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Our best-fit triaxial shape model for G!kún∣∣’h...

Our best-fit triaxial shape model for G!kún∣∣’hòmdímà. Colored lines show the various oc...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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A corner plot showing the triaxial shape model ...

A corner plot showing the triaxial shape model derived for G!kún∣∣’hòmdímà. Marginal (on...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Best-fit shape model of Haumea, in the style of...

Best-fit shape model of Haumea, in the style of Figure 2. The shape model shown here cor...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Best-fit shape model for Varda, in the style of...

Best-fit shape model for Varda, in the style of Figure 2. The shape model shown here cor...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The size–density relationship of TNOs. Sizes/de...

The size–density relationship of TNOs. Sizes/densities updated here are shown by stars. ...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Residuals for the Varda-Ilmarë orbit fit. Circl...

Residuals for the Varda-Ilmarë orbit fit. Circles show the 1σ, 2σ, and 3σ contours. The ...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Corner plot for our Keplerian orbit fit of Vard...

Corner plot for our Keplerian orbit fit of Varda-Ilmarë. Horizontal/vertical lines show ...

Benjamin Proudfoot et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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The x vs. y progression of regolith ejection an...

The x vs. y progression of regolith ejection and capture in the equatorial plane around ...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Semimajor axis vs. eccentricity (a versus e) pl...

Semimajor axis vs. eccentricity (a versus e) plot of regolith capture of the same simula...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide...

Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide-like ejection from the long axis (left p...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Initial simulation setup in the inertial refere...

Initial simulation setup in the inertial reference frame of Swiftest (C. Wishard et al. ...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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A close-in diagram explaining the terminology f...

A close-in diagram explaining the terminology for the ejection direction of vejection. R...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a radial ej...

Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a radial ejection around Chariklo from the long axis...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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This cartoon qualitatively explains the general...

This cartoon qualitatively explains the general process by which the ellipsoidal Centaur...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Regolith mass in orbit vs. time when considerin...

Regolith mass in orbit vs. time when considering different gravitational harmonics terms...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Mass in orbit at t = 100 Trot per initial vejec...

Mass in orbit at t = 100 Trot per initial vejection bin for a landslide ejection from th...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide...

Regolith mass in orbit vs. time for a landslide-like ejection around Chiron. Here we onl...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Mass captured at t = 100 Trot per initial vejec...

Mass captured at t = 100 Trot per initial vejection bin for a landslide ejection around ...

Kaustub P. Anand et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 6

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Evolution of the barycentric distance of C/2025...

Evolution of the barycentric distance of C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS); zero instant of time, ep...

Carlos de la Fuente Marcos and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos, Research Notes of the AAS 10 6

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The distribution of scaled uncertainties averag...

The distribution of scaled uncertainties averaged in 3° decl. bins for CRF-K-2025 (plus ...

David Gordon et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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The effect of including GNSS ionosphere calibra...

The effect of including GNSS ionosphere calibrations on decl. at K band. Decl. with GNSS...

David Gordon et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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Distribution of the 268 K-band sources from the...

Distribution of the 268 K-band sources from the 10 24 hr VLBA sessions of G. E. Lanyi et...

David Gordon et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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Distribution of the 1317 sources of the CRF-K-2...

Distribution of the 1317 sources of the CRF-K-2025 catalog. The dotted lines show the ec...

David Gordon et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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Probabilities of a temperate terrestrial planet...

Probabilities of a temperate terrestrial planet for the conservative (top) and optimisti...

Jamie Dietrich et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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The CHZ2 metric compared to the stellar effecti...

The CHZ2 metric compared to the stellar effective temperature. In general, the CHZ2 has ...

Jamie Dietrich et al, The Astronomical Journal 172 1

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