Publications

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  • Prevalence of Fast Rotators among Small Near-Earth Asteroids: AN Ongoing Survey from the Canary Islands Observatories
    Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) provide valuable opportunities to study the physical and structural properties of small bodies. While most asteroids have rotation periods longer than the ""cohesionless spin barrier""—a 2.2-hour limit beyond which rubble-pile asteroids would break apart due to centrifugal forces—some rotate much faster, challenging
    Alarcon, Miguel R. et al.

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    2025
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  • CTAO status and perspective
    The Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) is the upcoming next-generation ground-based gamma-ray observatory. CTAO will have two sites, one located in the northern hemisphere in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma (Spain) and a sourthern site in Paranal (Chile). CTAO will count on improved sensitivity, angular and spectral
    López-Oramas, Alicia

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    2025
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  • Atlas-Teide a Modular and Cost-Effective Upgrade to the Atlas Network
    In this work, we present the first results of the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) unit installed by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) at Teide Observatory (TO) on Tenerife Island, Spain, in January 2025. The ATLAS-Teide unit operate as part of the ATLAS network (https://atlas.fallingstar.com/) under an agreement
    Licandro, J. et al.

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    2025
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  • WEAVE First Light Observations: Origin and Dynamics of the Shock Front in Stephan's Quintet
    We present a detailed study of the large-scale shock front in Stephan's Quintet, a by-product of past and ongoing interactions. Using integral-field spectroscopy from the new William Herschel Telescope Enhanced Area Velocity Explorer (WEAVE), recent 144 MHz observations from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, and archival data from the Very Large
    Arnaudova, M. I. et al.

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    2024
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  • Unveiling the ice and gas nature of active centaur (2060) Chiron using the James Webb Space Telescope
    Context. (2060) Chiron is a large centaur that has been reported active on multiple occasions at relatively large heliocentric distances, including during aphelion passage. Studies of Chiron's coma during active periods have resulted in the detection of C≡N and CO outgassing. Additionally, Chiron is surrounded by a disk of debris that varies with
    Pinilla-Alonso, N. et al.

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    2024
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  • Unequivocal detection of the tidal deformation of a red giant in a binary system via interferometry
    While mass transfer in binary systems is a crucial aspect of binary evolution models, it remains far from understood. HD 352 is a spectroscopic binary exhibiting ellipsoidal variability, likely due to a tidally deformed giant donor filling its Roche lobe and transferring matter to a faint companion. Here, we analyze VLTI/PIONIER interferometric
    Merc, Jaroslav et al.

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    2024
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