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

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

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

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2023
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2. The trans-Neptunian object (84922) 2003 VS2 through stellar occultations

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Benedetti-Rossi, Gustavo, Santos-Sanz, P., Ortiz, J. L., Assafin, M., Sicardy, B., Morales, N., Vieira-Martins, R., Duffard, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Rommel, F. L., Camargo, J. I. B., Desmars, J., Colas, A. F., Vachier, F., Alvarez-Candal, Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Almenares, L., Artola, R., Baum, T. -P., Behrend, R., Bérard, D., Bianco, F., Brosch, N., Ceretta, A., Colazo, C. A., Gomes-Junior, A. R., Ivanov, V. D., Jehin, E., Kaspi, S., Lecacheux, J., Maury, A., Melia, R., Moindrot, S., Morgado, B., Opitom, C., Peyrot, A., Pollock, J., Pratt, A., Roland, S., Spagnotto, J., Tancredi, G., Teng, J. -P., Cacella, P., Emilio, M., Feys, F., Gil-Hutton, R., Jacques, C., Machado, D. I., Malacarne, M., Manulis, I., Milone, A. C., Rojas, G., and Sfair, R.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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We present results from three world-wide campaigns that resulted in the detections of two single-chord and one multi-chord stellar occultations by the Plutino object (84922) 2003~VS$_2$. From the single-chord occultations in 2013 and 2014 we obtained accurate astrometric positions for the object, while from the multi-chord occultation on November 7th, 2014, we obtained the parameters of the best-fitting ellipse to the limb of the body at the time of occultation. We also obtained short-term photometry data for the body in order to derive its rotational phase during the occultation. The rotational light curve present a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.141 $\pm$ 0.009 mag. This allows us to reconstruct the three-dimensional shape of the body, with principal semi-axes $a = 313.8 \pm 7.1$ km, $b = 265.5^{+8.8}_{-9.8}$ km, and $c = 247.3^{+26.6}_{-43.6}$ km, which is not consistent with a Jacobi triaxial equilibrium figure. The derived spherical volume equivalent diameter of $548.3 ^{+29.5}_{-44.6}$ km is about 5\% larger than the radiometric diameter of 2003~VS$_2$ derived from Herschel data of $523 \pm 35$ km, but still compatible with it within error bars. From those results we can also derive the geometric albedo ($0.123 ^{+0.015}_{-0.014}$) and, under the assumption that the object is a Maclaurin spheroid, the density $\rho = 1400^{+1000}_{-300}$ for the plutino. The disappearances and reappearances of the star during the occultations do not show any compelling evidence for a global atmosphere considering a pressure upper limit of about 1 microbar for a pure nitrogen atmosphere, nor secondary features (e.g. rings or satellite) around the main body., Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures, 1 appendix

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2019
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3. The structure of Chariklo's rings from stellar occultations

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Bérard, D., Sicardy, B., Camargo, J. I. B., Desmars, J., Braga-Ribas, F., Ortiz, J. L., Duffard, R., Morales, N., Meza, E., Leiva, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Vieira-Martins, R., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Assafin, M., Colas, F., Dauvergne, J. L., Kervella, P., Lecacheux, J., Maquet, L., Vachier, F., Renner, S., Monard, B., Sickafoose, A. A., Breytenbach, H., Genade, A., Beisker, W., Bath, K. L., Bode, H. J., Backes, M., Ivanov, V. D., Jehin, E., Gillon, M., Manfroid, J., Pollock, J., Tancredi, G., Roland, S., Salvo, R., Vanzi, L., Herald, D., Gault, D., Kerr, S., Pavlov, H., Hill, K. M., Bradshaw, J., Barry, M. A., Cool, A., Lade, B., Cole, A., Broughton, J., Newman, J., Horvart, R., Maybour, D., Giles, D., Davis, L., Paton, R. A., Loader, B., Pennell, A., Jaquiery, P. D., Brillant, S., Selman, F., Dumas, C., Herrera, C., Carraro, G., Monaco, L., Maury, A., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. P., Richichi, A., Irawati, P., De Witt, C., Schoenau, P., Prager, R., Colazo, C., Melia, R., Spagnotto, J., Blain, A., Alonso, S., Román, A, Santos-Sanz, P., Rizos, J. L., Maestre, J. L., and Dunham, D.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Two narrow and dense rings (called C1R and C2R) were discovered around the Centaur object (10199) Chariklo during a stellar occultation observed on 2013 June 3. Following this discovery, we planned observations of several occultations by Chariklo's system in order to better characterize the physical properties of the ring and main body. Here, we use 12 successful occulations by Chariklo observed between 2014 and 2016. They provide ring profiles (physical width, opacity, edge structure) and constraints on the radii and pole position. Our new observations are currently consistent with the circular ring solution and pole position, to within the $\pm 3.3$ km formal uncertainty for the ring radii derived by Braga-Ribas et al. The six resolved C1R profiles reveal significant width variations from $\sim 5$ to 7.5 km. The width of the fainter ring C2R is less constrained, and may vary between 0.1 and 1 km. The inner and outer edges of C1R are consistent with infinitely sharp boundaries, with typical upper limits of one kilometer for the transition zone between the ring and empty space. No constraint on the sharpness of C2R's edges is available. A 1$\sigma$ upper limit of $\sim 20$ m is derived for the equivalent width of narrow (physical width <4 km) rings up to distances of 12,000 km, counted in the ring plane.

