Dimitri Pourbaix, Timo Prusti, J. Osinde, M. Riello, G. Orrù, C. Crowley, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, E. F. del Peloso, Laurent Galluccio, N. Hładczuk, T. Boch, Martin A. Barstow, László Molnár, Aldo Dell'Oro, C. Pagani, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Stefano Bertone, Patrick Charlot, Eduard Masana, Elisabetta Caffau, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, J. L. Halbwachs, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, L. Pulone, Yassine Damerdji, Frédéric Arenou, Richard I. Anderson, Elena Pancino, David Hobbs, P. Castro Sampol, Yves Fremat, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, Sofia Randich, Robert G. Mann, J. C. Segovia, Diego Bossini, D. Katz, Nicholas Rowell, P. Ramos, E. Racero, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Enrique Solano, S. G. Baker, W. J. Cooper, F. Royer, S. Accart, George M. Seabroke, João Alves, Emese Plachy, Thomas Hilger, Pedro García-Lario, Gérard Jasniewicz, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, J. Souchay, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, F. Pailler, Stefan Jordan, J. H. J. de Bruijne, C. A. Stephenson, E. Gerlach, Elisa Distefano, Karri Muinonen, Y. Viala, H. Zhao, L. Siltala, C. P. Murphy, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Andrea Chiavassa, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, Federico Marocco, Nicoletta Sanna, Alexey Mints, Juan Zorec, Ángel Gómez, I. Bellas-Velidis, M. G. Lattanzi, C. M. Raiteri, E. Brugaletta, Mikael Granvik, O. L. Creevey, Guy Rixon, Francois Mignard, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, C. Ordénovic, A. Delgado, V. Sanchez Gimenez, J. Castañeda, D. Vicente, R. De March, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, M. Weiler, F. Thévenin, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Jon Marchant, Monica Rainer, Alessandro Spagna, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, Nicolas Rambaux, Paul J. McMillan, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Haywood, C. Fouron, S. 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CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Cantabria, Gaia Collaboration, Planetary-system research, Department of Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Astronomy, and ITA
Subjects: trigonometric parallaxes, Solar neighborhood, Stars: luminosity function, mass function, Astronomy, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, luminosity function, mass function [Stars], Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, luminosity: mass function [Stars], Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, MAIN-SEQUENCE, Hertzsprung-Russell-diagram, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Stars:low-mass brown-dwarfs, wide binaries, Physics, education.field_of_study, north galactic pole, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, BROWN DWARF, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, mass function, NORTH GALACTIC POLE, Physical Sciences, symbols, CIRCULAR-VELOCITY CURVE, Halo, astro-ph.SR, Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, stars: luminosity function, astro-ph.GA, Posterior probability, Population, main-sequence, Luminosity-Function, FOS: Physical sciences, Mass-Function, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, Photometry (optics), DWARF LUMINOSITY-FUNCTION, dwarf luminosity-function, sky-survey, symbols.namesake, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, luminosity function [stars], low-mass [Stars], 0103 physical sciences, Stars: luminosity: mass function, Stars: low-mass, WHITE-DWARFS, education, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), brown dwarf, catalogs, astrometry, Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, stars: low-mass, solar neighborhood, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, SKY-SURVEY, white-dwarfs, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Luminosity function, White dwarf, TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Low-mass, 115 Astronomy, Space science, WIDE BINARIES, Stars, Physics::History of Physics, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), solar-neighborhood, Catalogs, circular-velocity curve, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: Aims. We produce a clean and well-characterised catalogue of objects within 100 pc of the Sun from the Gaia Early Data Release 3. We characterise the catalogue through comparisons to the full data release, external catalogues, and simulations. We carry out a first analysis of the science that is possible with this sample to demonstrate its potential and best practices for its use., Methods. Theselection of objects within 100 pc from the full catalogue used selected training sets, machine-learning procedures, astrometric quantities, and solution quality indicators to determine a probability that the astrometric solution is reliable. The training set construction exploited the astrometric data, quality flags, and external photometry. For all candidates we calculated distance posterior probability densities using Bayesian procedures and mock catalogues to define priors. Any object with reliable astrometry and a non-zero probability of being within 100 pc is included in the catalogue., Results. We have produced a catalogue of 331 312 objects that we estimate contains at least 92% of stars of stellar type M9 within 100 pc of the Sun. We estimate that 9% of the stars in this catalogue probably lie outside 100 pc, but when the distance probability function is used, a correct treatment of this contamination is possible. We produced luminosity functions with a high signal-to-noise ratio for the main-sequence stars, giants, and white dwarfs. We examined in detail the Hyades cluster, the white dwarf population, and wide-binary systems and produced candidate lists for all three samples. We detected local manifestations of several streams, superclusters, and halo objects, in which we identified 12 members of Gaia Enceladus. We present the first direct parallaxes of five objects in multiple systems within 10 pc of the Sun., Conclusions. We provide the community with a large, well-characterised catalogue of objects in the solar neighbourhood. This is a primary benchmark for measuring and understanding fundamental parameters and descriptive functions in astronomy.
Published: 2021
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7. Dynamics of the binary asteroid (379) Huenna

Author: Frédéric Vachier, Benoit Carry, Jérôme Berthier, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astronomy and Astrophysics, External perturbers, Bulk density, Dynamics
Abstract: International audience; We aim at studying the dynamical system of the asteroid (379) Huenna and its satellite, for which a discrepancy between its predicted and observed position was reported by DeMeo et al. (2011, Icarus, 212). We compile all the available images of the system acquired with large ground-based telescopes equipped with adaptive-optics fed camera. Based on these 40 observations covering 11 years, we determine the orbit of the satellite which is strongly affected by the gravitational influence of the Sun, as opposed to most satellites of large main-belt asteroids. Combining the mass of Huenna with a compilation of diameter estimates from the literature, we revise the estimate of its bulk density to 1491±249 kg ⋅m-3, consistent with its spectral classification as a P-type asteroid.
Published: 2022
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8. VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis

Author: J. Krajewski, P. Aurard, Philippe Lamy, Vishnu Reddy, Laurent Jorda, D. Molina, Josef Hanus, Josef Ďurech, P. Michel, F. Vachier, Nicolas Rambaux, J. Oey, Grzegorz Dudziński, P. Bartczak, A. Leroy, Michael Marsset, L. Dalmon, P. Beck, H. Le Coroller, Hiroko Hamanowa, Maëlle Neveu, Christophe Dumas, Hiromi Hamanowa, A. G. Sanchez, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, N. Payre, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Raoul Behrend, Paolo Tanga, Aled Jones, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Miroslav Brož, P. Antonini, Tadeusz Michalowski, F. Livet, O. Labrevoir, J. M. Bosch, Emmanuel Jehin, Arthur Vigan, S. Fauvaud, A. Chapman, Marin Ferrais, Jérôme Berthier, Alexis Drouard, Mirel Birlan, J. Grice, R. Montaigut, J. His, L. Socha, Romain Fétick, Olivier Witasse, Pierre Vernazza, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Carry, F. Marchis, Doeon Kim, Toni Santana-Ros, Mikko Kaasalainen, Matti Viikinkoski, P. Sabin, M. Audejean, A. Marciniak, Myung-Jin Kim, Bin Yang, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, François Colas, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute of Astronomy [Prague], Charles University [Prague] (CU), Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), Université d'Angers (UA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Liège, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Agency (ESA), TMT Observatory, The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Research on Healthcare Performance (RESHAPE - Inserm U1290 - UCBL1), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Universidad de Alicante, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Observatoire de Chinon, Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva [Switzerland], Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Héritages et Constructions dans le Texte et l'Image (HCTI), Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO), Observatoire du Bois de Bardon, Association T60, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratory for Space Research [Hong Kong] (LSR), The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Okayama University, Chungbuk National University, Laboratoire d'analyse et de recherche en économie et finance internationales (Larefi), Université de Bordeaux (UB), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Anunaki Observatory, Sanofi-Aventis R&D, SANOFI Recherche, Planetary Science Institute [Tucson] (PSI), Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Belgian Science Policy Office, National Science Foundation (US), Generalitat Valenciana, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Université d'Angers (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Météo-France, Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS), Université de Brest (UBO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales [Paris] (CNES), Tampere University, and Computing Sciences
Subjects: asteroids, Rotation period, Surface (mathematics), Shell (structure), [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], general [Minor planets, asteroids], Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, 111 Mathematics, observational [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 030304 developmental biology, Physics, Asteroids:general, 0303 health sciences, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Minor planets, techniques: high angular resolution, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 113 Computer and information sciences, asteroids: general, Bimodality, high angular resolution [Techniques], Density distribution, 115 Astronomy and space science, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], minor planets, methods: observational, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [Asteroids], high angular resolution, Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract: Vernazza, P., et al., Until recently, the 3D shape, and therefore density (when combining the volume estimate with available mass estimates), and surface topography of the vast majority of the largest (D ≥ 100 km) main-belt asteroids have remained poorly constrained. The improved capabilities of the SPHERE/ZIMPOL instrument have opened new doors into ground-based asteroid exploration. Aims. To constrain the formation and evolution of a representative sample of large asteroids, we conducted a high-angular-resolution imaging survey of 42 large main-belt asteroids with VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL. Our asteroid sample comprises 39 bodies with D ≥ 100 km and in particular most D ≥ 200 km main-belt asteroids (20/23). Furthermore, it nicely reflects the compositional diversity present in the main belt as the sampled bodies belong to the following taxonomic classes: A, B, C, Ch/Cgh, E/M/X, K, P/T, S, and V. Methods. The SPHERE/ZIMPOL images were first used to reconstruct the 3D shape of all targets with both the ADAM and MPCD reconstruction methods.We subsequently performed a detailed shape analysis and constrained the density of each target using available mass estimates including our own mass estimates in the case of multiple systems. Results. The analysis of the reconstructed shapes allowed us to identify two families of objects as a function of their diameters, namely spherical and elongated bodies. A difference in rotation period appears to be the main origin of this bimodality. In addition, all but one object (216 Kleopatra) are located along the Maclaurin sequence with large volatile-rich bodies being the closest to the latter. Our results further reveal that the primaries of most multiple systems possess a rotation period of shorter than 6 h and an elongated shape (c=a ≤ 0.65). Densities in our sample range from ∼1.3 g cm-3 (87 Sylvia) to ∼4.3 g cm-3 (22 Kalliope). Furthermore, the density distribution appears to be strongly bimodal with volatile-poor (P ≥ 2.7 g cm-3) and volatile-rich (P ≤ 2.2 g cm-3) bodies. Finally, our survey along with previous observations provides evidence in support of the possibility that some C-complex bodies could be intrinsically related to IDP-like P- and D-type asteroids, representing different layers of a same body (C: core; P/D: outer shell). We therefore propose that P/ D-types and some C-types may have the same origin in the primordial trans-Neptunian disk., We warmly thank the ESO staff at Paranal and in particular Henri Boffin for providing us precious support and advice throughout the entire observing programme. P.V., A.D., M.F., L.J. and B.C. were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. The work of T.S-R. was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE). TRAPPIST project is funded by the Belgian Fund for Scientic Research (Fond National de la Recherche Scientique, FNRS) under the grant PDR T.0120.21. E.J. is a FNRS Senior Research Associate. F.M. is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1743015.
Published: 2021
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9. The first six months of the Advanced LIGO’s and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run with GRANDMA

Author: Jicheng Zhang, M. Boer, C. Delattre, Wenxiong Li, V. Aivazyan, Jérôme Berthier, N. Ismailov, Stéphane Basa, A. de Ugarte Postigo, N. Kochiashvili, M. Blažek, J. C. Chen, A. Cailleau, A. Simon, E. Arbouch, A. Baransky, Christina C. Thöne, Michael W. Coughlin, Bruce Gendre, Frédéric Vachier, Alain Klotz, O. A. Burkhonov, P. Thierry, Jun Mo, Xuhui Han, S. Perrigault, A. Burrell, S. Beradze, S. Antier, P. Fock-Hang, J. Moore, Jun-Jie Wei, Eric Howell, G. Marchal-Duval, D. Corre, Jie Zhang, K. Noysena, M. Vardosanidze, Shengyu Yan, D. Turpin, J. G. Ducoin, R. Inasaridze, J. P. Teng, T. Sadibekova, Patrice Hello, C. Wang, C. Lachaud, R. Marron, Z. Vidadi, S. Alishov, A. Le Van Su, G. Kapanadze, P.-A. Duverne, Xinghan Zhang, H. Crisp, V. Vasylenko, J. M. Bai, B. Chabert, A. Peyrot, R. Natsvlishvili, S. Agayeva, David Coward, P. Lognone, X. F. Wang, N. Leroy, David Alexander Kann, Tim Dietrich, K. Barynova, Alexis Coleiro, L. Eymar, Weili Lin, E. Bertin, B. Cordier, D. Samadov, Yusufjon Tillayev, Nelson Christensen, C. Stachie, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysique Relativiste Théories Expériences Métrologie Instrumentation Signaux (ARTEMIS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), GRANDMA, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulouse (UT), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Australian Research Council, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, California Institute of Technology, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France), Sorbonne Université, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), and Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Subjects: neutron star: binary, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, media_common.quotation_subject, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, gamma ray: burst, Kilonova, 01 natural sciences, localization, Gravitational waves, stars: neutron, 0103 physical sciences, optical, observational [Methods], Spatial localization, structure, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], LIGO, 010306 general physics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Gravitational wave, gravitational radiation, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, neutron [Stars], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Methods observational, messenger, Neutron star, electromagnetic, VIRGO, gravitational waves, efficiency, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, network, methods: observational, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Gamma-ray burst
Abstract: We present the Global Rapid Advanced Network Devoted to the Multi-messenger Addicts (GRANDMA). The network consists of 21 telescopes with both photometric and spectroscopic facilities. They are connected together thanks to a dedicated infrastructure. The network aims at coordinating the observations of large sky position estimates of transient events to enhance their follow-up and reduce the delay between the initial detection and optical confirmation. The GRANDMA programme mainly focuses on follow-up of gravitational-wave alerts to find and characterize the electromagnetic counterpart during the third observational campaign of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo detectors. But it allows for follow-up of any transient alerts involving neutrinos or gamma-ray bursts, even those with poor spatial localization. We present the different facilities, tools, and methods we developed for this network and show its efficiency using observations of LIGO/Virgo S190425z, a binary neutron star merger candidate.We furthermore report on allGRANDMAfollow-up observations performed during the first six months of the LIGO-Virgo observational campaign, and we derive constraints on the kilonova properties assuming that the events' locations were imaged by our telescopes. © 2019 The Author(s)., Parts of this research were conducted by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), through project number CE170100004. EJH acknowledges support from a Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship (DE170100891). AdUP and CCT acknowledge support from Ramon y Cajal fellowships RyC-2012-09975 and RyC-201209984 and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through project AYA2017-89384-P. DAK acknowledges support from the Spanish research projectAYA2017-89384-P. MBacknowledges funding as `personal tecnico de apoyo' under fellowship number PTA2016-13192-I. MC is supported by the David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology. SA is supported by the CNES Postdoctoral Fellowship at Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie. SA, AC, CL, and RM acknowledge the financial support of the UnivEarthS Labex program at Sorbonne Paris Cite (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02). SA and NL acknowledge the financial support of the Programme National Hautes Energies (PNHE). DT acknowledges the financial support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) PIFI post-doctoral fellowship program (program C). UBAI acknowledges support from the Ministry of Innovative Development through projects FA-Atech-2018-392 and VA-FAF-2-010. IRiS has been carried out thanks to the support of the OCEVU Labex (ANR-11-LABX-0060) and the A*MIDEX project (ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02) funded by the 'Investissements d'Avenir' French government program. IRiS and T120 thank all the Observatoire de Haute-Provence staff for the permanent support. SB, NK, RN, and MV acknowledge the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF grant No 218070). TAROT has been built with the support of the Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, CNRS,France. TAROT is funded by theCNESand thanks the help of the technical staff of the Observatoire de Haute Provence, OSU-Pytheas.
Published: 2019
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10. Potential asteroid discoveries by the ESA Gaia mission. Results from follow-up observations

Author: D. Vernet, Siegfried Eggl, V. Tarady, Mikael Granvik, J. M. Petit, Jérôme Berthier, D. Souami, Francois Mignard, P. Bendjoya, K. Baillié, B. Frezouls, T. Pauwels, W. Roux, Rene A. Mendez, Paolo Tanga, Michel Dennefeld, A. Baransky, Yurij N. Krugly, Volodymyr Kashuba, Josselin Desmars, Grigori Fedorets, V. Robert, V. R. Ayvazian, C. Panem, Aldo Dell'Oro, Benoit Carry, Daniel Hestroffer, Igor Molotov, I. Sokolov, P. David, V. Godunova, Karri Muinonen, V. Vasylenko, J. P. Rivet, G. Walmsley, William Thuillot, Federica Spoto, S. Bouquillon, F. Taris, V. Troianskyi, A. Simon, L. Abe, R. Inasaridze, J. Guiraud, A. Le Van Suu, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Department of Physics, Planetary-system research, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace (SYRTE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Chile = University of Chile [Santiago] (UCHILE), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (OAA), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES), Luleå University of Technology (LUT), Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels] (ROB), Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), University of Washington [Seattle], National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Astronomical observatory of Odessa National University [Odessa], Odessa National I.I.Mechnikov University, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU), Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM)
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, media_common.quotation_subject, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 0103 physical sciences, SOLAR-SYSTEM OBJECTS, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Celestial sphere, Astrometry, celestial mechanics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Celestial mechanics, asteroids: general, DATA RELEASE 1, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Asteroid, Magnitude (astronomy), minor planets, Parallax, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Since July 2014, the ESA Gaia mission has been surveying the entire sky down to magnitude 20.7 in the visible. In addition to the millions of stars, thousands of Solar System Objects (SSOs) are observed daily. By comparing their positions to those of known objects, a daily processing pipeline filters known objects from potential discoveries. However, owing to Gaia's specific scanning law designed for stars, potential newly discovered moving objects are characterized by very few observations, acquired over a limited time. This aspect was recognized early in the design of the Gaia data processing. A daily processing pipeline dedicated to these candidate discoveries was set up to release calls for observations to a network of ground-based telescopes. Their aim is to acquire follow-up astrometry and to characterize these objects. From the astrometry measured by Gaia, preliminary orbital solutions are determined, allowing to predict the position of these potentially new discovered objects in the sky accounting for the large parallax between Gaia and the Earth (separated by 0.01 au). A specific task within the Gaia Consortium has been responsible for the distribution of requests for follow-up observations of potential Gaia SSO discoveries. Since late 2016, these calls for observations (called alerts) are published daily via a Web interface, freely available to anyone world-wide. Between November 2016 and July 2020, over 1700 alerts have been published, leading to the successful recovery of more than 200 objects. Among those, six have provisional designation assigned with the Gaia observations, the others being previously known objects with poorly characterized orbits, precluding identification at the time of Gaia observations. There is a clear trend for objects with a high inclination to be unidentified, revealing a clear bias in the current census of SSOs against high inclination populations., Submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2021
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11. The Galactic Anticentre

