Astrofísicas: Asteroides

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    5-14 μm Spitzer spectra of Themis family asteroids
    Context. The Themis collisional family is one of the largest and best established families in the main belt. Composed of primitive asteroids, there is evidence...
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    A comparative analysis of the outer-belt primitive families
    Context. Asteroid families are witnesses to the intense collisional evolution that occurred on the asteroid belt. The study of the physical properties of family...
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    A comprehensive study of the opposition effect on 15 NEOs
    We report the results we derived analyzing photometric measurements obtained at different phase angles for 15 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), observed from Campo...
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    A dearth of small particles in the transiting material around the white dwarf WD 1145+017
    White dwarf WD 1145+017 is orbited by several clouds of dust, possibly emanating from actively disintegrating bodies. These dust clouds reveal themselves...
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    A Short-duration Event as the Cause of Dust Ejection from Main-Belt Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs)
    We present observations and an interpretative model of the dust environment of the Main-Belt Comet P/2010 F5 (Gibbs). The narrow dust trails observed can be...
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    A stellar occultation by the transneptunian object (50000) Quaoar observed by CHEOPS
    Context. Stellar occultation is a powerful technique that allows the determination of some physical parameters of the occulting object. The result depends on...
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    A targeted search for Main Belt Comets
    Main Belt Comets (MBCs) exhibit sublimation-driven activity while occupying asteroid-like orbits in the Main Asteroid Belt. MBCs and candidates show stronger...
  • Noticia
    Actividades por el Día del Asteroide
    Con motivo de esta celebración, que conmemora el impacto del bólido de Tunguska en 1908, varios investigadores del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)...
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    Additional spectra of asteroid 1996 FG3, backup target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission
    Context. Near-Earth binary asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 is the current backup target of the ESA MarcoPolo-R mission, selected for the study phase of ESA M3...