The evolution of the spin rate of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 through two perihelion passages (in 2000 and 2005) is determined from 1922 Earth-based observations taken...
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PublicationStardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1
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PublicationTaxonomy of asteroids in the Cybele region from the analysis of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey colors
In this paper we search for photometric data of asteroids in the outer region of the Hecuba gap in the Moving Object Catalogue of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey...
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PublicationThe binary near-Earth Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 - An observational constraint on its orbital evolution
Using our photometric observations taken between April 1996 and January 2013 and other published data, we derived properties of the binary near-Earth Asteroid...
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PublicationThe persistent activity of Jupiter-family comets at 3–7 AU
We analyze the activity of 89 comets observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope.We conclude that at least 24% of Jupiter-family comets are active at 3–7 AU...
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PublicationThe size and thermal properties of the nucleus of Comet 22P/Kopff
We detected the nucleus of Comet 22P/Kopff at 4.87 AU from the Sun with the two IRS peak-up cameras of the Spitzer Space Telescope on April 19, 2007. Using the...
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PublicationThe spatial distribution of impact craters on Ryugu
Asteroid 162173 Ryugu has numerous craters. The initial measurement of impact craters on Ryugu, by Sugita et al. (2019), is based on Hayabusa2 ONC images...
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PublicationThe spectroscopic properties of the Lixiaohua family, cradle of Main Belt Comets
The Lixiaohua collisional family lies in the Outer Main Belt, close to the well characterized Themis primitive class family. It is one of the only three...
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PublicationThe surface composition of Jupiter Trojans: Visible and near-infrared survey of dynamical families
Asteroid dynamical families are supposed to be formed from the collisional disruption of parent bodies. As a consequence, the investigation of the surface...
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PublicationThe Veritas and Themis asteroid families: 5-14 μm spectra with the Spitzer Space Telescope
Spectroscopic investigations of primitive asteroid families constrain family evolution and composition and conditions in the solar nebula, and reveal...