Author: Vincenzo Ripepi, A. de Torres, Annie C. Robin, Mariateresa Crosta, C. Diener, L. Noval, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, L. Karbevska, K. Kruszyńska, E. Fraile, André Moitinho, Michał Pawlak, P. Panuzzo, M. Riello, Benoit Carry, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, N. Tonello, P. Gavras, M. Vaillant, Rosanna Sordo, E. del Pozo, Lorenzo Rimoldini, M. Bernet, G. Orrù, W. van Reeven, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, S. Diakite, P. Burgess, P. Osborne, Derek W. Morris, M. I. Carnerero, Amina Helmi, Mike Smith, Iain A. Steele, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, A. Sagristà Sellés, Roberto Molinaro, B. Holl, D. Baines, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, S. Marinoni, Michele Bellazzini, Maria Süveges, Teresa Antoja, D. Barbato, Uwe Lammers, Isabella Pagano, Davide Massari, G. Plum, P. Ramos, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, M. Biermann, C. Crowley, Mathias Schultheis, D. W. Evans, P. A. Palicio, Paolo Montegriffo, Ramachrisna Teixeira, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Marcella Marconi, A. Abreu Aramburu, J. M. Carrasco, F. Royer, S. Accart, A. Burlacu, S. Regibo, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, Nicolas Rambaux, A. F. Mulone, Ana Ulla, Eric Gosset, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, George M. Seabroke, H. E. Delgado, Federico Marocco, C. Nicolas, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, Nicoletta Sanna, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Silvio Leccia, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, F. Figueras, G. Busso, C. Fabre, P. Di Matteo, F. Riclet, F. Solitro, Eric Slezak, N. Samaras, João Alves, Emese Plachy, Timo Prusti, F. van Leeuwen, J. Osinde, O. Marchal, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Shay Zucker, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, D. Semeux, N. Cheek, Laurent Galluccio, Martin A. Barstow, Alex Bombrun, S. Liao, M. van Leeuwen, R. E. de Souza, P. de Laverny, T. Roegiers, Paul J. McMillan, G. Holland, Alexey Mints, G. Giuffrida, L. M. Sarro, Juan Zorec, G. Sadowski, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, J. L. Halbwachs, Laurent Chemin, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, Ugo Becciani, Diego Bossini, Ángel Gómez, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Rossella Cancelliere, C. Fabricius, J. De Ridder, L. Eyer, L. Pulone, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, F. De Angeli, M. Haywood, E. Anglada Varela, Antonella Vallenari, F. X. Pineau, D. Garabato, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Thomas Hilger, I. Bellas-Velidis, Frédéric Arenou, Paolo Giacobbe, Ilaria Musella, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, L. Palaversa, Pedro García-Lario, David Hobbs, C. Turon, E. Balbinot, P. de Teodoro, Sébastien Lambert, D. Katz, Angela Bragaglia, Anthony G. A. Brown, Paolo Tanga, P. Castro Sampol, J. C. Segovia, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Yves Fremat, Jon Marchant, Jose M Hernandez, S. Ragaini, Sofia Randich, P. Re Fiorentin, J. F. Le Campion, Gisella Clementini, M. Segol, P. David, R. Drimmel, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, M. David, R. L. Smart, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, D. Eappachen, M. G. Lattanzi, Miguel García-Torres, Andreas Korn, S. Voutsinas, László Molnár, Simchon Faigler, A. Mora, Nicholas Rowell, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Sanjeev Khanna, Aldo Dell'Oro, H. E. Huckle, C. Dolding, N. Leclerc, Monica Rainer, R. Mor, J. Bakker, Maroussia Roelens, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, Nigel Hambly, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, Martin Altmann, A. M. Piersimoni, Alessandro Spagna, Gerry Gilmore, Stefano Bertone, Patrick Charlot, O. Vanel, Daniel Hestroffer, Marco Castellani, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, W. Roux, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, Raphael Guerra, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, Gérard Jasniewicz, J. J. González-Vidal, S. Cowell, Peter G. Jonker, C. M. Raiteri, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, Elisabetta Caffau, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, Ulrike Heiter, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, A. Baudesson-Stella, M. Barros, Tsevi Mazeh, A. Panahi, E. Brugaletta, R. Buzzi, Elena Pancino, G. Altavilla, E. Racero, Enrique Solano, Mikael Granvik, Minia Manteiga, C. Robin, Tomaz Zwitter, Deborah Busonero, Alberto Krone-Martins, Marc Audard, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, E. Poujoulet, O. L. Creevey, E. Szegedi-Elek, C. Fouron, Michael Davidson, E. Licata, Despina Hatzidimitriou, Mark Cropper, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, S. Managau, A. Dapergolas, Sergio Messina, Laszlo Szabados, H. I. Siddiqui, W. Löffler, Mario Gai, J.-B. Delisle, Leanne P. Guy, S. G. Baker, W. J. Cooper, Alfred Castro-Ginard, Conny Aerts, A. Lorca, Xavier Luri, Damien Ségransan, Grigori Fedorets, A. Garofalo, J. Juaristi Campillo, F. De Luise, F. Pailler, F. Taris, L. Bramante, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, Jordi Portell, E. Salguero, Sergei A. Klioner, K. Janßen, Ulrich Bastian, Stefan Jordan, P. Esquej, A. C. Lanzafame, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, Y. Lebreton, Carlos Dafonte, S. Girona, D. Munoz, Dimitri Pourbaix, William Thuillot, J. H. J. de Bruijne, N. Brouillet, L. Chaoul, F. Torra, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, Francesca Fragkoudi, M. Romero-Gómez, C. A. Stephenson, T. Pauwels, Eva Sciacca, Alessandro Bressan, Morgan Fouesneau, E. Livanou, E. Gerlach, X. Peñalosa Esteller, Roberto Morbidelli, L. Rohrbasser, Johannes Sahlmann, Elisa Distefano, P. Sartoretti, Karri Muinonen, Zoltan Balog, Y. Viala, J. Torra, H. Zhao, L. Siltala, G. Tauran, D. Souami, P. Madrero Pardo, David Teyssier, Jesus Salgado, J. Souchay, C. P. Murphy, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, N. A. Walton, S. Bouquillon, Andrea Chiavassa, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, Yassine Damerdji, Richard I. Anderson, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, M. Hauser, E. Utrilla, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, Robert G. Mann, Ummi Abbas, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, Mark Taylor, Y. Le Fustec, E. F. del Peloso, N. Bauchet, E. van Dillen, Jan Rybizki, N. Hładczuk, T. Boch, J. González-Núñez, Carine Babusiaux, C. Pagani, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Eduard Masana, G. Kordopatis, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Arnaud Siebert, A. Kochoska, T. Carlucci, Jérôme Berthier, J. Castañeda, D. Vicente, R. De March, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, M. Weiler, F. Thévenin, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Guy Rixon, Francois Mignard, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, C. Ordénovic, A. Delgado, V. Sanchez Gimenez, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Universidad de Barcelona, Xunta de Galicia, European Commission, Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER (BSC), SEV2015-0493, Krone Martins, A. [0000-0002-2308-6623], McMillan, P. [0000-0002-8861-2620], Carrasco Martínez, J. P. [0000-0002-3029-5853], Sozzetti, A. [0000-0002-7504-365X], Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Centro de Astrobiología del Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial y CSIC, MINECO/ICTI2013-2016/MDM-2014-0369, Centrode Excelencia Científica Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos Universidad de Barcelona, MINECO/ICTI2013-2016/SEV2015-0493, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Commission (EC), European Research Council (ERC), Institut des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU), Institut National Polytechnique (INP), Institut National de Physique nucleaire et de Physique des Particules (IN2P3), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Polish National Science Centre, Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Slovenian Research Agency, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Generalitat de Catalunya, United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), Gaia Collaboration, Universidad de Cantabria, Astronomy, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen], University of Groningen [Groningen], INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (OAPD), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), M2A 2021, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Planetary-system research, Department of Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: trigonometric parallaxes, SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD, Astronomy, SAGITTARIUS DWARF GALAXY, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, sagittarius dwarf galaxy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], solar neighborhood, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, Gelexy: kinematics and dynamics, Kinematics and Dynamics, Open clusters and asssociations: individual: Berkeley 29, sky survey, Disk, Physical Sciences, kinematics and dynamics [Gelexy], old open clusters, MILKY-WAY, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, open clusters and associations: individual: Berkeley 29, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, disk [Galaxy], individual: Berkeley 29 [open clusters and associations], Astrometria, Berkeley 29, EXPLORING HALO SUBSTRUCTURE, LOCAL KINEMATICS, Milky Way, FOS: Physical sciences, Open Clusters and Associations, Individual, exploring halo substructure, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, stellar structure, Galaxy: disk, Open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer 1, Galactic halo, Halo, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, individual: Berkeley 29 [Open clusters and asssociations], 0103 physical sciences, distances [stars], halo [Galaxy], Disc, Stars: distances, milky-way, Saurer 1, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, canis-major, Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES, Galaxy: halo, stars: distances, open clusters and associations: individual: Saurer 1, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galactic plane, kinematics and dynamics [Galaxy], 115 Astronomy, Space science, CANIS-MAJOR, Stars, Galaxy, Physics::History of Physics, Estels, individual: Saurer 1 [open clusters and associations], Distances, local kinematics, OLD OPEN CLUSTERS, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), SKY SURVEY, Open cluster, STELLAR STRUCTURE
Abstract: Aims. We aim to demonstrate the scientific potential of the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3) for the study of different aspects of the Milky Way structure and evolution and we provide, at the same time, a description of several practical aspects of the data and examples of their usage., Methods. We used astrometric positions, proper motions, parallaxes, and photometry from EDR3 to select different populations and components and to calculate the distances and velocities in the direction of the anticentre. In this direction, the Gaia astrometric data alone enable the calculation of the vertical and azimuthal velocities; also, the extinction is relatively low compared to other directions in the Galactic plane. We then explore the disturbances of the current disc, the spatial and kinematical distributions of early accreted versus in situ stars, the structures in the outer parts of the disc, and the orbits of open clusters Berkeley 29 and Saurer 1., Results. With the improved astrometry and photometry of EDR3, we find that: (i) the dynamics of the Galactic disc are very complex with oscillations in the median rotation and vertical velocities as a function of radius, vertical asymmetries, and new correlations, including a bimodality with disc stars with large angular momentum moving vertically upwards from below the plane, and disc stars with slightly lower angular momentum moving preferentially downwards; (ii) we resolve the kinematic substructure (diagonal ridges) in the outer parts of the disc for the first time; (iii) the red sequence that has been associated with the proto-Galactic disc that was present at the time of the merger with Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage is currently radially concentrated up to around 14 kpc, while the blue sequence that has been associated with debris of the satellite extends beyond that; (iv) there are density structures in the outer disc, both above and below the plane, most probably related to Monoceros, the Anticentre Stream, and TriAnd, for which the Gaia data allow an exhaustive selection of candidate member stars and dynamical study; and (v) the open clusters Berkeley 29 and Saurer 1, despite being located at large distances from the Galactic centre, are on nearly circular disc-like orbits., Conclusions. Even with our simple preliminary exploration of the Gaia EDR3, we demonstrate how, once again, these data from the European Space Agency are crucial for our understanding of the different pieces of our Galaxy and their connection to its global structure and history.
Published: 2021
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12. Gaia early data release 3: summary of the contents and survey properties (Corrigendum)

Author: Mathias Schultheis, Marcella Marconi, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, D. Eappachen, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Sanjeev Khanna, A. M. Piersimoni, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, Ummi Abbas, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, G. Busso, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, Gerry Gilmore, A. Panahi, S. Messina, C. Babusiaux, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Mark Taylor, Alex Bombrun, M. Barros, M. Riello, M. Ajaj, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Alberto Cellino, E. Poggio, Y. Le Fustec, C. P. Murphy, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, Elena Pancino, N. Bauchet, G. Orrù, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Andrea Chiavassa, E. Szegedi-Elek, A. G. A. Brown, Laszlo Szabados, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, C. Crowley, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, E. Poujoulet, Zoltan Balog, L. Eyer, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Ilaria Musella, Laurent Galluccio, Martin A. Barstow, Aldo Dell'Oro, Mark Cropper, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Angela Bragaglia, Arnaud Siebert, Damien Ségransan, A. Kochoska, J. L. Halbwachs, E. F. del Peloso, N. Hładczuk, F. Pailler, Stefan Jordan, Stefano Bertone, L. Pulone, Frédéric Arenou, Patrick Charlot, David Hobbs, P. Castro Sampol, Yves Fremat, Sofia Randich, Marc Audard, Despina Hatzidimitriou, A. Dapergolas, L. Palaversa, W. van Reeven, M. Hauser, E. Utrilla, Georges Kordopatis, Sergei A. Klioner, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, G. Tauran, T. Prusti, H. Steidelmüller, Alberto Riva, Diego Bossini, Maria Süveges, Isabella Pagano, J. H. J. de Bruijne, Elisabetta Caffau, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, T. Boch, M. I. Carnerero, T. Carlucci, Grigori Fedorets, J. Castañeda, W. Löffler, Enrique Solano, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, C. A. Stephenson, A. Lorca, L. Bramante, Amina Helmi, J.-B. Delisle, B. Holl, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, F. van Leeuwen, C. Robin, D. Katz, E. Gerlach, Elisa Distefano, Michele Bellazzini, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Tomaz Zwitter, A. Burlacu, Teresa Antoja, Rossella Cancelliere, F. Torra, C. Pagani, Annie C. Robin, Johannes Sahlmann, Karri Muinonen, Eva Sciacca, D. Vicente, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, A. F. Mulone, Shay Zucker, Nicholas Rowell, H. E. Delgado, Dimitri Pourbaix, G. Giuffrida, H. E. Huckle, Federico Marocco, L. Noval, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, Y. Viala, E. van Dillen, L. Karbevska, H. Zhao, L. Siltala, Nicoletta Sanna, K. Kruszyńska, E. Fraile, R. De March, Y. Lebreton, C. M. Raiteri, D. W. Evans, Ana Ulla, Francesca Fragkoudi, Jan Rybizki, E. Brugaletta, L. Rohrbasser, Andreas Korn, S. G. Baker, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, L. M. Sarro, R. Buzzi, T. Pauwels, Jérôme Berthier, L. Chaoul, W. J. Cooper, Eduard Masana, M. van Leeuwen, D. Garabato, P. Panuzzo, Maroussia Roelens, Benoit Carry, Deborah Busonero, Michael Davidson, J. González-Núñez, Thomas Hilger, E. Licata, M. Weiler, Mikael Granvik, Alessandro Bressan, Morgan Fouesneau, Miguel García-Torres, W. Roux, Pedro García-Lario, Iain A. Steele, P. Ramos, Alessandro Sozzetti, Roberto Molinaro, O. L. Creevey, D. Barbato, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Uwe Lammers, Alexey Mints, P. Sartoretti, E. Livanou, D. Souami, P. Madrero Pardo, David Teyssier, M. Bernet, Yassine Damerdji, X. Peñalosa Esteller, C. Fabre, F. Thévenin, Gérard Jasniewicz, Roberto Morbidelli, Jesus Salgado, Juan Zorec, Ángel Gómez, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, M. Biermann, E. Racero, J. Torra, R. Gomel, O. Vanel, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, P. A. Palicio, F. De Angeli, Richard L. Smart, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, Derek W. Morris, F. Royer, S. Diakite, S. Accart, C. Dolding, P. Burgess, Richard I. Anderson, A. Garofalo, I. Bellas-Velidis, George M. Seabroke, P. Osborne, Claus Fabricius, Jon Marchant, Ramachrisna Teixeira, João Alves, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Paolo Giacobbe, Emese Plachy, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, F. Taris, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, Jose M Hernandez, S. Ragaini, Jordi Portell, Linda K. Molnar, R. Drimmel, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, E. Salguero, Ulrich Bastian, Robert G. Mann, Marco Castellani, J. Osinde, E. Balbinot, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, J. Souchay, M. G. Lattanzi, S. Voutsinas, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, P. Esquej, A. C. Lanzafame, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, Carlos Dafonte, Alfred Castro-Ginard, J. C. Segovia, Monica Rainer, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, Peter G. Jonker, William Thuillot, A. de Torres, F. De Luise, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, M. Kontizas, G. Plum, Martin Altmann, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, P. de Teodoro, Sébastien Lambert, G. Altavilla, André Moitinho, D. Munoz, N. Brouillet, Alessandro Spagna, C. Ordénovic, Gisella Clementini, C. Nicolas, Michał Pawlak, Silvio Leccia, A. Delgado, M. Romero-Gómez, N. Cheek, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, V. Sanchez Gimenez, Mike Smith, P. David, D. Baines, Paolo Tanga, Guy Rixon, Alberto Krone-Martins, S. Managau, N. A. Walton, S. Bouquillon, C. Fouron, Francois Mignard, Xavier Luri, J. Juaristi Campillo, S. Girona, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, S. Liao, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, Nicolas Rambaux, Paul J. McMillan, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, M. Haywood, E. Anglada Varela, Antonella Vallenari, S. Regibo, R. E. de Souza, Sahar Shahaf, J. De Ridder, M. Segol, Simchon Faigler, A. Mora, Ulrike Heiter, Carla Cacciari, Minia Manteiga, H. I. Siddiqui, Mario Gai, Leanne P. Guy, N. Leclerc, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, J. M. Carrasco, Bengt Edvardsson, P. Di Matteo, K. Janßen, F. Riclet, F. Solitro, O. Marchal, G. Holland, F. X. Pineau, C. Turon, P. Re Fiorentin, Tsevi Mazeh, Mariateresa Crosta, C. Diener, J. F. Le Campion, Vincenzo Ripepi, M. David, R. Mor, N. Tonello, E. del Pozo, J. Bakker, Davide Massari, A. Sagristà Sellés, Marco Delbo, Eric Slezak, P. Gavras, N. Samaras, S. Marinoni, M. Vaillant, J. M. Petit, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, Ugo Becciani, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Nigel Hambly, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, Conny Aerts, Eric Gosset, D. Semeux, T. Roegiers, and Laurent Chemin
Subjects: Physics, Addenda, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Errata, Parallaxes, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrometry, Photometric, 01 natural sciences, Techniques, catalogs, astrometry, parallaxes, proper motions, techniques: photometric, errata, addenda, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Proper motions, Catalogs, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Data release, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: We present the early installment of the third Gaia data release, Gaia EDR3, consisting of astrometry and photometry for 1.8 billion sources brighter than magnitude 21, complemented with the list of radial velocities from Gaia DR2. Gaia EDR3 contains celestial positions and the apparent brightness in G for approximately 1.8 billion sources. For 1.5 billion of those sources, parallaxes, proper motions, and the (G_BP-G_RP) colour are also available. The passbands for G, G_BP, and G_RP are provided as part of the release. For ease of use, the 7 million radial velocities from Gaia DR2 are included in this release, after the removal of a small number of spurious values. New radial velocities will appear as part of Gaia DR3. Finally, Gaia EDR3 represents an updated materialisation of the celestial reference frame (CRF) in the optical, the Gaia-CRF3, which is based solely on extragalactic sources. The creation of the source list for Gaia EDR3 includes enhancements that make it more robust with respect to high proper motion stars, and the disturbing effects of spurious and partially resolved sources. The source list is largely the same as that for Gaia DR2, but it does feature new sources and there are some notable changes. The source list will not change for Gaia DR3. Gaia EDR3 represents a significant advance over Gaia DR2, with parallax precisions increased by 30 percent, proper motion precisions increased by a factor of 2, and the systematic errors in the astrometry suppressed by 30--40 percent for the parallaxes and by a factor ~2.5 for the proper motions. The photometry also features increased precision, but above all much better homogeneity across colour, magnitude, and celestial position. A single passband for G, G_BP, and G_RP is valid over the entire magnitude and colour range, with no systematics above the 1 percent level.
Published: 2021

