Small bodies

MAPS OF SMALL BODIES


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Small bodies

Asteroids

Gucsik, A., Nakamura, T., Ninagawa, K., Kimura, Y., Kayama, M., Tsuchiyama, A., Bérczi, Sz., & Kereszturi, A. (2013). Cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy of a plagioclase particle from asteroid Itokawa: Results of a preliminary investigation. 4th Symposium on Polar Science, Tokyo, Tachikawa.

Bérczi, Sz., Holba, Á., & Lukács, B. (1994). On Discriminating Asteroid Spectra by Filtering. In B. Lukács, I. Kubovics, L. Stegena, & Sz. Bérczi (Eds.), Evolution of extraterrestrial materials and structures (MTA-KFKI-1994-22/C; pp. 57–73). MTA Központi Fizikai Kutatóintézet.

Comets and other small bodies

Further publications by topic

Comets

Wieser, G. S., Nilsson, H., Behar, E., Wedlund, C. S., Kallio, E. J., Gunell, H., Edberg, N. J., Eriksson, A. I., Yamauchi, M., Koenders, C., Wieser, M., Lundin, R. N. A., Mandt, K., Burch, J. L., Goldstein, R., Mokashi, P., Carr, C., Cupido, E., Fox, P. T., …, Geiger, B. (2015). The Evolution of Comet 67P as Seen by a Mass-Resolving Ion Spectrometer. AGU, abstract #P31E-2101.

Li, J., Kelley, M., Farnham, T., A'Hearn, M., Knight, M., Weaver, H., Mutchler, M., Lamy, P., & Tóth, I. (2013). Early pre-perihelion characterization of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). DPS, abstract #407.02.

Further research

Fu, X., Saveriano, F., Soldini, S., Ferrari, F., Richardson, D. C., Hirabayashi, M., Rossi, A., Fahnestock, E. G., Farnham, T. L., Gucsik, A., Ivanovski, S. L., Jutzi, M., Kereszturi, A., Li, J., Marzari, F., Merrill, C. C., Moreno, F., Raducan, S. D., Rizos, J. L., …, Michel, P. (2025). Orbital Capture of Ejecta into Periodic Orbits around Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos. Planetary Science Journal, 6(7), 174. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade8eb

The study models ejecta trajectories around the Didymos binary asteroid after the DART impact. It investigates which launch locations, speeds and directions could place particles on repeating orbits under the combined effects of gravity and sunlight pressure. Source

Szakáts, R., Kiss, C., & Müller, T. (2025). Photometry of serendipitously observed asteroids with Herschel/PACS. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, abstract #EPSC-DPS2025-1349.

The researchers search archived Herschel observations for asteroids that happened to pass through the field of view. Measuring their infrared emission provides information about physical properties for which dedicated observations are scarce. Source

Takács, N., Kiss, C., Szakáts, R., Plachy, E., Kalup, C., Szabó, G. M., Molnár, L., Sárneczky, K., Szabó, R., Bódi, A., & Pál, A. (2025). Probing Internal Structure Through Extremes: The Fastest Rotators Among Hilda and Jovian Trojan Asteroids. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, abstract #EPSC-DPS2025-266.

TESS observations identify exceptionally fast-spinning Hilda and Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Their rotation rates help estimate the density or internal cohesion needed to keep these bodies from breaking apart. Source

Najda, K., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Bartczak, P., Takács, N., Kiss, C., Bosh, J. M., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M., & Polińska, M. (2024). Determination of physical parameters of asteroids based on data from space and ground-based telescopes.. EPSC, abstract #EPSC2024-340.

Observations by professional and amateur astronomers are combined with space-telescope data to model asteroids. Brightness changes recorded from many directions help estimate shape and rotation details that a single observation cannot reveal. Source

Takács, N., Plachy, E., Sódorné Bognár, Z., Szakáts, R., Takács, D., Bódi, A., Marton, G., Pál, A., Szabó M., G., Molnár, L., Sárneczky, K., Vinkó, J., Szabó, R., Kiss, C., Bartczak, P., & Podlewska-Gaca, E. (2024). Exploring the physical properties of Jupiter Trojans and Hildas with the TESS space telescope. EPSC, abstract #EPSC2024-100.

