Search Results - "Trujillo, Chad"
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Photometric Observations Constraining the Size, Shape, and Albedo of 2003 EL61, a Rapidly Rotating, Pluto-sized Object in the Kuiper Belt
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2006)“…We present measurements at optical wavelengths of the spectral reflectance, rotational light curve, and solar phase curve of 2003 EL61. With apparent visual…”
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Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (01-07-2006)“…Coordinated ground‐based observations of Titan were performed around or during the Huygens atmospheric probe mission at Titan on 14 January 2005, connecting…”
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All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries
Published in Nature astronomy (01-04-2017)“…The cold classical Kuiper belt objects have low inclinations and eccentricities 1 , 2 and are the only Kuiper belt population suspected to have formed in situ…”
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Global near-IR maps from Gemini-N and Keck in 2010, with a special focus on Janus Patera and Kanehekili Fluctus
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-11-2014)“…•Global maps of Io’s volcanic activity in 2001 and 2010 differ dramatically.•Thermal emission from Janus Patera is relatively steady from 1996 to 2010.•Thermal…”
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Gemini-N mid-IR observations of the dust properties of the ejecta excavated from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 during Deep Impact
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (01-10-2007)“…We present mid-infrared spectra and images from the Gemini-N (+MICHELLE) observational campaign of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 before, during, and after its encounter…”
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Kuiper Belt Occultation Predictions
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-08-2013)“…ABSTRACT Here we present observations of seven large Kuiper Belt objects. From these observations, we extract a point source catalog with ∼0.01″ precision, and…”
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Water Ice in 2060 Chiron and Its Implications for Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2000)“…We report the detection of water ice in the Centaur 2060 Chiron, based on near-infrared spectra (1.0-2.5 µm) taken with the 3.8 m United Kingdom Infrared…”
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Correction: Corrigendum: All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries
Published in Nature astronomy (24-04-2017)“…Nature Astronomy 1, 0088 (2017); published 4 April 2017; corrected 24 April 2017. In the version of the Supplementary Information originally published the 2001…”
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New Extreme Trans-Neptunian Objects: Towards a Super-Earth in the Outer Solar System
Published 12-09-2016“…We are conducting a survey for extreme solar system objects to understand Sedna and 2012 VP113 and determine if an unknown massive planet exists in the outer…”
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Gemini-N mid-IR observations of the dust properties of the ejecta excavated from Comet 9P/Tempel 1 during Deep Impact
Published in Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962) (2007)“…We present mid-infrared spectra and images from the Gemini-N (+MICHELLE) observational campaign of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 before, during, and after its encounter…”
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Deep Drilling Fields for Solar System Science
Published 23-12-2018“…We propose an ecliptic Deep Drilling Field that will discover some 10,000~small and faint Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) --- primitive rocky/icy bodies that orbit…”
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Implications for planetary system formation from interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua)
Published 09-11-2017“…The recently discovered minor body 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua) is the first known object in our Solar System that is not bound by the Sun's gravity. Its hyperbolic…”
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All planetesimals born near the Kuiper Belt formed as binaries
Published 01-05-2017“…The cold classical Kuiper belt objects have low inclinations and eccentricities and are the only Kuiper belt population suspected to have formed in situ…”
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Limits on Quaoar's Atmosphere
Published 09-08-2013“…Here we present high cadence photometry taken by the Acquisition Camera on Gemini South, of a close passage by the $\sim540$ km radius Kuiper Belt Object,…”
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A Southern Sky and Galactic Plane Survey for Bright Kuiper Belt Objects
Published 26-07-2011“…About 2500 square degrees of sky south of declination -25 degrees and/or near the galactic plane were surveyed for bright outer solar system objects. This…”
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Kuiper Belt Occultation Predictions
Published 27-06-2013“…Here we present observations of 7 large Kuiper Belt Objects. From these observations, we extract a point source catalog with $\sim0.01"$ precision, and…”
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GNOMOS: The Gemini NIR-Optical Multi Object Spectrograph
Published 19-03-2012“…This paper is a response to a call for white papers solicited by Gemini Observatory and its Science and Technology Advisory Committee, to help define the…”
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Photometric Observations Constraining the Size, Shape, and Albedo of 2003 El61, a Rapidly Rotating, Pluto-Sized Object in the Kuiper Belt
Published 16-09-2005“…Astrophys.J.639:1238-1251,2006 We present measurements at optical wavelengths of the spectral reflectance, rotational light curve, and solar phase curve of…”
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