13. Evidence for differentiation of the most primitive small bodies

Author: Pierre Vernazza, Tadeusz Michalowski, Bin Yang, Matti Viikinkoski, Brian Warner, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Alexis Drouard, Alexander Storrs, Franck Marchis, J. Grice, François Colas, Patrick Michel, Laurent Jorda, Romain Fétick, Przemyslaw Bartczak, Arthur Vigan, Josef Ďurech, Marc Neveu, Frédéric Vachier, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Emmanuel Jehin, Michael Marsset, Josef Hanus, Nicolas Rambaux, Josselin Desmars, Mikko Kaasalainen, Marin Ferrais, Jérôme Berthier, Olivier Witasse, Philippe Lamy, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Grzegorz Dudziński, Thierry Fusco, Raoul Behrend, Christophe Dumas, Anna Marciniak, Mirel Birlan, M. Pajuelo, Paolo Tanga, Benoit Carry, T. Santana-Ros, Mark A. Wieczorek, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Institute of Astronomy [Prague], Charles University [Prague], Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva [Switzerland], Oukaimeden Observatory, University of Cadi Ayyad (UCA), Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory, The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), University of Tampere [Finland], HELIOS - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), SETI Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Institute of Physics [Szczecin], University of Szczecin, Universidad de Alicante, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Towson University [Towson, MD, United States], Center for Solar System Studies (CS3), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Generalitat de Catalunya, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), National Science Foundation (US), Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Tampere University, and Computing Sciences
Subjects: asteroids, Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, individual: Sylvia [Asteroids], individual: Sylvia [Minor planets, asteroids], FOS: Physical sciences, general [Minor planets, asteroids], Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Kuiper belt, Jupiter, Interplanetary dust cloud, Neptune, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, 111 Mathematics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Nodal precession, Sylvia, Minor planets, Astronomy and Astrophysics, general [Kuiper belt], 113 Computer and information sciences, Asteroids: general, Meteorite, 115 Astronomy and space science, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Carbonaceous chondrite, Minor plantes, Asteroids: individual: Sylvia, Kuiper belt: general, general [Asteroids], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Carri, B., et al., [Context] Dynamical models of Solar System evolution have suggested that the so-called P- and D-type volatile-rich asteroids formed in the outer Solar System beyond Neptune's orbit and may be genetically related to the Jupiter Trojans, comets, and small Kuiper belt objects (KBOs). Indeed, the spectral properties of P- and D-type asteroids resemble that of anhydrous cometary dust. Aims. We aim to gain insights into the above classes of bodies by characterizing the internal structure of a large P- and D-type asteroid. [Methods] We report high-angular-resolution imaging observations of the P-type asteroid (87) Sylvia with the Very Large Telescope Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument. These images were used to reconstruct the 3D shape of Sylvia. Our images together with those obtained in the past with large ground-based telescopes were used to study the dynamics of its two satellites. We also modeled Sylvia's thermal evolution. [Results] The shape of Sylvia appears flattened and elongated (a/b 1.45; a/c 1.84). We derive a volume-equivalent diameter of 271 ± 5 km and a low density of 1378 ± 45 kg m-3. The two satellites orbit Sylvia on circular, equatorial orbits. The oblateness of Sylvia should imply a detectable nodal precession which contrasts with the fully-Keplerian dynamics of its two satellites. This reveals an inhomogeneous internal structure, suggesting that Sylvia is differentiated. [Conclusions] Sylvia's low density and differentiated interior can be explained by partial melting and mass redistribution through water percolation. The outer shell should be composed of material similar to interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) and the core should be similar to aqueously altered IDPs or carbonaceous chondrite meteorites such as the Tagish Lake meteorite. Numerical simulations of the thermal evolution of Sylvia show that for a body of such a size, partial melting was unavoidable due to the decay of long-lived radionuclides. In addition, we show that bodies as small as 130-150 km in diameter should have followed a similar thermal evolution, while smaller objects, such as comets and the KBO Arrokoth, must have remained pristine, which is in agreement with in situ observations of these bodies. NASA Lucy mission target (617) Patroclus (diameter ≈140 km) may, however, be differentiated., This work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation through grants 20-08218S (J. Hanuš, J. Ďurech) and by the Charles University Research program No. UNCE/SCI/023. The work of TSR was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE). This material is partially based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1743015.
Published: 2021
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14. Physical characterization of double asteroid (617) Patroclus from 2007/2012 mutual events observations

Author: F. Colas, Florent Deleflie, Felipe Braga-Ribas, J. Normand, Hiromi Hamanowa, Alain Klotz, Pascal Descamps, P. Vingerhoets, J. A. Farrell, L. Maquet, K. Archer, G. Dubos, Vishnu Reddy, T. Pauwels, Frédéric Vachier, A. Peyrot, Joe Pollock, F. Marchis, A. Leroy, Pedro V. Sada, Jérôme Berthier, Sylvain Bouley, J.-P. Teng-Chuen-Yu, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Géosciences Paris Saclay (GEOPS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Association T60, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France
Subjects: Physics, Ecliptic coordinate system, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Rotation, Surfaces - satellites of asteroids - eclipses - photometry, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrometry, Astrophysics, Light curve, 01 natural sciences, Asteroids, Jupiter, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Trojan, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Eclipse
Abstract: International audience; We publish a set of 16 light curves of mutual events inside the synchronous system of the Jupiter Trojan (617) Patroclus. Patroclus is th only binary system of the six target asteroids of the forthcoming NASA Discovery-class mission Lucy. Determining the physical parameters of the system is therefore of primary importance in helping to plan the flyby mission.Light curves were acquired during two follow-up campaigns of 6 months each between January-June 2007 and July-December 2012. Eight small eclipse events of amplitude of 0.2-0.3 mag were recorded in 2007. On the other hand, in 2012, the amplitudes of the phenomena were much deeper, between 0.6 and 0.8 mag, due to a nearly edge-on configuration of the system.We refined the sidereal period to 102.78624 ± 0.00015h = 4.282760 ± 0.000005days. The J2000 ecliptic coordinates of the pole of the system were found to be λ = 235.3 ± 1.2° andβ = - 62.4 ± 0.2°. The volume ratio was determined equal to q = 0.69 ± 0.08. By using a model of inhomogeneous Roche ellipsoids in hydrostatic equilibrium, we derived a bulk density of 0.81 ± 0.16g/cm3 and a surface grain density of 2.69 ± 0.36g/cm3 in agreement with spectroscopic observations of this P-type asteroid.As a validation, our solution was applied to revisit recent results obtained from observations of another type: AO astrometry and stellar occultation. Our model is thus perfectly able to account for these observations after fitting the mutual separation to the value of 695 ± 10km. Consequently, the area-equivalent diameter of the system as a whole is derived DΑ = 168.8 ± 2.6km.
Published: 2020
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15. Volume uncertainty of (7) Iris shape models from disc-resolved images

Author: Laurent Jorda, P. Michel, Miroslav Brož, Michael Marsset, P. Bartczak, H. Le Coroller, Jérôme Berthier, Matti Viikinkoski, Paolo Tanga, Marin Ferrais, Benoit Carry, Arthur Vigan, Bin Yang, Pierre Vernazza, P. L. Lamy, Christophe Dumas, Tadeusz Michalowski, Toni Santana-Ros, Alexis Drouard, Romain Fétick, Grzegorz Dudziński, Julie Castillo-Rogez, M. Birlan, F. Vachier, S. Benseguane, Thierry Fusco, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Olivier Witasse, F. Marchis, Josef Hanus, Nicolas Rambaux, Emmanuel Jehin, A. Marciniak, François Colas, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement (LGL-TPE), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Institute of Astronomy [Prague], Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), SETI Institute, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Tampere [Finland], Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), TMT International Observatory, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departamento de Fisica, Ingenieria de Sistemas y Teoria de la Señal [Alicante] (DFESTS), Universidad de Alicante, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), European Project: 871149,EPN2024-RI, Czech Science Foundation, European Commission, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement [Lyon] (LGL-TPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), and Université Côte d'Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange, Nice, France
Subjects: asteroids, Surface (mathematics), Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, photometric -minor planets, Instrumentation, 01 natural sciences, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, medicine, Angular resolution, individual, Iris (anatomy), Adaptive optics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, individual: (7) Iris [Minor planets, asteroids], 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Remote sensing, instrumentation, Physics, numerical [Methods], [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], photometric [Techniques], Astronomy and Astrophysics, adaptive optics -methods, Light curve, adaptive optics [Instrumentation], numerical -techniques, medicine.anatomical_structure, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: High angular resolution disc-resolved images of (7) Iris collected by VLT/SPHERE instrument are allowed for the detailed shape modelling of this large asteroid revealing its surface features. If (7) Iris did not suffer any events catastrophic enough to disrupt the body (which is very likely) by studying its topography, we might get insights into the early Solar system’s collisional history. When it comes to internal structure and composition, thoroughly assessing the volume and density uncertainties is necessary. In this work, we propose a method of uncertainty calculation of asteroid shape models based on light curve and adaptive optics (AO) images. We apply this method on four models of (7) Iris produced from independent Shaping Asteroids using Genetic Evolution and All-Data Asteroid Modelling inversion techniques and multiresolution photoclinometry by deformation. Obtained diameter uncertainties stem from both the observations from which the models were scaled and the models themselves. We show that despite the availability of high-resolution AO images, the volume and density of (7) Iris have substantial error bars that were underestimated in the previous studies., This work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation through grant 20-08218S (JH, MB) and by the Charles University Research program No. UNCE/SCI/023. This work has been partially supported by Horizon 2020 grant no. 871149 ‘EPN-2024-RI’.
Published: 2020
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16. Binary asteroid (31) Euphrosyne: ice-rich and nearly spherical

Author: Emmanuel Jehin, Josef Hanus, Christophe Dumas, Franck Marchis, Frédéric Vachier, Nicolas Rambaux, Pierre Vernazza, Romain Fétick, Marin Ferrais, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, M. Pajuelo, Paolo Tanga, Bin Yang, A. Marciniak, Olivier Witasse, Matti Viikinkoski, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Ondrej Chrenko, Philippe Lamy, Laurent Jorda, François Colas, J. Grice, Tadeusz Michalowski, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Josef Ďurech, Mikko Kaasalainen, Grzegorz Dudziński, Michael Marsset, Patrick Michel, Mirel Birlan, Przemyslaw Bartczak, Alexis Drouard, Toni Santana-Ros, Jérôme Berthier, Miroslav Brož, Arthur Vigan, P. Ševeček, Benoit Carry, Thierry Fusco, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Institute of Astronomy [Prague], Charles University [Prague] (CU), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Tampere [Finland], Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Oukaimeden Observatory, Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Thirty Meter Telescope Observatory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Palaiseau], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, School of Physical Sciences [Milton Keynes], Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [Milton Keynes], The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU)-The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU), PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Universidad de Alicante, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (Czech Republic), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Generalitat Valenciana, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), and Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal
Subjects: individual: (31) Euphrosyne / minor planets [Asteroids], 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, general [Minor planets, asteroids], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Asteroids: individual: (31) Euphrosyne / minor planets, 01 natural sciences, Sphericity, law.invention, Techniques: high angular resolution, Impact crater, law, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, observational [Methods], Circular orbit, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, individual: (31) Euphrosyne [Minor planets, asteroids], ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astronomy and Astrophysics, high angular resolution [Techniques], Orbit, Asteroids: general, Methods: observational / minor planets, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Satellite, observational / minor planets [Methods], Hydrostatic equilibrium, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [Asteroids], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract: Aims. Asteroid (31) Euphrosyne is one of the biggest objects in the asteroid main belt and it is also the largest member of its namesake family. The Euphrosyne family occupies a highly inclined region in the outer main belt and contains a remarkably large number of members, which is interpreted as an outcome of a disruptive cratering event. Methods. The goals of this adaptive-optics imaging study are threefold: to characterize the shape of Euphrosyne, to constrain its density, and to search for the large craters that may be associated with the family formation event. Results. We obtained disk-resolved images of Euphrosyne using SPHERE/ZIMPOL at the ESO 8.2 m VLT as part of our large program (ID: 199.C-0074, PI: Vernazza). We reconstructed its 3D shape via the ADAM shape modeling algorithm based on the SPHERE images and the available light curves of this asteroid. We analyzed the dynamics of the satellite with the Genoid meta-heuristic algorithm. Finally, we studied the shape of Euphrosyne using hydrostatic equilibrium models. Conclusions. Our SPHERE observations show that Euphrosyne has a nearly spherical shape with the sphericity index of 0.9888 and its surface lacks large impact craters. Euphrosyne's diameter is 268 ± 6 km, making it one of the top ten largest main belt asteroids. We detected a satellite of Euphrosyne - S/2019 (31) 1 - that is about 4 km across, on a circular orbit. The mass determined from the orbit of the satellite together with the volume computed from the shape model imply a density of 1665 ± 242 kg m-3, suggesting that Euphrosyne probably contains a large fraction of water ice in its interior. We find that the spherical shape of Euphrosyne is a result of the reaccumulation process following the impact, as in the case of (10) Hygiea. However, our shape analysis reveals that, contrary to Hygiea, the axis ratios of Euphrosyne significantly differ from those suggested by fluid hydrostatic equilibrium following reaccumulation., This work has been supported by the Czech Science Foundation through grant 18-09470S (J. Hanuš, O. Chrenko, P. Ševecˇek) and by the Charles University Research program No. UNCE/SCI/023. M.B. was supported by the Czech Science Foundation grant 18-04514J. Computational resources were supplied by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the projects CESNET (LM2015042) and IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre (LM2015070). P. Vernazza, A. Drouard, M. Ferrais and B. Carry were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. M.M. was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant No. 80NSSC18K0849 issued through the Planetary Astronomy Program. The work of TSR was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valen-ciana (Spain). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE). The research leading to these results has received funding from the ARC grant for Concerted Research Actions, financed by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. TRAPPIST is a project funded by the Belgian Fonds (National) de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) under grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F. TRAPPIST-North is a project funded by the Université de Liège, and performed in collaboration with Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh. E. Jehin is a FNRS Senior Research Associate.
Published: 2020
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17. Physical characterization of double asteroid (3905) Doppler

Author: J. Normand, Pascal Descamps, K. Passabet, P. Wiggins, J.-P. Marcon, A. Laidi, N. Ramos, M. Peyron, Frédéric Vachier, J. Coudert, M. Soridi, T. Lauze, M. Giraud, A. Perret, H. Mary, M. Medour, H. de Groot, T. Duval, V. Grieco, O. Labrevoir, V. Chojnacki, S. Joly, C. Delhaume, F. Negre, Y. El Farissi, S. Olimpiade, B. Dargoui-Pister, Jérôme Berthier, S. Kaderi, Laboratoire d'Astronomie de Lille (LAL), Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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)
Subjects: Rotation period, Rotation, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Eclipses, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Photometry, Photometry (optics), symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Eclipse, Physics, Ecliptic coordinate system, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Satellites of asteroids, Ellipsoid, Asteroids, Surfaces, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], symbols, Doppler effect
Abstract: International audience; Observations of the synchronous double asteroid (3905) Doppler were carried out during a campaign of 3 months between October 2017 and December 2017. Several eclipse events of 0.2-0.3 mag were recorded. We refined the rotational period to 50.826 ± 0.002 h. The J2000 ecliptic coordinates of the pole of the system are: λ = 215 ± 2° and β = 65 ± 2°.The observed light curves have been reproduced synthetically by modeling each member of the system as an elongated ellipsoid, separated from each other by a distance equivalent to 5 times the sum of the two diameters. Assuming an identical internal composition of each component, we derived a bulk density of 3.8 ± 0.2 g/cm3. Such a high density is typical of M-type asteroids.
Published: 2020
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18. The violent collisional history of aqueously evolved (2) Pallas