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2017
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4. A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo

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Braga-Ribas, F., Sicardy, B., Ortiz, J. L., Snodgrass, C., Roques, F., Vieira-Martins, R., Camargo, J. I. B., Assafin, M., Duffard, R., Jehin, E., Pollock, J., Leiva, R., Emilio, M., Machado, D. I., Colazo, C., Lellouch, E., Skottfelt, J., Gillon, M., Ligier, N., Maquet, L., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Gomes Jr, A. Ramos, Kervella, P., Monteiro, H., Sfair, R., Moutamid, M. El, Tancredi, G., Spagnotto, J., Maury, A., Morales, N., Gil-Hutton, R., Roland, S., Ceretta, A., Gu, S. -h., Wang, X. -b., Harpsøe, K., Rabus, M., Manfroid, J., Opitom, C., Vanzi, L., Mehret, L., Lorenzini, L., Schneiter, E. M., Melia, R., Lecacheux, J., Colas, F., Vachier, F., Widemann, T., Almenares, L., Sandness, R. G., Char, F., Perez, V., Lemos, P., Martinez, N., Jørgensen, U. G., Dominik, M., Roig, F., Reichart, D. E., LaCluyze, A. P., Haislip, J. B., Ivarsen, K. M., Moore, J. P., Frank, N. R., and Lambas, D. G.

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
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Until now, rings have been detected in the Solar System exclusively around the four giant planets. Here we report the discovery of the first minor-body ring system around the Centaur object (10199) Chariklo, a body with equivalent radius 124$\pm$9 km. A multi-chord stellar occultation revealed the presence of two dense rings around Chariklo, with widths of about 7 km and 3 km, optical depths 0.4 and 0.06, and orbital radii 391 and 405 km, respectively. The present orientation of the ring is consistent with an edge-on geometry in 2008, thus providing a simple explanation for the dimming of Chariklo's system between 1997 and 2008, and for the gradual disappearance of ice and other absorption features in its spectrum over the same period. This implies that the rings are partially composed of water ice. These rings may be the remnants of a debris disk, which were possibly confined by embedded kilometre-sized satellites.

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2014
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5. A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS4 measured from stellar occultations

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

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

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

Abstract

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

Published
2023

7. The Trans-Neptunian Object (84922) 2003 VS2 through Stellar Occultations

Author

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), European Research Council, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Junta de Andalucía, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), Benedetti-Rossi, G, Santos Sanz, Pablo, Ortiz, José Luis, Assafin, M., Sicardy, B, Morales, Nicolás, Vieira-Martins, Roberto, Duffard, René D., Braga-Ribas, F., Rommel, F.L, Camargo, J.I.B., Desmars, J., Colas, A.F, Vachier, F, Alvarez-Candal, A., Fernández-Valenzuela, E, Almenares, L, Artola, R, Baum, T.-P, Behrend, R, Bérard, D, Bianco, F.B, Brosch, N, Ceretta, A, Colazo, C.A, Gomes-Junior, A.R, Ivanov, Valentin D., Jehin, E, Kaspi, S, Lecacheux, J., Maury, A., Melia, R, Moindrot, S, Morgado, B., Opitom, C, Peyrot, A., Pollock, J, Pratt, A, Roland, S, Spagnotto, J, Tancredi, G, Teng, J.-P, Cacella, P, Emilio, M, Feys, F, Gil-Hutton, Ricardo A., Jacques, C, Machado, D.I, Malacarne, M, Manulis, I, Milone, A.C, Rojas, G, Sfair, R., Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brasil), European Research Council, European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Junta de Andalucía, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles), Benedetti-Rossi, G, Santos Sanz, Pablo, Ortiz, José Luis, Assafin, M., Sicardy, B, Morales, Nicolás, Vieira-Martins, Roberto, Duffard, René D., Braga-Ribas, F., Rommel, F.L, Camargo, J.I.B., Desmars, J., Colas, A.F, Vachier, F, Alvarez-Candal, A., Fernández-Valenzuela, E, Almenares, L, Artola, R, Baum, T.-P, Behrend, R, Bérard, D, Bianco, F.B, Brosch, N, Ceretta, A, Colazo, C.A, Gomes-Junior, A.R, Ivanov, Valentin D., Jehin, E, Kaspi, S, Lecacheux, J., Maury, A., Melia, R, Moindrot, S, Morgado, B., Opitom, C, Peyrot, A., Pollock, J, Pratt, A, Roland, S, Spagnotto, J, Tancredi, G, Teng, J.-P, Cacella, P, Emilio, M, Feys, F, Gil-Hutton, Ricardo A., Jacques, C, Machado, D.I, Malacarne, M, Manulis, I, Milone, A.C, Rojas, G, and Sfair, R.

