Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    Lightcurves and Pole Determinations for Asteroids 31 Euphrosyne, 196 Philomena, and 471 Papagena
    We present lightcurves ofasteroids 31 Euphrosyne, 196 Philomena and 471 Papagena and apply two different amplitude-aspect methods for pole and shape...
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    Links between the dynamical evolution and the surface color of the Centaurs
    Context. The Centaurs are a transitional population of minor bodies of the solar system and the evolutionary link between the trans-Neptunian objects and the...
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    Long-term variability in debris transiting white dwarfs
    Combining archival photometric observations from multiple large-area surveys spanning the past 17 years, we detect long-term variability in the light curves of...
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    Machine Learning for Searching the Dark Energy Survey for Trans-Neptunian Objects
    In this paper we investigate how implementing machine learning could improve the efficiency of the search for Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) within Dark Energy...
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    Main belt asteroids taxonomical information from dark energy survey data
    While proper orbital elements are currently available for more than 1 million asteroids, taxonomical information is still lagging behind. Surveys like SDSS-MOC4...
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    Mineralogical analysis of 14 PHAs from ViNOS data
    Potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are objects that can have close encounters with Earth and are significantly large to cause significant regional damage in...
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    Mineralogical characterization of A-type asteroid (1951) Lick
    We have obtained visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of asteroid (1951) Lick. According to its spectral characteristics in the visible region, this...
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    Mini-moons from horseshoes: A physical characterization of 2022 NX<SUB>1</SUB> with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias
    Context. The near-Earth orbital space is shared by natural objects and space debris that can be temporarily captured in geocentric orbits. Short-term natural...
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    Mining the ESO WFI and INT WFC archives for known Near Earth Asteroids. Mega-Precovery software
    The ESO/MPG WFI and the INT WFC wide field archives comprising 330 000 images were mined to search for serendipitous encounters of known Near Earth Asteroids...