Author: Alexis Drouard, Franck Marchis, Romain Fétick, Arthur Vigan, Miroslav Brož, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Herve Le Coroller, Christophe Dumas, Josef Hanus, Toni Santana-Ros, Paolo Tanga, Patrick Michel, Matti Viikinkoski, Mirel Birlan, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Bin Yang, Nicolas Rambaux, Mikko Kaasalainen, Thierry Fusco, Grzegorz Dudziński, Tadeusz Michalowski, Benoit Carry, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Przemyslaw Bartczak, P. Ševeček, Jérôme Berthier, Laurent Jorda, Josef Ďurech, Michael Marsset, François Colas, Derek C. Richardson, Marin Ferrais, A. Marciniak, Frédéric Vachier, Erik Asphaug, Pierre Vernazza, Emmanuel Jehin, Olivier Witasse, Philippe Lamy, European Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Generalitat Valenciana, Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), 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), Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] (LPL), University of Arizona, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics [Praha/Prague], Université de Liège, Les Afriques dans le monde (LAM), Sciences Po Bordeaux - Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (IEP Bordeaux)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Bordeaux-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Amgen (Europe) GmbH, De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Astronomy [College Park], University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sciences Po Bordeaux - Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux (IEP Bordeaux)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Bordeaux-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal
Subjects: Very Large Telescope, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Asteroid (2) Pallas, Violent collisional history, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Orbital eccentricity, Astrophysics, Aqueous alteration, Albedo, 01 natural sciences, Orbital inclination, Bright spot, Impact crater, 13. Climate action, Chondrite, Asteroid, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Geology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: et al., Asteroid (2) Pallas is the largest main-belt object not yet visited by a spacecraft, making its surface geology largely unknown and limiting our understanding of its origin and collisional evolution. Previous ground-based observational campaigns returned different estimates of its bulk density that are inconsistent with one another, one measurement1 being compatible within error bars with the icy Ceres (2.16 ± 0.01 g cm−3)2 and the other3 compatible within error bars with the rocky Vesta (3.46 ± 0.03 g cm−3)4. Here we report high-angular-resolution observations of Pallas performed with the extreme adaptive optics-fed SPHERE imager5 on the Very Large Telescope. Pallas records a violent collisional history, with numerous craters larger than 30 km in diameter populating its surface and two large impact basins that could be related to a family-forming impact. Monte Carlo simulations of the collisional evolution of the main belt correlate this cratering record to the high average impact velocity of ~11.5 km s−1 on Pallas—compared with an average of ~5.8 km s−1 for the asteroid belt—induced by Pallas’s high orbital inclination (i = 34.8°) and orbital eccentricity (e = 0.23). Compositionally, Pallas’s derived bulk density of 2.89 ± 0.08 g cm−3 (1σ uncertainty) is fully compatible with a CM chondrite-like body, as suggested by its spectral reflectance in the 3 μm wavelength region6. A bright spot observed on its surface may indicate an enrichment in salts during an early phase of aqueous alteration, compatible with Pallas’s relatively high albedo of 12–17% (refs. 7,8), although alternative origins are conceivable., Based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO programme 199.C-0074 (principal investigator: P.V.). This research has made use of the Keck Observatory Archive (KOA), which is operated by the W. M. Keck Observatory and the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI), under contract with NASA. M.M. was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under grant number 80NSSC18K0849 issued through the Planetary Astronomy Program. This work was supported by the French Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) and Aix-Marseille Université (AMU). P.V., A.D. and B.C. were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. J.H., J.D. and P.S. were supported by the grant 18-09470S of the Czech Science Foundation and by the Charles University Research Programme number UNCE/SCI/023. M.Brož was supported by the grant 18-04514J of the Czech Science Foundation. E.J. is a F.R.S.-FNRS Senior Research Associate. The work of T.S.-R. was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 730890.
Published: 2020
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19. Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry

Author: Vincenzo Ripepi, P. Gavras, M. Vaillant, Mathias Schultheis, László Molnár, E. Poujoulet, Mark Cropper, C. Babusiaux, D. Molina, J. Fernández-Hernández, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, A. de Torres, Aldo Dell'Oro, J. Castañeda, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, A. Bombrun, André Moitinho, Marcella Marconi, Rossella Cancelliere, M. Hauser, M. Ajaj, C. M. Raiteri, L. Eyer, Michał Pawlak, H. I. Siddiqui, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, Tsevi Mazeh, A. Panahi, Federico Marocco, Stefano Bertone, D. Vicente, Patrick Charlot, A. Guerrier, R. De March, Mario Gai, J. Souchay, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, Nicoletta Sanna, Agnes Fienga, Giovanni Comoretto, Jon Marchant, A. Lorca, E. Utrilla, A. Garcia-Gutierrez, Ilaria Musella, L. Balaguer-Núñez, Leanne P. Guy, N. Leclerc, E. Brugaletta, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, Zoltan Balog, H. E. Huckle, L. Palaversa, Monica Rainer, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Alessandro Spagna, J. M. Carrasco, Mikael Granvik, Derek W. Morris, F. Julbe, A. Hutton, J. Osinde, D. W. Evans, M. van Leeuwen, M. Weiler, F. Thévenin, F. Torra, Iain A. Steele, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Alessandro Sozzetti, Francesca Fragkoudi, K. Janßen, O. L. Creevey, J. González-Núñez, T. Pauwels, R. Buzzi, Miguel García-Torres, S. Liao, G. Tauran, Lennart Lindegren, C. Fouron, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, P. Di Matteo, E. Szegedi-Elek, F. Pailler, Stefan Jordan, Roberto Molinaro, Elisabetta Caffau, Federica Spoto, Felix Franke, D. Barbato, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Alejandra Recio-Blanco, E. Livanou, W. Roux, X. Peñalosa Esteller, P. A. Palicio, J. H. J. de Bruijne, Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma, Deborah Busonero, F. Riclet, Conny Aerts, Georges Kordopatis, Guy Rixon, F. Solitro, Davide Massari, Mike Smith, D. Baines, Roberto Morbidelli, Gerry Gilmore, G. Plum, Alexey Mints, O. Marchal, Juan Zorec, Ángel Gómez, C. A. Stephenson, Michael Davidson, C. Fabricius, E. Licata, Sergio Messina, Laszlo Szabados, M. Biermann, A. Garofalo, G. Holland, F. De Angeli, Andreas Korn, E. Anglada Varela, Grigori Fedorets, S. Girona, E. Gerlach, Antonella Vallenari, M. Riello, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, Damien Ségransan, F. Taris, L. Bramante, Alberto Cellino, S. Regibo, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, E. Poggio, W. Löffler, Paolo Giacobbe, Jordi Portell, Elisa Distefano, Eric Slezak, I. Bellas-Velidis, Nicolas Rambaux, E. Balbinot, J.-B. Delisle, Maroussia Roelens, E. Salguero, P. de Teodoro, E. van Dillen, Y. Lebreton, Francois Mignard, Sergei A. Klioner, Ulrich Bastian, N. Samaras, G. Orrù, R. E. de Souza, P. Esquej, Paul J. McMillan, A. C. Lanzafame, Sébastien Lambert, Beatrice Bucciarelli, Jose M Hernandez, M. Bernet, S. Ragaini, Gisella Clementini, A. F. Mulone, Ludovic Delchambre, C. Panem, Eric Gosset, P. David, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, Ana Ulla, F. Crifo, J. Guiraud, Mariateresa Crosta, L. Chaoul, C. Diener, Carlos Dafonte, Karri Muinonen, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, Maria Süveges, Isabella Pagano, Dimitri Pourbaix, D. Eappachen, M. Haywood, R. Drimmel, Y. Viala, S. Voutsinas, D. Semeux, William Thuillot, N. A. Walton, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, C. Fabre, H. Zhao, Alessandro Bressan, S. Bouquillon, Sanjeev Khanna, T. Lebzelter, N. Tonello, L. Siltala, M. G. Lattanzi, C. Crowley, P. Yvard, Carme Jordi, Elena Pancino, E. del Pozo, Jan Rybizki, Nami Mowlavi, C. Barache, Morgan Fouesneau, J. De Ridder, Ugo Becciani, Martin Altmann, F. van Leeuwen, P. M. Marrese, M. A. Álvarez, A. Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Thomas Wevers, Caroline Soubiran, C. P. Murphy, A. M. Piersimoni, Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti, Peter G. Jonker, A. Sagristà Sellés, T. Roegiers, S. Marinoni, Johannes Sahlmann, Rene Andrae, P. Sartoretti, G. Altavilla, Raphael Guerra, F. X. Pineau, M. Segol, T. Prusti, J. J. González-Vidal, J. J. Aguado, N. R. Millar, A. Baudesson-Stella, Andrea Chiavassa, Laurent Chemin, C. Turon, H. Steidelmüller, Douglas J. Marshall, A. G. Butkevich, Alberto Riva, P. de Laverny, Simchon Faigler, Laurent Galluccio, A. Mora, P. Re Fiorentin, C. Ordénovic, J. F. Le Campion, A. Delgado, V. Sanchez Gimenez, M. David, G. Sadowski, R. L. Smart, A. Masip, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, R. Mor, J. Bakker, C. Dolding, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, S. Diakite, Coryn A. L. Bailer-Jones, D. Souami, P. Madrero Pardo, Martin A. Barstow, David Teyssier, Ummi Abbas, Jesus Salgado, Paolo Tanga, A. Burlacu, O. Vanel, Ulrike Heiter, Daniel Hestroffer, Sebastian L. Hidalgo, H. E. Delgado, Alberto Krone-Martins, C. Robin, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, S. Managau, P. Burgess, Tomaz Zwitter, M. M. S. Marcos Santos, S. Cowell, J. L. Halbwachs, Xavier Luri, Antti Penttilä, R. Geyer, Minia Manteiga, Yassine Damerdji, Nigel Hambly, S. Bartolomé, J. Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, P. Osborne, J. Juaristi Campillo, Mark Taylor, Richard I. Anderson, Y. Le Fustec, Thierry Morel, T. Cornez, Krzysztof A. Rybicki, L. Pulone, N. Bauchet, Pierre Kervella, C. Zurbach, Alfred Castro-Ginard, Frédéric Arenou, P. Ramos, Robert G. Mann, Annie C. Robin, J. C. Segovia, M. Barros, Hector Canovas, D. L. Harrison, Y. Lasne, L. Noval, David Hobbs, E. F. del Peloso, P. Castro Sampol, Yves Fremat, F. De Luise, Daniel Michalik, P. J. Richards, L. Karbevska, N. Hładczuk, K. Kruszyńska, T. Boch, Sofia Randich, A. G. A. Brown, C. Pagani, L. Martin Polo, M. Ramos-Lerate, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Eduard Masana, E. Racero, E. Fraile, Marc Audard, N. Robichon, Luciana Bianchi, G. Gracia-Abril, R. Santoveña, R. Haigron, N. Unger, Jérôme Berthier, Despina Hatzidimitriou, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, M. Fabrizio, I. Gonzalez-Santamaria, A. Dapergolas, P. Panuzzo, Benoit Carry, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, Elmé Breedt, D. Munoz, Diego Bossini, G. Busso, D. Katz, Simon Hodgkin, Ennio Poretti, N. Brouillet, Marco Castellani, Nicholas Rowell, Arnaud Siebert, M. Romero-Gómez, Shay Zucker, W. van Reeven, A. Kochoska, G. Giuffrida, Eva Sciacca, T. Carlucci, L. M. Sarro, M. I. Carnerero, Amina Helmi, D. Garabato, B. Holl, Michele Bellazzini, L. Rohrbasser, Teresa Antoja, J. Torra, Thomas Hilger, Pedro García-Lario, Gérard Jasniewicz, Enrique Solano, S. G. Baker, W. J. Cooper, F. Royer, S. Accart, George M. Seabroke, João Alves, Emese Plachy, C. Nicolas, Silvio Leccia, N. Cheek, Uwe Lammers, Ramachrisna Teixeira, Techniche Universtât Desden, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lund Observatory, Lund University [Lund], Zentrum für astronomie, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Department of nuclear medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Merck Serono S.A [Geneva Research Center], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut de Physique de Rennes (IPR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Planetary-system research, Department of Physics, Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Gaia Collaboration, Unidad de Excelencia Científica María de Maeztu Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos Universidad de Barcelona, MDM-2014-0369, Centro de Excelencia Científica Severo Ochoa, Instituto de Ciencias del Cosmos de la Universidad de Barcelona, SEV2015-0493, Deliste, J. B. [0000-0001-5844-9888], Sozzeti, A. [0000-0002-7504-365X], Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Belgian federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO), Hertha Firnberg Programme, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Comite Francais d'Evaluation de la Cooperation Universitaire et Scientifique avec le Bresil (COFECUB), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Scholarship Council (CSC), European Commission (EC), European Research Council (ERC), Hungarian National Research, Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), European Space Agency (ESA), Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN), Slovenian Research Agency, Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA), United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Generalitat de Catalunya, Xunta de Galicia, Universidad de Cantabria, ITA, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Astronomy, and Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
Subjects: Data Analysis, Solar System, Astronomy, kinematics and dynamics, virgo cluster, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, bar, Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi, large-magellanic-cloud, Methods, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics of Galaxies, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrometry, VIRGO CLUSTER, Kinematics and Dynamics, Amplitude, kinematics, Physical Sciences, MILKY-WAY, astrometry, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, PROPER MOTION, Proper motion, perturbation, proper motions, reference systems, methods: data analysis, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), proper motion, Astronomy & Astrophysics, MASS, Computer Science::Digital Libraries, Gravitational potential, Acceleration, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, 0103 physical sciences, data analysis [methods], Vector spherical harmonics, KINEMATICS, distance, milky-way, Science & Technology, PERTURBATION, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, kinematics and dynamics [Galaxy], 115 Astronomy, Space science, Physics::History of Physics, BAR, Galaxy, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), DISTANCE, mass, LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD
Abstract: Context. Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) provides accurate astrometry for about 1.6 million compact (QSO-like) extragalactic sources, 1.2 million of which have the best-quality five-parameter astrometric solutions., Aims. The proper motions of QSO-like sources are used to reveal a systematic pattern due to the acceleration of the solar systembarycentre with respect to the rest frame of the Universe. Apart from being an important scientific result by itself, the acceleration measured in this way is a good quality indicator of the Gaia astrometric solution., Methods. Theeffect of the acceleration was obtained as a part of the general expansion of the vector field of proper motions in vector spherical harmonics (VSH). Various versions of the VSH fit and various subsets of the sources were tried and compared to get the most consistent result and a realistic estimate of its uncertainty. Additional tests with the Gaia astrometric solution were used to get a better idea of the possible systematic errors in the estimate., Results. Our best estimate of the acceleration based on Gaia EDR3 is (2.32 +/- 0.16) x 10(-10) m s(-2) (or 7.33 +/- 0.51 km s(-1) Myr-1) towards alpha = 269.1 degrees +/- 5.4 degrees, delta = -31.6 degrees +/- 4.1 degrees, corresponding to a proper motion amplitude of 5.05 +/- 0.35 mu as yr(-1). This is in good agreement with the acceleration expected from current models of the Galactic gravitational potential. We expect that future Gaia data releases will provide estimates of the acceleration with uncertainties substantially below 0.1 mu as yr(-1).
Published: 2020
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20. Asteroid (16) Psyche’s primordial shape: A possible Jacobi ellipsoid

Author: P. Bartczak, A. Marciniak, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Bin Yang, Fabrice Cipriani, Miroslav Brož, Arthur Vigan, Tadeusz Michalowski, Julie Castillo-Rogez, F. Vachier, Patrick Michel, Benoit Carry, Olivier Witasse, François Colas, Pierre Vernazza, F. Marchis, Emmanuel Jehin, P. Lamy, Josef Hanus, Matti Viikinkoski, Nicolas Rambaux, Romain Fétick, Alexis Drouard, Toni Santana-Ros, H. Le Coroller, M. Birlan, Mikko Kaasalainen, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Laurent Jorda, Josef Ďurech, Michael Marsset, Grzegorz Dudziński, Paolo Tanga, Marin Ferrais, Thierry Fusco, Christophe Dumas, Jérôme Berthier, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Laboratoire associé de Reconnaissance cellulaire et amélioration des plantes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Observatoire de Haute-Provence (OHP), Institut Pythéas (OSU PYTHEAS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Northeastern University [Shenyang], European Southern Observatory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), Generalitat Valenciana, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Tampere University, Computing Sciences, Research group: Inverse Problems, European Space Agency (ESA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Rotation period, Solar System, asteroids: individual: (16) Psyche, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, lAsteroids: individual: (16) Psyche, individual: (16) Psyche [Asteroids], Context (language use), Astrophysics, individual: (16) Psyche [lAsteroids], 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, observational [Methods], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, techniques: high angular resolution, Minor planets, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ellipsoid, asteroids: general, Psyche, high angular resolution [Techniques], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, 115 Astronomy and space science, minor planets, Hydrostatic equilibrium, methods: observational, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [Asteroids], Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Abstract: Context. Asteroid (16) Psyche is the largest M-type asteroid in the main belt and the target of the NASA Psyche mission. It is also the only asteroid of this size (D> 200 km) known to be metal rich. Although various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the rather unique physical properties of this asteroid, a perfect understanding of its formation and bulk composition is still missing. Aims. We aim to refine the shape and bulk density of (16) Psyche and to perform a thorough analysis of its shape to better constrain possible formation scenarios and the structure of its interior. Methods. We obtained disk-resolved VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL images acquired within our ESO large program (ID 199.C-0074), which complement similar data obtained in 2018. Both data sets offer a complete coverage of Psyche's surface. These images were used to reconstruct the three-dimensional (3D) shape of Psyche with two independent shape modeling algorithms (MPCD and ADAM). A shape analysis was subsequently performed, including a comparison with equilibrium figures and the identification of mass deficit regions. Results. Our 3D shape along with existing mass estimates imply a density of 4.20 ± 0.60 g cm-3, which is so far the highest for a solar system object following the four telluric planets. Furthermore, the shape of Psyche presents small deviations from an ellipsoid, that is, prominently three large depressions along its equator. The flatness and density of Psyche are compatible with a formation at hydrostatic equilibrium as a Jacobi ellipsoid with a shorter rotation period of ∼3h. Later impacts may have slowed down Psyche's rotation, which is currently ∼4.2 h, while also creating the imaged depressions. Conclusions. Our results open the possibility that Psyche acquired its primordial shape either after a giant impact while its interior was already frozen or while its interior was still molten owing to the decay of the short-lived radionuclide 26Al., Based on observations collected at the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere under ESO programme 199.C-0074 (principal investigator: P. Vernazza). P. Vernazza, A. Drouard, M. Ferrais and B. Carry were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. J.H. and J.D. were supported by grant 18-09470S of the Czech Science Foundation and by the Charles University Research Programme no. UNCE/SCI/023. E.J. is F.R.S.-FNRS Senior Research Associate. The work of TSR was carried out through grant APOSTD/2019/046 by Generalitat Valenciana (Spain). This work was supported by the MINECO (Spanish Ministry of Economy) through grant RTI2018-095076-B-C21 (MINECO/FEDER, UE).
Published: 2020
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21. A basin-free spherical shape as an outcome of a giant impact on asteroid Hygiea

