Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    A dedicated survey of fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids with the Two-meter Twin Telescope: I. Observational strategy and first results
    Context. The rotational properties of small near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) provide crucial insights into their internal structure and collisional history. However...
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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...
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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...
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    Asteroid Lightcurves from the MOA-II Survey: a pilot study
    The Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA-II) survey has performed high cadence, wide field observations of the Galactic Bulge from New Zealand since...
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    Asteroid reflectance spectra from Gaia DR3: Near-UV in primitive asteroids
    Context. In the context of charge-coupled devices (CCDs), the ultraviolet (UV) region has mostly remained unexplored after the 1990s. Gaia DR3 offers the...
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    Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations
    Context. The sizes of many asteroids, especially slowly rotating, low-amplitude targets, remain poorly constrained due to selection effects. These biases limit...
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    Asteroids' reflectance from Gaia DR3: Artificial reddening at near-UV wavelengths
    Context. Observational and instrumental difficulties observing small bodies below 0.5 μm make this wavelength range poorly studied compared with the visible and...