Differential aperture photometry and digital coronagraphy with PRAIA

M Assafin - Planetary and Space Science, 2023 - Elsevier
PRAIA–Package for the Reduction of Astronomical Images Automatically–is a suite of
photometric and astrometric tasks designed to cope with huge amounts of heterogeneous …

SORA: Stellar occultation reduction and analysis

AR Gomes-Júnior, BE Morgado… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The stellar occultation technique provides competitive accuracy in determining the sizes,
shapes, astrometry, etc., of the occulting body, comparable to in-situ observations by …

Astrometry with PRAIA

M Assafin - Planetary and Space Science, 2023 - Elsevier
PRAIA–Package for the Reduction of Astronomical Images Automatically–is a suite of
astrometric and photometric tasks designed to cope with huge amounts of heterogeneous …

Physical properties of the trans-Neptunian object (38628) Huya from a multi-chord stellar occultation

P Santos-Sanz, JL Ortiz, B Sicardy, M Popescu… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. As part of our international program aimed at obtaining accurate physical properties
of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), we predicted a stellar occultation by the TNO (38628) …

Stellar occultations enable milliarcsecond astrometry for Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs

FL Rommel, F Braga-Ribas, J Desmars… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Centaurs are remnants of our planetary
system formation, and their physical properties have invaluable information for evolutionary …

A multi-chord stellar occultation by the large trans-Neptunian object (174567) Varda

D Souami, F Braga-Ribas, B Sicardy… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. We present results from the first recorded stellar occultation by the large trans-
Neptunian object (174567) Varda that was observed on September 10, 2018. Varda …

CCD astrometric measurements for the dwarf planet Haumea by ground-based telescopes

QY Peng, BF Guo, A Vienne, W Tian, X Lu… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. The purpose of this work is to investigate an astrometric method to accurately measure
the precise position of the center of mass of the dwarf planet Haumea and its satellites …

The large trans-Neptunian object 2002 TC302 from combined stellar occultation, photometry, and astrometry data

JL Ortiz, P Santos-Sanz, B Sicardy… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Deriving physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects is important for the
understanding of our Solar System. This requires observational efforts and the development …

The multichord stellar occultation on 2019 October 22 by the trans-Neptunian object (84922) 2003 VS2

M Vara-Lubiano, G Benedetti-Rossi… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Stellar occultations have become one of the best techniques to gather information
about the physical properties of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), which are critical objects …

Stellar Occultation by the Resonant Trans-Neptunian Object (523764) 2014 WC510 Reveals a Close Binary TNO

R Leiva, MW Buie, JM Keller… - The Planetary …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the stellar occultation by (523764) 2014 WC 510 observed on 2018 December
1 UT. This occultation campaign was part of the Research and Education Collaborative …