Author: J. Grice, Mikko Kaasalainen, F. Colas, A. Chapman, Tadeusz Michalowski, Arthur Vigan, Josef Hanus, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Róbert Szakáts, Marin Ferrais, Przemyslaw Bartczak, Benoit Carry, Miroslav Brož, Laurent Jorda, Nicolas Rambaux, Matti Viikinkoski, Grzegorz Dudziński, P. Michel, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Rene Duffard, Michaël Gillon, Michael Marsset, Jérôme Berthier, J. Durech, Bin Yang, Mirel Birlan, Christophe Dumas, R. Hirsch, Francesca E. DeMeo, F. Vachier, P. Lamy, Toni Santana-Ros, Thierry Fusco, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, P. Ševeček, H. Le Coroller, Olivier Witasse, A. Marciniak, F. Marchis, Emmanuel Jehin, J. L. Maestre, Alexis Drouard, Romain Fétick, Pierre Vernazza, Paolo Tanga, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Centre de Biochimie Structurale [Montpellier] (CBS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), LPHEA - Departement de Physique (LPHEA), Département de physique, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Czech Science Foundation, Charles University (Czech Republic), European Commission, Université Cadi Ayyad, and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)
Subjects: Rotation period, Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Dwarf planet, VLT/SPHERE instrument, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], 01 natural sciences, Sphericity, Impact crater, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Asteroide, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Basin-free, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Radius, Asteroid family, High-angular-resolution imaging observation, Asteroids, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Hygiea, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Spherical shape, Giant impact
Abstract: (10) Hygiea is the fourth largest main belt asteroid and the only known asteroid whose surface composition appears similar to that of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres1,2, suggesting a similar origin for these two objects. Hygiea suffered a giant impact more than 2 Gyr ago3 that is at the origin of one of the largest asteroid families. However, Hygeia has never been observed with sufficiently high resolution to resolve the details of its surface or to constrain its size and shape. Here, we report high-angular-resolution imaging observations of Hygiea with the VLT/SPHERE instrument (~20 mas at 600 nm) that reveal a basin-free nearly spherical shape with a volume-equivalent radius of 217 ± 7 km, implying a density of 1,944 ± 250 kg m− 3 to 1σ. In addition, we have determined a new rotation period for Hygiea of ~13.8 h, which is half the currently accepted value. Numerical simulations of the family-forming event show that Hygiea’s spherical shape and family can be explained by a collision with a large projectile (diameter ~75–150 km). By comparing Hygiea’s sphericity with that of other Solar System objects, it appears that Hygiea is nearly as spherical as Ceres, opening up the possibility for this object to be reclassified as a dwarf planet. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited., P.V., A.D. and B.C. were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. M.Broz was supported by grant 18-04514J of the Czech Science Foundation. J.H. and J.D. were supported by grant 18-09470S of the Czech Science Foundation and by the Charles University Research Programme no. UNCE/SCI/023. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmes under grant agreement nos 730890 and 687378. This material reflects only the authors' views, and the European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein. TRAPPIST-North is a project funded by the University of Liege, in collaboration with Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (Morocco). TRAPPIST-South is a project funded by the Belgian Fonds (National) de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) under grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F. E.J. and M.G. are F.R.S.-FNRS Senior Research Associates.
Published: 2019
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22. Search and study of asteroids from the digitized first Byurakan survey using virtual observatory tools

Author: William Thuillot, Alain Sarkissian, Frédéric Vachier, Areg M. Mickaelian, Mustapha Meftah, Jérôme Berthier, V.A. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO), STRATO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Computer science, media_common.quotation_subject, Virtual observatory, 01 natural sciences, Software, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectroscopy, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Linear search, media_common, Information retrieval, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], business.industry, Frame (networking), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Object (computer science), Catalogues, Asteroids, Workflow, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Asteroid, Virtual observatories, business
Abstract: International audience; The Digitized First Byurakan Survey (DFBS) is the digitized version of the Markarian Survey and it is the largest spectroscopic survey by its sky coverage (17, 000 deg2) and by the number of spectra (∼40,000,000). It provides a unique possibility to compare objects between different epochs, as the observations have been carried out in 1965–1980 and it complements the epochs between POSS1 and POSS2. DFBS is especially efficient for discovery and study of moving objects, such as asteroids. On the other hand, searching with a “naked eye” in planetary data archives takes a considerable time. Therefore, such work must be done in an automatic way. However, the planetary data archive is subject to a constant change (new elements, new version of analysis, new parameters). Furthermore, there are several archives for the same object, thus, obtaining reliable information requires a sequential search of several different archives. Workflows developed in the frame of the virtual observatories (VO), can use all collections of integrated astronomical data archives and software tools that utilize computer networks to create an environment in which research can be conducted. In this paper, we have used the VO tool SkyBoT for searching for asteroids in the DFBS and other archives and we have developed a workflow using a selection of the VO tools in the case of the hot topic of asteroids.
Published: 2019
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23. Homogeneous internal structure of CM-like asteroid (41) Daphne

Author: Arthur Vigan, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Josef Hanus, Clark R. Chapman, Al Conrad, Eric Lagadec, Emmanuel Jehin, B. L. Enke, Michaël Gillon, Matti Viikinkoski, Pierre Vernazza, A. Marciniak, Bin Yang, Marin Ferrais, L. Bernasconi, Miriam Keppler, William J. Merline, Alexis Drouard, Alice Zurlo, Olivier Witasse, J. Grice, Peter Tamblyn, Michael Marsset, Benoit Carry, Romain Fétick, Jérôme Berthier, S. Fauvaud, Christophe Dumas, Frédéric Vachier, F. Marchis, P. Bartczak, François Colas, Agnes Fienga, Tadeusz Michalowski, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Toni Santana-Ros, Brian D. Warner, P. Lamy, Laurent Jorda, Josef Ďurech, P. Michel, Mirel Birlan, Thierry Fusco, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Jack D. Drummond, Mikko Kaasalainen, Raoul Behrend, M. Pajuelo, Paolo Tanga, Tampere University, Computing Sciences, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Department of Space Studies [Boulder], Southwest Research Institute [Boulder] (SwRI), Univers, Transport, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), University of Arizona, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin (ZUT), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Charles University [Prague] (CU), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Starfire Optical Range [AFRL] (SOR), United States Air Force (USAF), Binary Astronomy, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève (ObsGE), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Courbes de rotation d'astéroïdes, de comètes et d'étoiles variables (CdR & CdL group), CdR & CdL group, Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Département d'Astrophysique, de physique des Particules, de physique Nucléaire et de l'Instrumentation Associée (DAPNIA), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Observatoire du Bois de Bardon, Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research Institute (STAR), Université de Liège, DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes (EMMAH), Avignon Université (AU)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Fundació Privada Observatori Esteve Duran, Amgen (Europe) GmbH, Center for Solar System Studies (CS3), Research and Scientific Support Department of ESA, European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Universidad Diego Portales [Santiago] (UDP), ESO programs 281.C-5011 099.D-0098 199.C-0074(AFonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS FRFC 2.5.594.09National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) NCC 5-538National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 09-NEOO009-0001National Science Foundation (NSF) 0506716 0907766, European Project: 69W4518(1969), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), Technical university of Szczecin, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Université de Genève (UNIGE), European Space Agency (ESA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Charles University [Prague], Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Châtillon], and ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Population, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Impact crater, 0103 physical sciences, 111 Mathematics, observational [Daphne methods], education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, asteroids: individual: Daphne, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, individual: [minor planets, asteroids], Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], education.field_of_study, Very Large Telescope, high angular resolution [techniques], techniques: high angular resolution, Astronomy and Astrophysics, asteroids: general, Orbit, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, minor planets, Asteroid belt, Satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, methods: observational, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], general [minor planets, asteroids], Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Context. CM-like asteroids (Ch and Cgh classes) are a major population within the broader C-complex, encompassing about 10% of the mass of the main asteroid belt. Their internal structure has been predicted to be homogeneous, based on their compositional similarity as inferred from spectroscopy and numerical modeling of their early thermal evolution. Aims: Here we aim to test this hypothesis by deriving the density of the CM-like asteroid (41) Daphne from detailed modeling of its shape and the orbit of its small satellite. Methods: We observed Daphne and its satellite within our imaging survey with the Very Large Telescope extreme adaptive-optics SPHERE/ZIMPOL camera and complemented this data set with earlier Keck/NIRC2 and VLT/NACO observations. We analyzed the dynamics of the satellite with our Genoid meta-heuristic algorithm. Combining our high-angular resolution images with optical lightcurves and stellar occultations, we determine the spin period, orientation, and 3D shape, using our ADAM shape modeling algorithm. Results: The satellite orbits Daphne on an equatorial, quasi- circular, prograde orbit, like the satellites of many other large main- belt asteroids. The shape model of Daphne reveals several large flat areas that could be large impact craters. The mass determined from this orbit combined with the volume computed from the shape model implies a density for Daphne of 1.77 ¬± 0.26 g cm-3 (3 œÉ). This densityis consistent with a primordial CM-like homogeneous internal structure with some level of macroporosity (‚âà 17%). Conclusions: Based on our analysis of the density of Daphne and 75 other Ch/Cgh-type asteroids gathered from the literature, we conclude that the primordial internal structure of the CM parent bodies was homogeneous. Based on observations made with (1) ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programs http://281.C-5011 (PI Dumas), http://099.D-0098 (SPHERE GTO), and h ttp://199.C-0074(A) (PI Vernazza); and (2) the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.The reduced and deconvolved AO images and the 3D shape model are publicly available at h ttp://observations.lam.fr/astero/ and at the CDS via anonymous ftp to http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz- bin/qcat?J/A+A/623/A132
Published: 2019
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24. Prediction of transits of Solar system objects inKepler/K2 images: an extension of the Virtual Observatory service SkyBoT

Author: Siegfried Eggl, Alexandre Santerne, Frédéric Vachier, Jérôme Berthier, Benoit Carry, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Universidade do Porto, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
Subjects: (stars:) planetary systems, Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, virtual observatory tools, Virtual observatory, computer.software_genre, Ephemeris, 01 natural sciences, Kepler, Computer graphics (images), 0103 physical sciences, ephemerides, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Ecliptic, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Planetary system, Object (computer science), [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, minor planets, Web service, computer, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: International audience; All the fields of the extended space mission Kepler /K2 are located within the ecliptic. Many solar system objects thus cross the K2 stellar masks on a regular basis. We aim at providing to the entire community a simple tool to search and identify solar system objects serendipitously observed by Kepler. The SkyBoT service hosted at IMCCE provides a Virtual Observatory (VO) compliant cone-search that lists all solar system objects present within a field of view at a given epoch. To generate such a list in a timely manner, ephemerides are pre-computed, updated weekly, and stored in a relational database to ensure a fast access. The SkyBoT Web service can now be used with Kepler. Solar system objects within a small (few arcminutes) field of view are identified and listed in less than 10 s. Generating object data for the entire K2 field of view (14°) takes about a minute. This extension of the SkyBot service opens new possibilities with respect to mining K2 data for solar system science, as well as removing solar system objects from stellar photometric time-series.
Published: 2016
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25. Gaia Data Release 2

Author: H. E. Huckle, F. Riclet, R. Buzzi, D. J. Marshall, Deborah Busonero, Michael Davidson, C Boeche, Sergio Messina, F. X. Pineau, G. Jasniewicz, L. Balaguer-Núñez, C. A. L. Bailer-Jones, L. Chaoul, J. L. Halbwachs, D. Teyssier, A. F. Lanza, Alberto Vecchiato, Shay Zucker, Francois Taris, Conny Aerts, L. Pulone, Mario Gai, L. M. Sarro, Frédéric Arenou, Á. L. Juhász, Alessandro Bressan, Joao Alves, Morgan Fouesneau, David Hobbs, Yves Fremat, L. Ruiz-Dern, A. Hutton, Sofia Randich, Gerry Gilmore, D. Garabato, Leanne P. Guy, J. González-Núñez, M. Weiler, H. Steidelmüller, D. de Martino, M. A. Álvarez, Vincenzo Ripepi, G. Gracia-Abril, Uwe Lammers, P. de Laverny, G. Sadowski, Nicolas Mary, Bengt Edvardsson, Laszlo Szabados, Łukasz Wyrzykowski, David Barrado, Alberto Cellino, Damien Ségransan, T Roegiers, Olivier Wertz, A. Recio-Blanco, Sergei A. Klioner, J. Durán, A. Panahi, A. Karampelas, Alex Lobel, J.-L. Bassilana, H. Voss, Sven Zschocke, A. Bombrun, F. De Angeli, Toni Santana-Ros, J. C. Segovia, D. Vicente, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, A. G. Butkevich, M. Riello, Amina Helmi, J. Bakker, J. Souchay, A. Kewley, R Alvarez, Daniel Hestroffer, Sergey E. Koposov, Tsevi Mazeh, Maria Süveges, F. F. Suess, P. Drazinos, B. Holl, H. Ziaeepour, T. Wevems, Eva Sciacca, P. Esquej, A. Gueguen, J. Heu, R. Geyer, J. Fernández-Hernández, E. Licata, Laurent Galluccio, J. Cuypers, Peter G. Jonker, Ummi Abbas, Elena Pancino, Jean Surdej, E. Anglada Varela, Michele Bellazzini, Teresa Antoja, Martin A. Barstow, László Molnár, Isabella Pagano, E. Solano, E. Brugaletta, P. Koubsky, Paolo Tanga, Alberto Krone-Martins, M. Clotet, Nigel Hambly, R. L. Smart, Paolo Giacobbe, Simchon Faigler, G. Giuffrida, Aldo Dell'Oro, Yveline Lebreton, Stefano Bertone, Mario G. Lattanzi, Paul S. Barklem, D. Tapiador, Patrick Charlot, A. H. Andrei, Luciano Nicastro, S. Managau, Lorenzo Rimoldini, Mario Di Martino, Paolo Montegriffo, A. Abreu Aramburu, O. Marchal, Marcella Marconi, K. Janßen, K. Findeisen, Xavier Luri, A. Berihuete, M. Schultheis, P. Di Matteo, R. Mor, C. Barata, A. Mora, W. van Reeven, Mikael Granvik, M. Barros, Carine Babusiaux, A. G. A. Brown, Mark Taylor, Y. Le Fustec, T. Lebzelter, Nami Mowlavi, O. L. Creevey, F. Barblan, Thierry Morel, Timo Prusti, A. Riva, S. Girona, S. Liao, Viktor Votruba, Frédéric Royer, Laurent Chemin, G. Altavilla, A. M. Piersimoni, Davide Massari, Marco Delbo, S. Diakite, V. Valette, N. Bach, H. Lenhardt, André Moitinho, Christophe Barache, S. Galleti, Michał Pawlak, A. Yoldas, Harry Enke, Rosanna Sordo, A. Jean-Antoine-Piccolo, Patrice David, Giacomo Cannizzaro, W. Löffler, J. Torra, Tristan Cantat-Gaudin, Marc Audard, D. Katz, Jose M Hernandez, Gijs Nelemans, S. Ragaini, P. Osborne, D. Terrett, A. J. Falcão, D. L. Harrison, G. Plum, R. G. Mann, Ulrike Heiter, Carla Cacciari, Gal Matijevic, J. M. Petit, A. Titarenko, Despina Hatzidimitriou, Juan Zorec, Angela Bragaglia, Nicholas Rowell, Annie C. Robin, Mario David, Tri L. Astraatmadja, Giovanni Comoretto, F. Julbe, Derek W. Morris, R. Drimmel, F. García-Sedano, A. Dapergolas, L. Noval, Mike Smith, Grigori Fedorets, H. Palacin, L. Bramante, D. Molina, Jesus Salgado, C. Dolding, M. Vaillant, Daniel Michalik, H. I. Siddiqui, Minia Manteiga, P. J. Richards, D. Barbato, A. Fonti, Raphael Guerra, J. J. González-Vidal, E. del Pozo, Mariateresa Crosta, M. Žerjal, F. Torra Clotet, C. Diener, M. Hauser, G. Walmsley, Sonia Nieto, I. Bellas-Velidis, T. Boch, Antonella Vallenari, M. Segol, S. Voutsinas, F. Leroux, A. F. Mulone, Pierre Fernique, Céline Reylé, P. Panuzzo, W. Hofmann, S. Bouquillon, F. Crifo, S. Cowell, Ana Ulla, Benoit Carry, C. Ordenovic, F. Pailler, E. Utrilla, Dimitri Pourbaix, A. Hypki, Stefan Jordan, T. Carlucci, Gráinne Costigan, Alfred Castro-Ginard, C. Fabre, C. Crowley, R. Borrachero, Sébastien Lambert, J. H. J. de Bruijne, D. W. Evans, C. Turon, T. Brüsemeister, F. De Luise, R. Haigron, Carme Jordi, G. Marschalkó, C. von Essen, C. Pagani, Katrien Kolenberg, M. van Leeuwen, N. R. Millar, Gisella Clementini, A. de Torres, Ugo Becciani, S. Marinoni, Geraldine Bourda, A. F. Silva, L. Eyer, Misha Haywood, C. Fabricius, Krzysztof Nienartowicz, Miguel García-Torres, S. Regibo, P. Gavras, Gábor Marton, Elisa Distefano, A. Guerrier, H. E. P. Lindstrøm, N. A. Walton, N. Brouillet, G. Eynard Bontemps, T. A. Lister, F. A. Jansen, Ruth Carballo, Steve Vogt, J. M. Carrasco, G. Mantelet, M. Romero-Gómez, Ramachrisna Teixeira, Kjell Eriksson, A. Kochoska, Johannes Sahlmann, Joakim Klar, R. Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Ilaria Musella, L. Palaversa, Karri Muinonen, J. M. Martín-Fleitas, T. Sagristà Sellés, Marco Castellani, Y. Viala, Laia Casamiquela, R. Messineo, Eduard Masana, R. de Souza, H. Stoev, L. Siltala, B. Frezouls, E. Szegedi-Elek, Tomaz Zwitter, G. Kordopatis, C. Ducourant, Tatiana Muraveva, P. Burgess, J. De Ridder, E. Salguero, A. Burlacu, I-C. Shih, U. Stampa, V. Icardi, Iain A. Steele, Alessandro Sozzetti, M. Kontizas, Roberto Molinaro, F. Solitro, H. E. Delgado, G. Holland, J.-B. Lavigne, Andreas Korn, M. Biermann, E. Fraile, M. Fabrizio, Francesca Figueras, R. Blomme, P. Teyssandier, Elisabetta Caffau, G. Busso, Maroussia Roelens, Maarten A. Breddels, Simon Hodgkin, Luciana Bianchi, Olivier Bienaymé, Silvio Leccia, C. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Morgan Fraser, M. Ramos-Lerate, M. Gomes, N. Cheek, J. Osinde, Jérôme Berthier, Kevin Benson, Christos Siopis, P. Balm, E. Gosset, Yassine Damerdji, Richard I. Anderson, C. Zurbach, Jonas Debosscher, G. Cocozza, William O'Mullane, Andrea Chiavassa, F.E. van Leeuwen, Diego Bossini, Federica Spoto, G. Jevardat de Fombelle, Nicoletta Sanna, J. Guiraud, G. Tauran, K. W. Smith, E. Poujoulet, Mark Cropper, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, F. Glass, J. Gerssen, Thomas Hilger, C.A. Stephenson, D. Ordóñez-Blanco, Andrej Prsa, M. Sarasso, E. Kontizas, Luciana Federici, Paul J. McMillan, Nicolas Rambaux, Ludovic Delchambre, M. Garcia-Reinaldos, T. Pauwels, M. Farràs Casas, S. Bartholomé Muñoz, E. Livanou, E. Van Hemelryck, Roberto Morbidelli, R. Kohley, A. Garofalo, Jovan Veljanoski, Jon Marchant, Jordi Portell, Ulrich Bastian, M. Lopez, Bernardino Arcay, H. Savietto, Alessandro Spagna, A. C. Lanzafame, Beatrice Bucciarelli, C. Panem, Carlos Dafonte, Y. Lasne, P. Sartoretti, E. Racero, William Thuillot, A. Gavel, J. Castañeda, Gaetano Valentini, A. Rivard, E. Poggio, N. Garralda, R. De March, S. G. Baker, S. Accart, M. Altmann, F. Filippi, George M. Seabroke, F. Thévenin, A. van Elteren, Emese Plachy, Lennart Lindegren, Isabelle Lecoeur-Taïbi, Guy Rixon, S Uzzi, M Vaschetto, Francois Mignard, E. Antiche, P. M. Marrese, N. Leclerc, Caroline Soubiran, Rene Andrae, A. Delgado, and Rossella Cancelliere
Subjects: Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: dwarf, Astrophysics, Astrometry, globular clusters: general, 01 natural sciences, Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Local Group, astrometry, High Energy Physics, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, astrometry, globular clusters: general, galaxies: dwarf, Local Group, errata, addenda, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, addenda, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Data release, Astrophysique, errata, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Published: 2020
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26. (16) Psyche: A mesosiderite-like asteroid?