Abstract

We present results from three world-wide campaigns that resulted in the detections of two single-chord and one multi-chord stellar occultations by the plutino object (84922) 2003 VS2. From the single-chord occultations in 2013 and 2014 we obtained accurate astrometric positions for the object, while from the multi-chord occultation on 2014 November 7, we obtained the parameters of the best-fitting ellipse to the limb of the body at the time of occultation. We also obtained short-term photometry data for the body in order to derive its rotational phase during the occultation. The rotational light curve present a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.141 ± 0.009 mag. This allows us to reconstruct the 3D shape of the body, with principal semi-axes of a = 313.8 ± 7.1 km, b = 265.5- + 9.8 8.8 km, and c = 247.3- + 43.6 26.6 km, which is not consistent with a Jacobi triaxial equilibrium figure. The derived spherical volume equivalent diameter of 548.3- + 44.6 29.5 km is about 5% larger than the radiometric diameter of 2003 VS2 derived from Herschel data of 523 ± 35 km, but still compatible with it within error bars. From those results we can also derive the geometric albedo (0.123- + 0.014 0.015) and, under the assumption that the object is a Maclaurin spheroid, the density r = 1400- + 300 1000 for the plutino. The disappearances and reappearances of the star during the occultations do not show any compelling evidence for a global atmosphere considering a pressure upper limit of about 1 microbar for a pure nitrogen atmosphere, nor secondary features (e.g., rings or satellite) around the main body. © 2019. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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2019

8. The Trans-Neptunian Object (84922) 2003 VS2 through Stellar Occultations

Author

Benedetti-Rossi, Gustavo, primary, Santos-Sanz, P., additional, Ortiz, J. L., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Sicardy, B., additional, Morales, N., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Braga-Ribas, F., additional, Rommel, F. L., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Desmars, J., additional, Colas, A. F., additional, Vachier, F., additional, Alvarez-Candal, A., additional, Fernández-Valenzuela, E., additional, Almenares, L., additional, Artola, R., additional, Baum, T.-P., additional, Behrend, R., additional, Bérard, D., additional, Bianco, F. B., additional, Brosch, N., additional, Ceretta, A., additional, Colazo, C. A., additional, Gomes-Junior, A. R., additional, Ivanov, V. D., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Kaspi, S., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Maury, A., additional, Melia, R., additional, Moindrot, S., additional, Morgado, B., additional, Opitom, C., additional, Peyrot, A., additional, Pollock, J., additional, Pratt, A., additional, Roland, S., additional, Spagnotto, J., additional, Tancredi, G., additional, Teng, J.-P., additional, Cacella, P., additional, Emilio, M., additional, Feys, F., additional, Gil-Hutton, R., additional, Jacques, C., additional, Machado, D. I., additional, Malacarne, M., additional, Manulis, I., additional, Milone, A. C., additional, Rojas, G., additional, and Sfair, R., additional

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2019
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9. The Structure of Chariklo’s Rings from Stellar Occultations

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Bérard, D., primary, Sicardy, B., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Desmars, J., additional, Braga-Ribas, F., additional, Ortiz, J.-L., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Morales, N., additional, Meza, E., additional, Leiva, R., additional, Benedetti-Rossi, G., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Júnior, A.-R. Gomes, additional, Assafin, M., additional, Colas, F., additional, Dauvergne, J.-L., additional, Kervella, P., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Maquet, L., additional, Vachier, F., additional, Renner, S., additional, Monard, B., additional, Sickafoose, A. A., additional, Breytenbach, H., additional, Genade, A., additional, Beisker, W., additional, Bath, K.-L., additional, Bode, H.-J., additional, Backes, M., additional, Ivanov, V. D., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Gillon, M., additional, Manfroid, J., additional, Pollock, J., additional, Tancredi, G., additional, Roland, S., additional, Salvo, R., additional, Vanzi, L., additional, Herald, D., additional, Gault, D., additional, Kerr, S., additional, Pavlov, H., additional, Hill, K. M., additional, Bradshaw, J., additional, Barry, M. A., additional, Cool, A., additional, Lade, B., additional, Cole, A., additional, Broughton, J., additional, Newman, J., additional, Horvat, R., additional, Maybour, D., additional, Giles, D., additional, Davis, L., additional, Paton, R. A., additional, Loader, B., additional, Pennell, A., additional, Jaquiery, P.-D., additional, Brillant, S., additional, Selman, F., additional, Dumas, C., additional, Herrera, C., additional, Carraro, G., additional, Monaco, L., additional, Maury, A., additional, Peyrot, A., additional, Teng-Chuen-Yu, J.-P., additional, Richichi, A., additional, Irawati, P., additional, Witt, C. De, additional, Schoenau, P., additional, Prager, R., additional, Colazo, C., additional, Melia, R., additional, Spagnotto, J., additional, Blain, A., additional, Alonso, S., additional, Román, A., additional, Santos-Sanz, P., additional, Rizos, J.-L., additional, Maestre, J.-L., additional, and Dunham, D., additional

