Dynamicalmass estimates for the main asteroid belt and the trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt
have been found from their gravitational influence on the motion of planets. Discrete rotating …

Context. The tenuous nitrogen (N 2) atmosphere on Pluto undergoes strong seasonal effects
due to high obliquity and orbital eccentricity, and has recently (July 2015) been observed by …

The Kuiper belt includes tens of thousand of large bodies and millions of smaller objects.
The main part of the belt objects is located in the annular zone between 39.4 and 47.8 au …

PRAIA–Package for the Reduction of Astronomical Images Automatically–is a suite of
astrometric and photometric tasks designed to cope with huge amounts of heterogeneous …

We present results from a multi-chord Pluto stellar occultation observed on 2015 June 29
from New Zealand and Australia. This occurred only two weeks before the NASA New …

We analyze two multi-chord stellar occultations by Pluto that were observed on 2012 July
18th and 2013 May 4th, and respectively monitored from five and six sites. They provide a …

We use astrometry of Pluto and other trans-neptunian objects to constrain the sky location,
distance, and mass of the possible additional planet (Planet Nine) hypothesized by Batygin …

The aim of this work is to develop a new numerical ephemeris of the Sun, the eight planets,
the Pluto and the Moon. We first construct a dynamical model, which consists of translational …

In terms of scientific output, the best way to study solar system bodies is sending spacecraft
to make in situ measurements or to observe at close distance. Probably, the second best …

The colour of a star is a critical feature to reflect its physical property such as the
temperature. The colour index is usually obtained via absolute photometry, which is …