Author: Tadeusz Michalowski, P. Bartczak, J. Grice, Brian D. Warner, Christophe Dumas, Frédéric Vachier, Laurent Jorda, Josef Hanus, Olivier Witasse, Alexis Drouard, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Romain Fétick, François Colas, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Philippe Lamy, F. Marchis, Marin Ferrais, Emmanuel Jehin, Jérôme Berthier, Josef Ďurech, P. Michel, A. Marciniak, Arthur Vigan, Pierre Vernazza, H. Le Coroller, Thierry Fusco, Bin Yang, Michael Marsset, Mirel Birlan, Toni Santana-Ros, Benoit Carry, Matti Viikinkoski, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Mikko Kaasalainen, K. Tazhenova, M. Pajuelo, Paolo Tanga, Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Faculty of Physics [Poznań], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), TMT International Observatory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Open University (School of Physical Sciences), Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), University of Szczecin, Center for Solar System Studies (CS3), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TMT Observatory, European Space Agency (ESA), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)
Subjects: Physics, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Spectral properties, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Parent body, Psyche, Mesosiderite, Meteorite, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 0103 physical sciences, Hill sphere, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Asteroid (16) Psyche is the target of the NASA Psyche mission. It is considered one of the few main-belt bodies that could be an exposed proto-planetary metallic core and that would thus be related to iron meteorites. Such an association is however challenged by both its near- and mid-infrared spectral properties and the reported estimates of its density. Here, we aim to refine the density of (16) Psyche to set further constraints on its bulk composition and determine its potential meteoritic analog. We observed (16) Psyche with ESO VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL as part of our large program (ID 199.C-0074). We used the high angular resolution of these observations to refine Psyche's three-dimensional (3D) shape model and subsequently its density when combined with the most recent mass estimates. In addition, we searched for potential companions around the asteroid. We derived a bulk density of 3.99\,$\pm$\,0.26\,g$\cdot$cm$^{-3}$ for Psyche. While such density is incompatible at the 3-sigma level with any iron meteorites ($\sim$7.8\,g$\cdot$cm$^{-3}$), it appears fully consistent with that of stony-iron meteorites such as mesosiderites (density $\sim$4.25\,$\cdot$cm$^{-3}$). In addition, we found no satellite in our images and set an upper limit on the diameter of any non-detected satellite of 1460\,$\pm$\,200}\,m at 150\,km from Psyche (0.2\%\,$\times$\,R$_{Hill}$, the Hill radius) and 800\,$\pm$\,200\,m at 2,000\,km (3\%\,$\times$\,$R_{Hill}$). Considering that the visible and near-infrared spectral properties of mesosiderites are similar to those of Psyche, there is merit to a long-published initial hypothesis that Psyche could be a plausible candidate parent body for mesosiderites., 16 pages
Published: 2018
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27. Spectral properties of binary asteroids

Author: Jérôme Berthier, Richard P. Binzel, Francesca E. DeMeo, M. Pajuelo, Benoit Carry, Mirel Birlan, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), Astronomical Institute of Romanian Academy, Romanian Academy, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, meteoroids-minor planets, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Meteoroid, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Spectral properties, Astronomy, Binary number, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Methods observational, asteroids: general, Meteorite, surveys-meteorites, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, 0103 physical sciences, methods: observational, meteors, 10. No inequality, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, techniques: spectroscopic, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: International audience; We present the first attempt to characterize the distribution of taxonomic class among the population of binary asteroids (15 per cent of all small asteroids). For that, an analysis of 0.8-2.5 μm near-infrared spectra obtained with the SpeX instrument on the NASA/IRTF is presented. Taxonomic class and meteorite analogue is determined for each target, increasing the sample of binary asteroids with known taxonomy by 21 per cent. Most binary systems are bound in the S, X, and C classes, followed by Q and V types. The rate of binary systems in each taxonomic class agrees within uncertainty with the background population of small near-Earth objects and inner main belt asteroids, but for the C types which are under-represented among binaries.
Published: 2018
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28. The impact crater at the origin of the Julia family detected with VLT/SPHERE?

Author: Matti Viikinkoski, Toni Santana-Ros, M. Pajuelo, Paolo Tanga, Miroslav Brož, Emmanuel Jehin, Josef Hanus, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, F. Vachier, E. Podlewska-Gaca, Fabrice Cipriani, Bin Yang, Erik Asphaug, Laurent Jorda, Mikko Kaasalainen, Pierre Vernazza, Julie Castillo-Rogez, P. Lamy, Alexis Drouard, Grzegorz Dudziński, Josef Ďurech, P. Michel, Olivier Witasse, Michael Marsset, P. Ševeček, Michaël Gillon, Arthur Vigan, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, F. Marchis, Jérôme Berthier, P. Bartczak, Thierry Fusco, Benoit Carry, H. Le Coroller, Mirel Birlan, A. Marciniak, Christophe Dumas, Romain Fétick, Tadeusz Michalowski, Derek C. Richardson, Brian D. Warner, F. Colas, Marin Ferrais, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Department of Mathematics [Tampere], Tampere University of Technology [Tampere] (TUT), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, 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), DOTA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), University of Szczecin, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency (ESA), TMT Observatory, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Center for Solar System Studies (CS3), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System, Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech] (UCA), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), TMT International Observatory, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú = Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Tampere University, and Mathematics
Subjects: Physics, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Collisional family, techniques: high angular resolution, asteroids: individual: (89) Julia, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Asteroid family, 01 natural sciences, Parent body, methods: numerical, Impact crater, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, 111 Mathematics, minor planets, methods: observational, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Interplanetary spaceflight, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: Context.The vast majority of the geophysical and geological constraints (e.g., internal structure, cratering history) for main-belt asteroids have so far been obtained via dedicated interplanetary missions (e.g., ESA Rosetta, NASA Dawn). The high angular resolution of SPHERE/ZIMPOL, the new-generation visible adaptive-optics camera at ESO VLT, implies that these science objectives can now be investigated from the ground for a large fraction ofD≥ 100 km main-belt asteroids. The sharp images acquired by this instrument can be used to accurately constrain the shape and thus volume of these bodies (hence density when combined with mass estimates) and to characterize the distribution and topography ofD≥ 30 km craters across their surfaces.Aims.Here, via several complementary approaches, we evaluated the recently proposed hypothesis that the S-type asteroid (89) Julia is the parent body of a small compact asteroid family that formed via a cratering collisional event.Methods.We observed (89) Julia with VLT/SPHERE/ZIMPOL throughout its rotation, derived its 3D shape, and performed a reconnaissance and characterization of the largest craters. We also performed numerical simulations to first confirm the existence of the Julia family and to determine its age and the size of the impact crater at its origin. Finally, we utilized the images/3D shape in an attempt to identify the origin location of the small collisional family.Results.On the one hand, our VLT/SPHERE observations reveal the presence of a large crater (D~ 75 km) in Julia’s southern hemisphere. On the other hand, our numerical simulations suggest that (89) Julia was impacted 30–120 Myrs ago by aD~ 8 km asteroid, thereby creating aD≥ 60 km impact crater at the surface of Julia. Given the small size of the impactor, the obliquity of Julia and the particular orientation of the family in the (a,i) space, the imaged impact crater is likely to be the origin of the family.Conclusions.New doors into ground-based asteroid exploration, namely, geophysics and geology, are being opened thanks to the unique capabilities of VLT/SPHERE. Also, the present work may represent the beginning of a new era of asteroid-family studies. In the fields of geophysics, geology, and asteroid family studies, the future will only get brighter with the forthcoming arrival of 30–40 m class telescopes like ELT, TMT, and GMT.
Published: 2018
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29. The EPN-TAP protocol for the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory

Author: N. Bourrel, P. Le Sidaner, Marco Giardino, Jérôme Berthier, Marco Molinaro, F. Henry, Nathalie André, Stéphane Erard, C. Jacquey, Baptiste Cecconi, M. Gangloff, F. Topf, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire GEOSITLAB Dipartimento delle Scienze della Terra, Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Archéologies d'Orient et d'Occident et Sciences des textes (AOROC), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 (LOG), Université de Lille-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)
Subjects: Standards, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Computer science, FOS: Physical sciences, Virtual observatory, 01 natural sciences, Set (abstract data type), 0103 physical sciences, Data services, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Protocol (object-oriented programming), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Information retrieval, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Virtual Observatory, Computer Science Applications, Planetary science, Data access, Data model, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, Table (database), Solar System, Data as a service, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Planetary Science
Abstract: A Data Access Protocol has been set up to search and retrieve Planetary Science data in general. This protocol will allow the user to select a subset of data from an archive in a standard way, based on the IVOA Table Access Protocol (TAP). The TAP mechanism is completed by an underlying Data Model and reference dictionaries. This paper describes the principle of the EPN- TAP protocol and interfaces, underlines the choices that have been made, and discusses possible evolutions., 21 pages. Submitted to Astronomy & Computing, S.I. Virtual Observatory
Published: 2014
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30. Physical and dynamical properties of the main belt triple Asteroid (87) Sylvia

Author: Jérôme Berthier, Benoit Carry, Josef Ďurech, F. Marchis, F. Vachier, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), SETI Institute, Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, Paranal, Chile (089.C-0944, 087.C-0014, 385.C-0089, 085.C-0480, 077.C-0422, 074.C-0052), at the Gemini North Observatory in Hawaii, and at the W. M. Keck Observatory. The Keck observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation., Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-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-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Epoch (astronomy), [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Occultation, Orbit determination, Photometry, Photometry (optics), Position (vector), Primary (astronomy), 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Mass distribution, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Satellites of asteroids, Asteroids, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Occultations, Adaptive optics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: International audience; We present the analysis of high angular resolution observations of the triple Asteroid (87) Sylvia collected with three 8-10 m class telescopes (Keck, VLT, Gemini North) and the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons' mutual orbits were derived individually using a purely Keplerian model. We computed the position of Romulus, the outer moon of the system, at the epoch of a recent stellar occultation which was successfully observed at less than 15 km from our predicted position, within the uncertainty of our model. The occultation data revealed that the Moon, with a surface-area equivalent diameter Ds=23.1±0.7km, is strongly elongated (axes ratio of 2.7±0.32.7±0.3), significantly more than single asteroids of similar size in the main-belt. We concluded that its shape is probably affected by the tides from the primary. A new shape model of the primary was calculated combining adaptive-optics observations with this occultation and 40 archived light-curves recorded since 1978. The difference between the J2=0.024-0.009+0.016 derived from the 3-D shape model assuming an homogeneous distribution of mass for the volume equivalent diameter Dv=273±10km primary and the null J2 implied by the Keplerian orbits suggests a non-homogeneous mass distribution in the asteroid's interior.
Published: 2014
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31. The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation

Author: Valerio Nascimbeni, J. Lecacheux, Toni Santana-Ros, Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, Pablo Santos-Sanz, L. Nerli, D. T. Koseoglu, Frédéric Vachier, V. Peris, Przemyslaw Bartczak, R. Komžík, Eda Sonbas, Cs. Kiss, Gábor Marton, C. Ries, Yavuz Güney, Marcelo Assafin, Martina Maestripieri, Josselin Desmars, T. G. Mueller, Osman Demircan, O. Erece, V. Granata, A. R. Gomes-Júnior, Francesco Marzari, Ulrich Hopp, Cahit Yeşilyaprak, N. Paschalis, A. Campo Bagatin, B. Gaehrken, Paolo Bacci, V. Tsamis, O. Satir, F. Martinelli, F. L. Rommel, Santiago Pérez-Hoyos, F. Ciabattari, R. Iglesias-Marzoa, Stefano Mottola, Ricardo Hueso, Julio Camargo, Herman Mikuz, Françoise Roques, Mohammad Shameoni Niaei, Mauro Bachini, Vassilis Charmandaris, Jose Luis Ortiz, A. Takácsné Farkas, András Pál, A. Carbognani, L. Tzouganatos, Giuseppe Leto, Aleksandar Cikota, G. Benedetti-Rossi, Roberto Vieira-Martins, Nicolás Morales, José M. Madiedo, Bruno Sicardy, Róbert Szakáts, B. E. Morgado, Theodor Pribulla, Estela Fernández-Valenzuela, M. Butkiewicz-Bąk, Afşar Kabaş, Alvaro Alvarez-Candal, Giacomo Succi, Jérôme Berthier, J. Alikakos, Ç. Püsküllü, Kamil Hornoch, W. Beisker, E. Meza, Stefan Cikota, T. Ozisik, E. Varga-Verebélyi, J. M. Christille, J. C. Guirado, Grzegorz Dudziński, L. Mazzei, J. M. Ohlert, Rene Duffard, Raoul Behrend, S. Kalkan, A. Marciniak, N. Karaman, S. Hellmich, Kosmas Gazeas, Victor Ali-Lagoa, Ozan Ünsalan, Felipe Braga-Ribas, François Colas, Petr Pravec, Diane Berard, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Astronomía y Astrofísica, ITA, USA, GBR, FRA, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatorio Nacional [Rio de Janeiro], Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Observatório Nacional/MCT, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Ondřejov Observatory of the Prague Astronomical Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS), Centro Astronomico di Libbiano, Associazione Astrofili Alta Valdera, Istituto di Informatica e Telematica (IIT-CNR), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DLR Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), DLR Institut für Planetenforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Berlin] (DLR), Physik-Institut, Universität Zürich [Zürich] = University of Zurich (UZH), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro], Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Geneva Observatory, Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), International Occultation Timing Association European Section (IOTA ES), International Occultation Timing Association European Section, 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), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), IESL, Osserv Astrofis Catania, Ist Nazl Astrofis, TKK Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Astronomical Observatory [Poznan], Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (UAM), Department of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics Panepistimiopolis (DAAMP), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Astronomical Union of Sparta [Sparta], University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Departamento de Fı'sica Aplicada I, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria Bilbao, Observatorio Astronomico de Valencia, Universitat de València (UV), Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, European Commission, European Research Council, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Generalitat Valenciana, Junta de Andalucía, Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (España), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche [Roma] (CNR), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), L2EP - Équipe Réseaux, Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - ULR 2697 (L2EP), Centrale Lille-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Centrale Lille-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), University of Geneva [Switzerland], University of the Basque Country [Bizkaia] (UPV/EHU), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (ASCR), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universität Zürich [Zürich] (UZH), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [Rio de Janeiro] (UFRJ), Laboratoire d’Électrotechnique et d’Électronique de Puissance - EA 2697 (L2EP), Ecole Centrale de Lille-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille-Ecole Centrale de Lille-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Haute Etude d'Ingénieurs-Université de Lille, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Athens [Greece] (UOA), and Universitat de València (UV)-Observatorio Astronomico de Valencia
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, European community, Trans Neptunian Object, Dwarf planet, Haumea, FOS: Physical sciences, Library science, shape, 01 natural sciences, size, dwarf planet, Neptune, Física Aplicada, 0103 physical sciences, media_common.cataloged_instance, European union, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, media_common, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], density, 2003 EL61, Kuiper-belt, photometric-observations, collisional family, object, bodies, albedo, satellites, Uranus, Dwarf planets, Multidisciplinary, European research, Asteroid, Trans-Neptunian, Astronomy, Stellar occultation, Moons of Haumea, stellar occultation, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], ring, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: Ortiz, José Luis et. al., Haumea-one of the four known trans-Neptunian dwarf planets- is a very elongated and rapidly rotating body1-3. In contrast to other dwarf planets4-6, its size, shape, albedo and density are not well constrained. The Centaur Chariklo was the first body other than a giant planet known to have a ring system7, and the Centaur Chiron was later found to possess something similar to Chariklo's rings8,9. Here we report observations from multiple Earth-based observatories of Haumea passing in front of a distant star (a multichord stellar occultation). Secondary events observed around the main body of Haumea are consistent with the presence of a ring with an opacity of 0.5, width of 70 kilometres and radius of about 2,287 kilometres. The ring is coplanar with both Haumea's equator and the orbit of its satellite Hi'iaka. The radius of the ring places it close to the 3:1 mean-motion resonance with Haumea's spin period-that is, Haumea rotates three times on its axis in the time that a ring particle completes one revolution. The occultation by the main body provides an instantaneous elliptical projected shape with axes of about 1,704 kilometres and 1,138 kilometres. Combined with rotational light curves, the occultation constrains the three-dimensional orientation of Haumea and its triaxial shape, which is inconsistent with a homogeneous body in hydrostatic equilibrium. Haumea's largest axis is at least 2,322 kilometres, larger than previously thought, implying an upper limit for its density of 1,885 kilograms per cubic metre and a geometric albedo of 0.51, both smaller than previous estimates1,10,11. In addition, this estimate of the density of Haumea is closer to that of Pluto than are previous estimates, in line with expectations. No global nitrogen- or methane-dominated atmosphere was detected.© 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved., J.L.O. acknowledges funding from Spanish and Andalusian grants MINECO AYA-2014-56637-C2-1-P and J. A. 2012-FQM1776 as well as FEDER funds. Part of the research leading to these results received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, under grant agreement no. 687378. B.S. acknowledges support from the French grants 'Beyond Neptune' ANR-08-BLAN-0177 and 'Beyond Neptune II' ANR-11-1S56-0002. Part of the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Community's H2020 (2014-2020/ERG grant agreement no. 669416 'Lucky Star'). A.P. and R.S. have been supported by the grant LP2012-31 of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. All of the Hungarian contributors acknowledge the partial support from K-125015 grant of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH). G.B.-R., F.B.-R., F.L.R., R.V.-M., J.I.B.C., M.A., A.R.G.-J. and B.E.M. acknowledge support from CAPES, CNPq and FAPERJ. J.C.G. acknowledges funding from AYA2015-63939-C2-2-P and from the Generalitat Valenciana PROMETEOII/2014/057. K.H. and P.P. were supported by the project RVO:67985815. The Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley acknowledges a Shoemaker NEO Grant 2013 from The Planetary Society. We acknowledge funds from a 2016 'Research and Education' grant from Fondazione CRT. We also acknowledge the Slovakian project ITMS no. 26220120029.
Published: 2017
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32. Gaia Data Release 1: Astrometry - one billion positions, two million proper motions and parallaxes

