Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    Monitoring of asteroids in cometary orbits and activated asteroids through archival images and new observations
    Context. Transitional objects are minor bodies that share some characteristics with asteroids and others with comets. These objects include asteroids in...
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    More than 160 near Earth asteroids observed in the EURONEAR network
    Context. The EUROpean Near Earth Asteroid Research (EURONEAR) is a network which envisions to bring some European contributions into the general context traced...
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    Morphology and spectral properties of the DART impact ejecta with VLT/MUSE
    Context. On September 26, 2022, the NASA DART mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, the smaller component of the Didymos binary asteroid system. This...
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    Multivariable statistical analysis of spectrophotometry and spectra of (162173) Ryugu as observed by JAXA Hayabusa2 mission
    Context. Starting from late June 2018, the JAXA asteroid sample return mission Hayabusa2 acquired a large quantity of resolved images and spectra of the surface...
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    Near Earth Asteroids positions (Birlan+, 2010)
    The EURONEAR_Release1 catalog contains 1544 positions of 155 Near-Earth Asteroids, obtained between 2006 and 2008. (2 data files).
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    Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon: Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters
    Context. The near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon is an intriguing object: its perihelion is at only 0.14 au and is associated with the Geminid meteor stream...
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    Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
    Context. The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to...
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    Near-infrared colors of minor planets recovered from VISTA-VHS survey (MOVIS)
    Context. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) provide information about the surface composition of about 100 000...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission
    Context. Primitive asteroids contain complex organic material and ices relevant to the origin of life on Earth. These types of asteroids are the target of...