N-body simulations with Swiftest show that surface regolith ejected from ellipsoidal Centaurs can form captured proto-ring disks, with highest efficiency from equatorial avalanches.
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New stellar occultation data from 2017-2023 indicates Pluto's atmospheric pressure plateaued from 2015 to 2021 and has started to drop, with lower-atmosphere slope changes consistent with haze settling.
Triaxial gravitational fields of small solar system bodies stabilize narrow rings against solar radiation pressure loss, allowing sub-mm particles to persist.
Numerical integrations favor interpreting the Quaoar occultation feature as a satellite rather than a triangular-point confined arc, while identifying stable regions for additional moons.
Stellar occultation campaigns on Gaia binary candidates produced 33 multi-positive events for 24 asteroids, with four showing binary or contact-binary signatures.
JWST observations yield upper limits on CH4 and CO partial pressures in 2002 XV93 of (3-10)×10^{-6} and (50-300)×10^{-6} nbar, well below the 100-200 nbar from occultation.
N-body simulations show tidal fragments form narrow circular equatorial rings around Saturn for low-to-moderate inclinations with radius set by vertical angular momentum conservation, while high inclinations cause most material to accrete onto the planet.
Reports asymmetric heliocentric activity slopes for 103P/Hartley 2 and exponential outburst decay plus flattening phase curves for Chiron from ATLAS, ZTF, and LCO photometry.
The paper assesses the feasibility of using SKA-AA4 for thermal detections and characterization of TNOs and Centaurs at cm wavelengths.
Multi-technique observations constrain the configuration of the ξ Tau system, detecting orbital oscillations on multiple timescales and suggesting component C is itself a binary.
Astronomical objects from asteroids to stars mostly follow a cohesive mass-density sequence reflecting gravitational contraction and nuclear ignition, while compact stellar remnants deviate from it.
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Configuration of the $\xi$ Tau system constrained by multi-technique observations
Multi-technique observations constrain the configuration of the ξ Tau system, detecting orbital oscillations on multiple timescales and suggesting component C is itself a binary.