Author: J. Castañeda, Agnes Fienga, F. Raison, W. van Reeven, Mario G. Lattanzi, Lennart Lindegren, M. Sarasso, Michael Soffel, H. Steidelmüller, Stefan Jordan, J. H. J. de Bruijne, Tim Lister, C. Fabricius, Paul J. McMillan, W. Löffler, T. Carlucci, A. Hutton, Francois Mignard, Raphael Guerra, Alexandre Humberto Andrei, E. Joliet, Ugo Becciani, G. Comoretto, Mario Gai, A. Mora, Berry Holl, William O'Mullane, I. Serraller, U. Abbas, Sonia Anton, Daniel Michalik, M. Hauser, N. Bach, Jon Marchant, P. Parsons, N. Garralda, J.J. González-Vidal, Alessandro Spagna, C. Barache, Luciana Bianchi, H. I. Siddiqui, David Hobbs, J. Torra, T. Brüsemeister, U. Stampa, R. Geyer, Alberto Vecchiato, F. Taris, F. de Felice, M. Clotet, Nigel Hambly, Patrick Charlot, S. Bouquillon, Alberto Riva, Roberto Morbidelli, U. Lammers, Maria Teresa Crosta, G. Gracia, Jordi Portell, Ulrich Bastian, Beatrice Bucciarelli, F. Figueras, Richard L. Smart, Alex Bombrun, S. Liao, R. Drimmel, Iain A. Steele, M. Ramos-Lerate, Michael Davidson, Jérôme Berthier, Sergei A. Klioner, A. G. Butkevich, M. Biermann, D. Busonero, Jose M Hernandez, R. Messineo, Martin Altmann, A. de Torres, Sven Zschocke, H. Lenhardt, G. Bourda, J. Osorio, E. Fraile, Universitat de Barcelona, Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA), European Space Agency (ESA), Zentrum für astronomie, Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg], Solvay (France), Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Grenoble Alpes - UFR Langage, lettres et arts du spectacle, information et communication - Dpt Lettres et arts du spectacle (UGA UFR LLASIC LAS), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Heckscher-Klinikum, AUTRES, Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace (SYRTE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ARHEOINVEST, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza [Lasi], Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Sciences, Philosophie, Humanités (SPH), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen (UIB), Department of nuclear medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen (UIB)-University of Bergen (UIB), Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims - UMR 7312 (ICMR), SFR Condorcet, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-SFR CAP Santé (Champagne-Ardenne Picardie Santé), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), M2A 2016, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Open University of Israël, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University [Port Elizabeth, South Africa], Géoazur (GEOAZUR), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astrometry, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)-Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratorio de Inmunologıa y Virologıa, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolas de los Garza, Laboratório de Ictiologia e Pesca, Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University [New York], Chinese Academy of Sciences [Beijing] (CAS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Department of Computer Architecture and Computer Technology, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Laboratoire Génome et Informatique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Human Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center-College of Medicine and Public Health [Colombus], Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Lohrmann Observatory, Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam] (AMC), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), British Geological Survey (BGS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University, Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [New York] (MSSM), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Bergen (UiB), University of Bergen (UiB)-University of Bergen (UiB), Nelson Mandela University [Port Elizabeth], Géoazur (GEOAZUR 7329), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidade Federal de Rondônia [Brésil] (UNIR), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: instruments [space vehicles], Astrometria, Epoch (astronomy), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Mecànica celeste, proper motions, 0103 physical sciences, Celestial mechanics, data analysis [methods], reference systems, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Frame (networking), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrometry, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Stars, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Magnitude (astronomy), parallaxes, International Celestial Reference Frame, Satellite, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Reference frame
Abstract: Gaia Data Release 1 (Gaia DR1) contains astrometric results for more than 1 billion stars brighter than magnitude 20.7 based on observations collected by the Gaia satellite during the first 14 months of its operational phase. We give a brief overview of the astrometric content of the data release and of the model assumptions, data processing, and validation of the results. For stars in common with the Hipparcos and Tycho-2 catalogues, complete astrometric single-star solutions are obtained by incorporating positional information from the earlier catalogues. For other stars only their positions are obtained by neglecting their proper motions and parallaxes. The results are validated by an analysis of the residuals, through special validation runs, and by comparison with external data. Results. For about two million of the brighter stars (down to magnitude ~11.5) we obtain positions, parallaxes, and proper motions to Hipparcos-type precision or better. For these stars, systematic errors depending e.g. on position and colour are at a level of 0.3 milliarcsecond (mas). For the remaining stars we obtain positions at epoch J2015.0 accurate to ~10 mas. Positions and proper motions are given in a reference frame that is aligned with the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF) to better than 0.1 mas at epoch J2015.0, and non-rotating with respect to ICRF to within 0.03 mas/yr. The Hipparcos reference frame is found to rotate with respect to the Gaia DR1 frame at a rate of 0.24 mas/yr. Based on less than a quarter of the nominal mission length and on very provisional and incomplete calibrations, the quality and completeness of the astrometric data in Gaia DR1 are far from what is expected for the final mission products. The results nevertheless represent a huge improvement in the available fundamental stellar data and practical definition of the optical reference frame., Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2016
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33. Asteroid orbits with Gaia using random-walk statistical ranging

Author: Paolo Tanga, Mikael Granvik, William Thuillot, Francois Mignard, Jérôme Berthier, Jenni Virtanen, Dagmara Oszkiewicz, T. Pieniluoma, Karri Muinonen, H. Pentikäinen, Benoit Carry, Grigori Fedorets, Aldo Dell Oro, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics [Helsinki], Falculty of Science [Helsinki], University of Helsinki-University of Helsinki, Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki-Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Land Survey of Finland, Maanmittauslaitos, ITA, FRA, and FIN
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Monte Carlo method, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Near-Earth object, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ranging, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Astrometry, Random walk, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Phase space, symbols, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Algorithm
Abstract: We describe statistical inverse methods for the computation of initial asteroid orbits within the data processing and analysis pipeline of the ESA Gaia space mission. Given small numbers of astrometric observations across short time intervals, we put forward a random-walk ranging method, in which the orbital-element phase space is uniformly sampled, up to a limiting χ2-value, with the help of the Markov-chain Monte Carlo technique (MCMC). The sample orbits obtain weights from the a posteriori probability density value and the MCMC rejection rate. For the first time, we apply the method to Gaia astrometry of asteroids. The results are nominal in that the method provides realistic estimates for the orbital uncertainties and meets the efficiency requirements for the daily, short-term processing of unknown objects.
Published: 2016
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34. Spectral properties of (854) Frostia, (1333) Cevenola and (3623) Chaplin

Author: Franck Marchis, Pascal Descamps, S. Merouane, Mirel Birlan, Jérôme Berthier, Dan Alin Nedelcu, and Marcel Popescu
Subjects: Physics, Observational techniques, Infrared telescope, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, law.invention, Photometry (optics), Space and Planetary Science, law, Asteroid, Planet, Radar, Spectroscopy
Abstract: Near-infrared spectroscopy can play a key role in establishing the mineralogical composition of objects and supporting other physical data obtained by complementary observational techniques such as adaptive optics, radar and photometry. The objective of our survey was asteroids that present large variations in their light curves. We report observations for asteroids (854) Frostia, (1333) Cevenola and (3623) Chaplin carried out in the 0.8-2.5 μm spectral range using SpeX/Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) in LowRes mode. The spectral modelling of these asteroids gives new insights into these peculiar objects in the main belt. (854) Frostia is a V-type asteroid, and its spectral properties are similar to those of basalts. The most probable mineralogical solution Wo 8 Fs 43 En 49 was calculated for Frostia. (1333) Cevenola was estimated to have an Sq spectral type, in agreement with its membership of the Eunomia family. (3623) Chaplin is an S-type asteroid, in agreement with the taxonomic type of the Koronis family.
Published: 2011
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35. New insights on the binary Asteroid 121 Hermione

Author: Mikko Kaasalainen, P. Baudouin, Pascal Descamps, Franck Marchis, Raoul Behrend, Marcelo Assafin, Melissa C. Nysewander, J. B. Haislip, F. Manzini, Josh Emery, S. Sposetti, A. Peyrot, Daniel E. Reichart, Julio Camargo, Felipe Braga-Ribas, Alan W. Harris, Joe Pollock, K. M. Ivarsen, Roberto Vieira-Martins, F. Colas, Frédéric Vachier, L. Hutton, J. Greene, J. Lecacheux, L. Brunetto, Jérôme Berthier, Aaron P. LaCluyze, J. Durech, R. Roy, J. A. Crain, J.-P. Teng-Chuen-Yu, L. Bernasconi, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Department of Astronomy [Berkeley], University of California [Berkeley], University of California-University of California, SETI Institute, Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences [Knoxville], The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], DLR Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Makes Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Boone], Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ [Rio de Janeiro], Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Observatório Nacional/MCT, Observatório do Valongo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Ladeira do Pedro Antônio, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Chapel Hill], University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill] (UNC), Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva [Switzerland], Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Les Engarouines Observatory, Blauvac Observatory, Harfleur Observatory, Chercheur indépendant, Gnosca Observatory, Stazione Astronomica di Sozzago, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides ( IMCCE ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Astronomy Department [Berkeley], Charles University [Prague], German Aerospace Center ( DLR ), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro [Rio de Janeiro] ( UFRJ ), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique ( LESIA ), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Observatoire de Paris-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
Subjects: Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Eclipses, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Asteroids: rotation, Equinox, surfaces, eclipses, rotation, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Photometry, Photometry (optics), Telescope, satellites, Spitzer Space Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, Adaptive optics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, [ SDU.ASTR.EP ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Asteroids, [ PHYS.ASTR.EP ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Satellites of Asteroids, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: We report on the results of a six-month photometric study of the main-belt binary C-type asteroid 121 Hermione, performed during its 2007 opposition. We took advantage of the rare observational opportunity afforded by one of the annual equinoxes of Hermione occurring close to its opposition in June 2007. The equinox provides an edge-on aspect for an Earth-based observer, which is well suited to a thorough study of Hermione's physical characteristics. The catalog of observations carried out with small telescopes is presented in this work, together with new adaptive optics (AO) imaging obtained between 2005 and 2008 with the Yepun 8-m VLT telescope and the 10-m Keck telescope. The most striking result is confirmation that Hermione is a bifurcated and elongated body, as suggested by Marchis et al., (2005). A new effective diameter of 187 +/- 6 km was calculated from the combination of AO, photometric and thermal observations. The new diameter is some 10% smaller than the hitherto accepted radiometric diameter based on IRAS data. The reason for the discrepancy is that IRAS viewed the system almost pole-on. New thermal observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope agree with the diameter derived from AO and lightcurve observations. On the basis of the new AO astrometric observations of the small 32-km diameter satellite we have refined the orbit solution and derived a new value of the bulk density of Hermione of 1.4 +0.5/-0.2 g cm-3. We infer a macroscopic porosity of ~33 +5/-20%., Comment: 39 pages, 4 Tables, 8 figures
Published: 2009
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36. Gaia and the asteroids: Local test of GR

Author: Jérôme Berthier, Paolo Tanga, Daniel Hestroffer, Francois Mignard, S. Mouret, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lohrmann Observatory, Dresden Technical University, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), and Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Physics, Solar System, General relativity, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrometry, Gravitational constant, Jupiter, Gravitational field, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Reference frame
Abstract: We present in the following some capabilities of the Gaia mission for performing local test of General Relativity (GR) based on the astrometry of asteroids. This ESA cornerstone mission, to be launched in Spring 2012, will observe—in addition to the stars and QSOs—a large number of small solar system bodies with unprecedented photometric and, mostly, astrometric precisions. Indeed, it is expected that about 250,000 asteroids will be observed with a nominal precision ranging from a few milli-arcsecond (mas), to sub-mas precision, depending on the target's brightness. While the majority of this sample is constituted of known main-belt asteroids orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, a substantial fraction will be made of near-Earth objects, and possibly some newly discovered inner-Earth or co-orbital objects.Here we show the results obtained from a simulation of Gaia observations for local tests of GR in the gravitational field of the Sun. The simulation takes into account the time sequences and geometry of the observations that are particular to Gaia observations of solar system objects, as well as the instrument sensitivity and photon noise. We show the results from a variance analysis for the nominal precision of the joint determination of the solar quadrupoleJ2and the PPN parameter β. Additionally we include the link of the dynamical reference frame to the conventional kinematically non-rotating reference frame (as obtained in the visible wavelength by Gaia observations of QSOs). The study is completed by the determination of a possible variation of the gravitational constant/G, and deviation from Newtonian 1/r2gravitational law. Comparisons to the results obtained from other techniques are also given.
Published: 2009
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37. New determination of the size and bulk density of the binary Asteroid 22 Kalliope from observations of mutual eclipses

Author: Magdalena Polińska, A. Devyatkin, A.W. Harris, F. Marchis, J.-F. Coliac, E. M. Cooper, D. Gorshanov, Jérôme Berthier, P. Descamps, Mikko Kaasalainen, Joe Pollock, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska, Michael H. Wong, Frédéric Vachier, M. Birlan, P. Wiggins, K. A. Kettner, W. Romanishin, I. Verestchagina, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Department of Astronomy [Berkeley], University of California [Berkeley], University of California-University of California, SETI Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy [Boone], Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina System (UNC)-University of North Carolina System (UNC), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, DLR Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), H. L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy [Norman], University of Oklahoma (OU), Wiggins Observatory, Central Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Observatoire de la Farigourette, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), and University of California (UC)-University of California (UC)
Subjects: Asteroid surfaces, Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], Eclipses, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Binary number, Eclipse season, Astrophysics, Orbit plane, rotation, 01 natural sciences, Photometry, Photometry (optics), Asteroids surfaces, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Line-of-sight, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Satellites of asteroids, Bulk density, Asteroids, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid
Abstract: In 2007, the M-type binary asteroid 22 Kalliope reached one of its annual equinoxes. As a consequence, the orbit plane of its small moon, Linus, was aligned closely to the Sun's line of sight, giving rise to a mutual eclipse season. A dedicated international campaign of photometric observations, based on amateur-professional collaboration, was organized and coordinated by the IMCCE in order to catch several of these events. The set of the compiled observations is released in this work. We developed a relevant model of these events, including a topographic shape model of Kalliope refined in the present work, the orbit solution of Linus as well as the photometric effect of the shadow of one component falling on the other. By fitting this model to the only two full recorded events, we derived a new estimation of the equivalent diameter of Kalliope of 166.2+/-2.8km, 8% smaller than its IRAS diameter. As to the diameter of Linus, considered as purely spherical, it is estimated to 28+/-2 km. This substantial "shortening" of Kalliope gives a bulk density of 3.35+/-0.33g/cm3, significantly higher than past determinations but more consistent with its taxonomic type. Some constraints can be inferred on the composition., 59 pages, 8 tables, 15 figures submitted to Icarus
Published: 2008
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38. Astrometric data for NEAs extracted from the infrared DENIS survey

