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Characterization of material around the centaur (2060) Chiron from a visible and near-infrared stellar occultation in 2011 by Sickafoose, A A, Bosh, A S, Emery, J P, Person, M J, Zuluaga, C A, Womack, M, Ruprecht, J D, Bianco, F B, Zangari, A M

“…ABSTRACT The centaur (2060) Chiron exhibits outgassing behaviour and possibly hosts a ring system. On 2011 November 29, Chiron occulted a fairly bright star…”
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Experimental investigations on photoelectric and triboelectric charging of dust by Sickafoose, A. A., Colwell, J. E., Horányi, M., Robertson, S.

“…Experiments are performed pertaining to the charging of single dust particles in space due to three effects: (1) photoemission, (2) the collection of electrons…”
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Experimental levitation of dust grains in a plasma sheath by Sickafoose, A. A., Colwell, J. E., Horányi, M., Robertson, S.

“…Dust grains have been observed to levitate above the surface of the Moon and as spokes in Saturn's rings. In order to gain a better understanding of these…”
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The OmegaWhite survey for short-period variable stars – III: follow-up photometric and spectroscopic observations by Macfarlane, S A, Woudt, P A, Groot, P J, Ramsay, G, Toma, R, Motsoaledi, M, Crause, L A, Gilbank, D G, O'Donoghue, D, Potter, S B, Sickafoose, A A, van Gend, C, Worters, H L

“…We present photometric and spectroscopic follow-up observations of short-period variables discovered in the OmegaWhite survey, a wide-field high-cadence g-band…”
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Photoelectric charging of dust particles in vacuum by Sickafoose, A A, Colwell, J E, Horányi, M, Robertson, S

“…Photoelectric charging measurements are presented of dust grains in vacuum for isolated grains and for grains near a photoemissive surface. Isolated grains…”
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Numerical Simulations of (10199) Chariklo’s Rings with a Resonant Perturber by Sickafoose, Amanda A., Lewis, Mark C.

“…Abstract The discovery of two thin rings around the ∼ 250 km sized Centaur Chariklo was the first of its kind, and their formation and evolutionary mechanisms…”
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Astronomy: Ring detected around a dwarf planet by Sickafoose, Amanda A

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Ring detected around a dwarf planet by Sickafoose, Amanda A.

“…Observations of the distant dwarf planet Haumea constrain its size, shape and density, and reveal an encircling planetary ring. The discovery suggests that…”
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Stellar Occultations in the Era of Data Mining and Modern Regression Models: Using Gaussian Processes to Analyze Light Curves and Improve Predictions by Knieling, Bastian, Schindler, Karsten, Sickafoose, Amanda A., Person, Michael J., Levine, Stephen E., Krabbe, Alfred

“…Abstract Gaussian process (GP) regression is a nonparametric Bayesian approach that has been used successfully in various astronomical domains, especially in…”
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Doomed Worlds. I. No New Evidence for Orbital Decay in a Long-term Survey of 43 Ultrahot Jupiters by Adams, Elisabeth R., Jackson, Brian, Sickafoose, Amanda A., Morgenthaler, Jeffrey P., Worters, Hannah, Stubbers, Hailey, Carlson, Dallon, Bhure, Sakhee, Dekeyser, Stijn, Huang, Chelsea X., Weinberg, Nevin N.

“…Abstract Ultrahot Jupiters (UHJs) are likely doomed by tidal forces to undergo orbital decay and eventual disruption by their stars, but the timescale over…”
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The Search for Topographic Correlations within the Reiner Gamma Swirl by Weirich, John R., Domingue, Deborah L., Chuang, Frank C., Sickafoose, Amanda A., Richardson, Matthew D., Palmer, Eric E., Gaskell, Robert W.

“…Abstract Lunar swirls have been traditionally considered to be unaffected by topographic changes. Yet, correlations between areas of high albedo and lower…”
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Material around the Centaur (2060) Chiron from the 2018 November 28 UT Stellar Occultation by Sickafoose, Amanda A., Levine, Stephen E., Bosh, Amanda S., Person, Michael J., Zuluaga, Carlos A., Knieling, Bastian, Lewis, Mark C., Schindler, Karsten

“…A stellar occultation of Gaia DR3 2646598228351156352 by the Centaur (2060) Chiron was observed from the South African Astronomical Observatory on 2018…”
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A Taxonomic Study of Asteroid Families from KMTNet-SAAO Multi-band Photometry by Erasmus, N, McNeill, A, Mommert, M, Trilling, D. E, Sickafoose, A. A, Paterson, K

“…We present here multi-band photometry for over 2000 Main-belt asteroids. For each target we report the probabilistic taxonomy using the measured V-R and V-I…”
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Investigating Taxonomic Diversity within Asteroid Families through ATLAS Dual-Band Photometry by Erasmus, N, Navarro-Meza, S, McNeill, A, Trilling, D. E, Sickafoose, A. A, Denneau, L, Flewelling, H, Heinze, A, Tonry, J. L

“…We present here the c-o colors for identified Flora, Vesta, Nysa-Polana, Themis, and Koronis family members within the historic data set (2015-2018) of the…”
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Measurements of electrical discharges in Martian regolith simulant by Fabian, A., Krauss, C., Sickafoose, A., Horanyi, M., Robertson, S.

“…Due to the prevalence of Martian dust devils and dust storms, an understanding of the underlying physics of electrical discharges in Martian dust is critical…”
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Taxonomy and Light-Curve Data of 1000 Serendipitously Observed Main-Belt Asteroids by Erasmus, N, McNeill, A, Mommert, M, Trilling, D. E, Sickafoose, A. A, van Gend, C

“…We present VRI spectrophotometry of 1003 Main-Belt Asteroids (MBAs) observed with the Sutherland, South Africa, node of the Korea Microlensing Telescope…”
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Characterization of material around the centaur (2060) Chiron from a visible and near-infrared stellar occultation in 2011 by Sickafoose, A. A, Bosh, A. S, Emery, J. P, Person, M. J, Zuluaga, C. A, Womack, M, Ruprecht, J. D, Bianco, F. B, Zangari, A. M

“…The centaur (2060) Chiron has exhibited outgassing behaviour and possibly hosts a ring system. On 2011 November 29, Chiron occulted a fairly bright star (R…”
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A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus by Sickafoose, A.A., Bosh, A.S., Levine, S.E., Zuluaga, C.A., Genade, A., Schindler, K., Lister, T.A., Person, M.J.

“…•This is the first recorded multi-chord stellar occultation by Orcus’ satellite Vanth.•For a spherical Vanth, the diameter is constrained to 443 ± 10 km.•A 3-σ…”
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A stellar occultation by Vanth, a satellite of (90482) Orcus by Sickafoose, A. A, Bosh, A. S, Levine, S. E, Zuluaga, C. A, Genade, A, Schindler, K, Lister, T. A, Person, M. J

“…A stellar occultation by the large trans-Neptunian object (90482) Orcus was predicted to occur on 2017 March 07. Observations were made at five sites in North…”
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Characterization of Near-Earth Asteroids using KMTNet-SAAO by Erasmus, N, Mommert, M, Trilling, D. E, Sickafoose, A. A, van Gend, C, Hora, J. L

“…We present here VRI spectrophotometry of 39 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) observed with the Sutherland, South Africa, node of the Korea Microlensing Telescope…”
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