Stellar occultations by trans-Neptunian objects

B Sicardy, F Braga-Ribas, MW Buie, JL Ortiz… - The Astronomy and …, 2024 - Springer
Stellar occultations provide a powerful tool to explore objects of the outer solar system. The
Gaia mission now provides milli-arcsec accuracy on the predictions of these events and …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid formation of binary asteroid systems post rotational failure: a recipe for making atypically shaped satellites

J Wimarsson, Z Xiang, F Ferrari, M Jutzi, G Madeira… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Binary asteroid formation is a highly complex process, which has been highlighted with
recent observations of satellites with unexpected shapes, such as the oblate Dimorphos by …

The dynamical structure of a hypothetical disc of particles around the asteroid 99942 Apophis

RM Oliveira, G Valvano, OC Winter, R Sfair… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
The asteroid 99942 Apophis is a Near Earth Asteroid, which was just recently removed from
the Potentially Hazardous Asteroids list, since there is no risk of collision with the Earth for …

Surface modification of transition metals (TM: Mn, Fe, Co) decorated Pt-doped carbon quantum dots (Pt@ CQDs) nanostructure as nonenzymatic sensors for …

I Benjamin, BO Ekpong, HY Abdullah… - Materials Science in …, 2024 - Elsevier
To develop a method for the detection of nitrotyrosine (NTS), transition metals: cobalt (Co),
Iron (Fe), and Manganese (Mn) decorated Platinum-doped carbon quantum dot (Pt@ CQDs) …

Long-term dust dynamics in Didymos and Dimorphos system: Production, stability, and transport

G Madeira, S Charnoz, N Rambaux, P Robutel - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Target of NASA's DART mission, the system of Didymos and Dimorphos will once again be
visited by a space mission—ESA's Hera mission, scheduled to be launch in 2024. Hera will …

Gravitational disturbance on asteroidal ring systems by close encounter with a small object

R Ikeya, N Hirata - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
To date, rings are found around a Centaur (10199) Chariklo, trans-Neptunian objects
(TNOs)(136108) Haumea, and (50000) Quaoar. These discoveries suggest that asteroidal …

Orbit classification in a galaxy model with a biaxial dark matter halo

HI Alrebdi, KE Papadakis, FL Dubeibe… - Astronomy and Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analysis of a galaxy model with axial symmetry that includes a
spherical nucleus, a disk, and a biaxial halo composed of dark matter. The aim is to provide …