Author: G. Simon, William Thuillot, Jérôme Berthier, J. Iglesias, Valery Lainey, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation (GEPI), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physique des Galaxies et Cosmologie, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Jin, W. J., Platais, I., Perryman, and M. A. C.
Subjects: Physics, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Infrared, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrometry, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrobiology
Abstract: When astrometric data can be extracted from archives, this generally allows us to get very strong constraints for the orbital modeling of Solar System objects. This is particularly important for Near-Earth Asteroids. We have developed tools in the Virtual Observatory framework in order to carry out such a task. We have applied them to the DENIS survey. This survey has been performed from 1995 to 2001 in the I, J, K' spectral bands with a 1m telescope at ESO La Silla. Many sources associated to Solar System Objects have been identified and we present our preliminary results.
Published: 2007
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39. Physical models of ten asteroids from an observers' collaboration network

Author: R. Dymock, F. Manzini, S. Boroumand, Stephen M. Slivan, Robert D. Stephens, R. A. Koff, Greg Bolt, M. Fagas, R. Roy, Michael Fauerbach, Brian D. Warner, Josef Ďurech, Margaret Pan, A. Marciniak, M. Crow, Angel F. Lopez, Mikko Kaasalainen, Merideth Frey, Frederick Pilcher, Rita Pacheco, Thomas Bennett, S. Fauvaud, L. Crespo da Silva, C. Bembrick, W. Pych, Donald P. Pray, R. Crippa, Raoul Behrend, R. Poncy, S. Sposetti, Jérôme Berthier, T. Kwiatkowski, Marek Wolf, G. Santacana, R. Durkee, D. Jardine, Krzysztof Kamiński, Tadeusz Michalowski, W. H. Allen, Rui Soles Gonçalves, L. Bernasconi, R. Hirsch, Astronomical Institute, Charles University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Rolf Nevanlinna Institute, University of Helsinki, Astronomical Observatory, Adam Mickiewicz University, Vintage Lane Observatory, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Mount Tarana Observatory, Florida Gulf Coast University, Observatoire des Engarouines, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe Astrométrie et Planétologie (GAP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stazzione Astronomica di Sozzago, The WW Crow Observatory, Shed of Science Observatory, Association AstroQueyras, Groupe européen d’observation stellaire (GEOS), Department of Astronomy, Whitin Observatory, Wellesley College, Observatório Astronómico de Linhaceira, Illinois College, Antelope Hills Observatory, 980 Antelope Drive West, Bennett, Observatori Astronomic de Consell, Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Centrum Astronomiczne im. M. Kopernika, Warszawa (CAMK), Observatoire de Blauvac, Observatorio di Gnosca, Goat Mountain Astronomical Research Station, and Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs
Subjects: Physics, Physical model, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Inversion (meteorology), Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: International audience; Aims:We present physical models of ten asteroids obtained by means of lightcurve inversion. A substantial part of the photometric data was observed by amateur astronomers. We emphasize the importance of a coordinated network of observers that will be of extreme importance for future all-sky asteroid photometric surveys. Methods: The lightcurve inversion method was used to derive spin states and shape models of the asteroids. Results: We derived spin states and shape model for ten new asteroids: (110) Lydia, (125) Liberatrix, (130) Elektra, (165) Loreley, (196) Philomela, (218) Bianca, (306) Unitas, (423) Diotima, (776) Berbericia, and (944) Hidalgo. This increases the number of asteroid models up to nearly one hundred.
Published: 2007
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40. Mass and density of Asteroid 121 Hermione from an analysis of its companion orbit

Author: Jérôme Berthier, Conor Laver, Daniel Hestroffer, P. Descamps, I. de Pater, Franck Marchis, Department of Astronomy, University of California, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe Astrométrie et Planétologie (GAP), and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Subjects: Physics, Orbital elements, Solar System, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, Planet, Synchronous orbit, Equator, Ecliptic, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Circular orbit, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: We report on Adaptive Optics observations of the satellite of Asteroid 121 Hermione with the ESO-Paranal UT4 VLT and the Keck AO telescopes. The binary system, belonging to the Cybele family, was observed during two observing campaigns in January 2003 and January 2004 aiming to confirm its trajectory and accurately determine its orbital elements. A precessing Keplerian model was used to describe the motion of S/2002 (121) 1. We find that the satellite of Hermione revolves at a = 768 ± 11 km from the primary in P = 2.582 ± 0.002 days with a roughly circular and prograde orbit (e = 0.001 ± 0.001, i = 3 ± 2 ◦ w.r.t. equator primary). These extensive astrometric measurements enable us to determine the mass of Hermione to be 0.54 ± 0.03 × 10 19 kg and its pole solution (λ0 = 1.5 ◦ ± 2.00, β0 = 10 ◦ ± 2.0 in ecliptic J2000). Additional Keck AO observations taken close to the asteroid opposition in December 2003 give us direct insight into the structure of the primary which presents a bilobated shape. Since the angular resolution is limited to the theoretical angular resolution of the telescope (43 mas corresponding to a spatial resolution of 80 km), two shape models (called snowman and peanut) are proposed based on the images which were deconvolved with MISTRAL deconvolution process. Assuming a purely synchronous orbit and knowing the mass of the primary, the peanut shape composed of two separated components is quite unlikely. Additionally the J2 calculated from the analysis of the secondary orbit is not in agreement with the peanut model, but close to the snowman shape. The bulk density of the primary as derived from the observed size of the snowman shape is estimated to ρ ∼ 1.8 ± 0. 2g /cm 3 implying a porosity ∼14% for this C-type asteroid, corresponding to a fractured asteroid. Considering the IRAS diameter, the density is lower ( ρ = 1.1 ± 0. 3g /cm 3 ) leading to a high porosity (p = 30–60%) with a nominal value of p = 48%, which indicates a completely loose rubble-pile structure for the primary. Further work is necessary to better constrain the size, shape, and then internal structure of Hermione’s primary.  2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Published: 2005
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41. Near-UV to near-IR disk-averaged Earth's reflectance spectra

Author: P. Francois, Jean Schneider, C. Foellmi, D. Briot, S. Hamdani, Pierre Riaud, L. Arnold, Jérôme Berthier, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pôle Astronomie du LESIA, and Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Physics::Geophysics, symbols.namesake, Planet, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, 14. Life underwater, Rayleigh scattering, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Spectrograph, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, Spectral signature, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vegetation, Albedo, Atmosphere of Earth, Space and Planetary Science, symbols, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: We report 320 to 1020nm disk-averaged Earth reflectance spectra obtained from Moon's Earthshine observations with the EMMI spectrograph on the NTT at ESO La Silla (Chile). The spectral signatures of Earth atmosphere and ground vegetation are observed. A vegetation red-edge of up to 9% is observed on Europe and Africa and ~2% upon Pacific Ocean. The spectra also show that Earth is a blue planet when Rayleigh scattering dominates, or totally white when the cloud cover is large., Comment: Proceeding of an oral prensentation at the UAI No200 Colloquium
Published: 2005
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42. First ground-based astrometric observations of Puck

Author: Claude Le Guyader, Franck Marchis, Pascal Descamps, Jérôme Berthier, R. Prange, and Thierry Fusco
Subjects: Physics, Orbital elements, media_common.quotation_subject, General Engineering, Uranus, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Astronomy, Astrometry, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Natural satellite, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Eccentricity (behavior), Adaptive optics, media_common
Abstract: The ten small inner moons of Uranus, discovered in 1986, have so far only been studied from space (Voyager 2, HST). The orbital elements derived from the observations indicate very weakly eccentric orbits for all of them but one (Ophelia). We present here the first ground-based astrometric observations of Puck, performed using an Adaptive Optics system. The long observing sequences permitted by ground-based facilities at ESO-La Silla, Chile (64.S-0289) revealed an eccentricity 100 times larger than previously believed. Such a disagreement with the actual theory may arise from the reduction itself based on the bright moons of Uranus, considered until now as precise astrometric references. To cite this article: P. Descamps et al., C. R. Physique 3 (2002) 121–128
Published: 2002
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43. Planetary Science Virtual Observatory architecture

Author: P. Le Sidaner, Gérard Chanteur, Maria Teresa Capria, Stéphane Erard, Bernard Schmitt, Vincent Génot, M. Gangloff, C. Chauvin, Jérôme Berthier, N. André, C. Jacquey, Baptiste Cecconi, F. Henry, N. Bourrel, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon (OBSPM), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG ), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma (IASF-Roma), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-École polytechnique (X)-Sorbonne Universités-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: Solar System, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Computer science, [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP], FOS: Physical sciences, Virtual observatory, 01 natural sciences, Field (computer science), [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-PLASM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph], 0103 physical sciences, Architecture, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Virtual Observatory, Computer Science Applications, Planetary science, Space and Planetary Science, Systems engineering, Data as a service, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: International audience; In the framework of the Europlanet-RI program, a prototype of Virtual Observatory dedicated to Planetary Science was defined. Most of the activity was dedicated to the elaboration of standards to retrieve and visualize data in this field, and to provide light procedures to teams who wish to contribute with on-line data services. The architecture of this VO system and selected solutions are presented here, together with existing demonstrators.
Published: 2014
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44. A low density of 0.8 g cm-3 for the Trojan binary asteroid 617 Patroclus

Author: David Le Mignant, A. H. Bouchez, S. K. Hartman, Randall D. Campbell, Jason C. Y. Chin, Paul J. Stomski, Imke de Pater, Marcos A. van Dam, Franck Marchis, Doug Summers, R. Lafon, Michael H. Wong, Frédéric Vachier, Daniel Hestroffer, Peter L. Wizinovich, Erik M. Johansson, P. Descamps, and Jérôme Berthier
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Population, Lagrangian point, Astronomy, Binary number, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Jupiter, Asteroid, Trojan, Physics::Space Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Circular orbit, Orbit (control theory), education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract: The Trojan population consists of two swarms of asteroids following the same orbit as Jupiter and located at the L4 and L5 stable Lagrange points of the Jupiter–Sun system (leading and following Jupiter by 60°). The asteroid 617 Patroclus is the only known binary Trojan1. The orbit of this double system was hitherto unknown. Here we report that the components, separated by 680 km, move around the system's centre of mass, describing a roughly circular orbit. Using this orbital information, combined with thermal measurements to estimate the size of the components, we derive a very low density of . The components of 617 Patroclus are therefore very porous or composed mostly of water ice, suggesting that they could have been formed in the outer part of the Solar System2.
Published: 2006
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45. Discovery of the triple asteroidal system 87 Sylvia

Author: Franck Marchis, P. Descamps, Daniel Hestroffer, and Jérôme Berthier
Subjects: Physics, Orbital elements, Molecular interactions, asteroid, Multidisciplinary, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Accretion (astrophysics), adaptive optics, multiple system, Asteroid, Primary (astronomy), Asteroid belt, Circular orbit, Minor planet
Abstract: After decades of speculation(1), the existence of binary asteroids has been observationally confirmed(2,3), with examples in all minor planet populations(4). However, no triple systems have hitherto been discovered. Here we report the unambiguous detection of a triple asteroidal system in the main belt, composed of a 280-km primary ( 87 Sylvia) and two small moonlets orbiting at 710 and 1,360 km. We estimate their orbital elements and use them to refine the shape of the primary body. Both orbits are equatorial, circular and prograde, suggesting a common origin. Using the orbital information to estimate its mass and density, 87 Sylvia appears to have a rubble-pile structure with a porosity of 25 - 60 per cent. The system was most probably formed through the disruptive collision of a parent asteroid, with the new primary resulting from accretion of fragments, while the moonlets are formed from the debris, as has been predicted previously(5).
Published: 2005
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46. Characteristics and large bulk density of the C-type main-belt triple asteroid (93) Minerva

Author: Trent J. Dupuy, Josef Ďurech, Hervé Bouy, Joshua P. Emery, Jérôme Berthier, Frédéric Vachier, Alan W. Harris, Paul A. Dalba, J. Strajnic, Alan Stockton, J. E. Enriquez, J. Melbourne, Christopher D. Fassnacht, F. Marchis, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Astronomical Institute of Charles University, Charles University [Prague] (CU), SETI Institute, DLR Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), The University of Tennessee [Knoxville], Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid] (CAB), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), University of Hawaii, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California (UC), Rectorat de l'académie Aix-Marseille, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), and University of California
Subjects: 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, Orbit determination, law, Primary (astronomy), 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP), Orbital elements, Physics, [PHYS]Physics [physics], Interiors, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bulk density, Satellites of asteroids, Asteroids, Orbit, Meteorite, Space and Planetary Science, Asteroid, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Adaptive optics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract: From a set of adaptive optics (AO) observations collected with the W.M. Keck telescope between August and September 2009, we derived the orbital parameters of the most recently discovered satellites of the large C-type asteroid (93) Minerva. The satellites of Minerva, which are approximately 3 and 4 km in diameter, orbit very close to the primary $\sim$5 & $\sim$8 $\times$ Rp and $\sim$1% & $\sim$2% $\times$ RHill) in a circular manner, sharing common characteristics with most of the triple asteroid systems in the main-belt. Combining these AO observations with lightcurve data collected since 1980 and two stellar occultations in 2010 & 2011, we removed the ambiguity of the pole solution of Minerva's primary and showed that it has an almost regular shape with an equivalent diameter Deq = 154 $\pm$ 6 km in agreement with IRAS observations. The surprisingly high bulk density of 1.75 $\pm$ 0.30 g/cm$\^3$ for this C-type asteroid, suggests that this taxonomic class is composed of asteroids with different compositions, For instance, Minerva could be made of the same material as dry CR, CO, and CV meteorites. We discuss possible scenarios on the origin of the system and conclude that future observations may shine light on the nature and composition of this fifth known triple main-belt asteroid., 35 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables
Published: 2013
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47. The PHESAT95 campaign of observations of the phenomena of the saturnian satellites

Author: Jean Lecacheux, B. Morando, P. Laques, J. E. Arlot, C. H. Veiga, F. Colas, Jérôme Berthier, Pascal Descamps, Ch. Ruatti, W. Thuillot, and D.T. Vu
Subjects: Saturnian, Geology, Astrobiology
Abstract: This paper reports on the international PHESAT95 campaign of observations of the Saturnian events coordinated by Bureau des longitudes. Thanks to CCD or photometric receptors, accurate astrometric data can be get from the observation of the eclipses by Saturn and mutual events of the Saturnian satellites. These events occur from 1994 to 1996 and we give our first results.
Published: 1996
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48. Quantitative solar system science with AO systems

Author: Franck Marchis, Michael H. Wong, Jérôme Berthier, SETI Institute (United States), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe Astrométrie et Planétologie (GAP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, and Univ. of California, Berkeley (United States)
Subjects: Physics, Solar System, Planetary science, Asteroid, Planet, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Observability, Adaptive optics systems, Adaptive optics, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
Abstract: International audience; Adaptive Optics systems, today available on 8-10m class telescopes are playing a significant role in the study of our solar system bodies. We describe three main science cases i) small solar system bodies ii) satellites of giant planets iii) giant planets atmospheres. We describe recent results acquired with these systems in these fields. We discuss the limitation and potential of AO systems for these studies, and address the problem of observability specific to moving targets. The potential for planetary science of future and improved AO systems is described.
Published: 2012
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49. Solar System Parameters from the Gaia Small Solar System Object Data

Author: Daniel Hestroffer, Jérôme Berthier, P. David, Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe Astrométrie et Planétologie (GAP), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Sarro, Luis Manuel, Eyer, Laurent, O'Mullane, William, De Ridder, and Joris
Subjects: Gravitation, Telescope, Solar System, Planetary science, law, Physics::Space Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Object (computer science), [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], law.invention
Abstract: International audience; The Gaia mission will provide the planetary science community with an unprecedent number of observations of small Solar System bodies (a few hundred thousand objects), all obtained with the same telescope. These observations will allow the determination of some intrinsic parameters of the observed objects along with a number of fundamental quantities of interest for the Solar System and for physics in general to a higher precision than what can be done presently. Here we describe briefly why these parameters are important to our understanding of small Solar System objects, the dynamics of the Solar System, and the algorithms used to extract them from the extensive Gaia data. We hope to mine these data for unexpected patterns which could elucidate some unanswered questions pertaining to the planetary sciences, for example concerning unusual objects such as main belt comets or perhaps a signature of discrepancies in the theory of gravitation. What to look for, however, remains an open question.
Published: 2012
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50. Europlanet-IDIS Data model: a Data Model for a Planetology Virtual Observatory

Author: Baptiste Cecconi, Jean Aboudarham, Nicolas André, Jérôme Berthier, Natacha Bourrel, Maria Teresa Capria, Maria Cristina de Sanctis, Stéphane Erard, Michel Gangloff, Christian Jacquey, Maxim Khodachenko, Pierre Le Sidaner, Cédric Leyrat, Nicolas Manaud, Walter Schmidt, Bernard Schmitt, Florian Topf, Frank Trauthan, Alain Sarkissian, Sandrine Vinatier, Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Roma (IASF-Roma), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Observatoire de Paris - Site de Paris (OP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), DLR Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), IMPEC - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lille-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG ), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), PLANETO - LATMOS, Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]
Abstract: International audience; IDIS (Integrated and Distributed Information System) is part of the Europlanet project and aims to develop a prototype of a planetology Virtual Observatory. In the frame of its participation to this project, the CDPP (Data Centre for Plasma Physics, based in Toulouse) is developing a new data model to describe the wide variety of data products that can be found in the planetology community, which includes a wide variety of science thematics such as plasma physics, planetary surfaces, interiors, atmospheres or small bodies. This data model is making extensive use of existing standards provided by various groups (IVOA, SPASE...). The scope of this data model is to describe the scientific content of the data sets, in order to be able to locate and retrieve the data files corresponding to a given request. The initial version has been developed to describe plasma data, which can be very heterogeneous (time series, spectra, dynamic spectra, maps...). Two models are tested in collaboration with VO-Paris (Virtual Observatory Paris Data Centre) and other Europlanet IDIS partners in order to take into account characteristics of data from other thematics of planetary sciences.
Published: 2011

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