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2017
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10. A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo

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Braga-Ribas, F., primary, Sicardy, B., additional, Ortiz, J. L., additional, Snodgrass, C., additional, Roques, F., additional, Vieira-Martins, R., additional, Camargo, J. I. B., additional, Assafin, M., additional, Duffard, R., additional, Jehin, E., additional, Pollock, J., additional, Leiva, R., additional, Emilio, M., additional, Machado, D. I., additional, Colazo, C., additional, Lellouch, E., additional, Skottfelt, J., additional, Gillon, M., additional, Ligier, N., additional, Maquet, L., additional, Benedetti-Rossi, G., additional, Gomes, A. Ramos, additional, Kervella, P., additional, Monteiro, H., additional, Sfair, R., additional, Moutamid, M. El, additional, Tancredi, G., additional, Spagnotto, J., additional, Maury, A., additional, Morales, N., additional, Gil-Hutton, R., additional, Roland, S., additional, Ceretta, A., additional, Gu, S.-h., additional, Wang, X.-b., additional, Harpsøe, K., additional, Rabus, M., additional, Manfroid, J., additional, Opitom, C., additional, Vanzi, L., additional, Mehret, L., additional, Lorenzini, L., additional, Schneiter, E. M., additional, Melia, R., additional, Lecacheux, J., additional, Colas, F., additional, Vachier, F., additional, Widemann, T., additional, Almenares, L., additional, Sandness, R. G., additional, Char, F., additional, Perez, V., additional, Lemos, P., additional, Martinez, N., additional, Jørgensen, U. G., additional, Dominik, M., additional, Roig, F., additional, Reichart, D. E., additional, LaCluyze, A. P., additional, Haislip, J. B., additional, Ivarsen, K. M., additional, Moore, J. P., additional, Frank, N. R., additional, and Lambas, D. G., additional

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2014
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11. A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo

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Lellouch, E., Dominik, M., Maquet, L., Char, F., Wang, X.-b., Reichart, D. E., Mehret, L., Martinez, N., Schneiter, E. M., Morales, N., Moore, J. P., Perez, V., Ligier, N., LaCluyze, A. P., Duffard, R., Ramos Gomes, A., Gil-Hutton, R., Roig, F., Colas, F., Snodgrass, C., Almenares, L., Vieira-Martins, R., Lecacheux, J., Spagnotto, J., Roques, F., Gillon, M., Manfroid, J., Sandness, R. G., Assafin, M., Vanzi, L., Lemos, P., Opitom, C., Skottfelt, J., Widemann, T., El Moutamid, M., Emilio, M., Harpsøe, K., Lambas, D. G., Haislip, J. B., Sfair, R., Jørgensen, U. G., Rabus, M., Monteiro, H., Braga-Ribas, F., Frank, N. R., Ceretta, A., Lorenzini, L., Camargo, J. I. B., Maury, A., Colazo, C., Ortiz, J. L., Vachier, F., Jehin, E., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Machado, D. I., Roland, S., Sicardy, B., Melia, R., Gu, S.-h., Pollock, J., Tancredi, G., Leiva, R., Kervella, P., and Ivarsen, K. M.

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Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy
Abstract

Until now, rings have been detected in the Solar System exclusively around the four giant planets. Here we report the discovery of the rst minor-body ring system around the Centaur object (10199) Chariklo, a body with equivalent radius 124±9 km. A multi-chord stellar occultation revealed the presence of two dense rings around Chariklo, with widths of about 7 km and 3 km, optical depths 0.4 and 0.06, and orbital radii 391 and 405 km, respectively. The present orientation of the ring is consistent with an edge-on geometry in 2008, thus providing a simple explanation for the dimming of Chariklo's system between 1997 and 2008, and for the gradual disappearance of ice and other absorption features in its spectrum over the same period. This implies that the rings are partially composed of water ice. These rings may be the remnants of a debris disk, which were possibly con ned by embedded kilometre-sized satellites.

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