Long, continuous TESS observations are used to study rotation among Hilda and Jupiter Trojan asteroids. Comparisons with ground-based data examine the frequency of slow rotators and differences between asteroid groups. Source

Kiss, C., Marton, G., Parker, A., Grundy, W., Takácsné Farkas, A., Stansberry, J., Pál, A., Müller, T. G., Noll, K., Schwamb, M. E., Barr, M. A. C., Young, L. A., & Vinkó, J. (2018). The mass and density of the dwarf planet 2007 OR10. DPS, abstract #id.311.02.

Lagoa, V. M. A., Müller, T. G., Marciniak, A., Kiss, C., Duffard, R., Bartczak, P., Butkiewicz-Bak, M., Dudzinski, G., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Marton, G., Morales, P. N., Ortiz, J. L., Podlewska-Gaca, E., Oszkiewicz, D., Santana-Ros, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Szakáts, R., Takácsné Farkas, A., & Verebélyi, E. (2018). Thermal properties of large main belt asteroids derived from Herschel PACS data. DPS, abstract #id.408.01.

Müller, T., Marciniak, A., Kiss, C., Duffard, R., Ali-Lagoa, V., Bartczak, P., Butkiewicz-Bak, M., Dudzinski, G., Fernandez-Valenzuela, E., Marton, G., Morales, N., Ortiz, J. -., Oszkiewicz, D., Santana-Ros, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Szakáts, R., Takácsné Farkas, A., & Verebélyi, E. (2017). Small Bodies Near and Far (SBNAF): Characterization of asteroids and TNOs. EPSC, abstract #474.

Duffard, R., Mueller, T., Marciniak, A., Santana-Ros, T., Ortiz, J., Santos-Sanz, P., Fernandez-Valenzuela, E., Kiss, C., Verebélyi, E., Bartczak, P., Butkiewicz-Bak, M., Dudziński, G., Szakáts, R., & Takácsné Farkas, A. (2016). Small Bodies: Near and Far (SBNAF). DPS, abstract #326.08.

Futó, P., Gucsik, A., & Kimura, Y. (2012). The effect of the variable C/O ratio on the bulk mineralogy of carbon – rich asteroidal interiors.. ACM, abstract #abstract 2028.

Futó, P., Gucsik, A., & Kimura, Y. (2012). The plausible bulk mineralogies for the rocky asteroidal interiors in the nearby planetary systems.. ACM, abstract #1.

Santos-Sanz, P., Kiss, C., Lellouch, E., Müller, T., Stansberry, J., Böhnhardt, H., Lacerda, P., Ortiz, J., Thirouin, A., Duffard, R., Pál, A., Vilenius, E., Fornasier, S., Lim, T., & 'Tnos, A. C. T. (2011). Thermal lightcurve observations of TNOs with Herschel. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, abstract #EPSC-DPS2011-1099.

Trans-Neptunian objects and dwarf planets

Kiss, C., Gabányi, K. É., Moór, A., Thomas, M., Estela, F., Arielle, M., Tamás, B., & Kalup, C. (2025). ALMA submm measurements of the trans-Neptunian binary system satellites Ilmarë, Actaea, Hi’iaka and Namaka. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, abstract #epsc-dps2025-905.

ALMA observations investigate thermal emission from several satellites of trans-Neptunian bodies. The measurements help constrain their physical properties and test formation scenarios involving large impacts. Source

Protopapa, S., Wong, I., Johnson, P., Grundy, W. M., Emery, J. P., Lellouch, E., Holler, B., Glein, C. R., Kiss, C., Müller, T., Brunetto, R., Cartwright, R. J., Guilbert-Lepoutre, A., Hammel, H. B., Milam, S. N., Parker, A. H., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Raut, U., Santos-Sanz, P., & Stansberry, J. (2025). JWST/NIRSpec Observations of Makemake: Hydrocarbon Chemistry and Surface Processes on a Methane-Rich Trans-Neptunian Object. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2025, Helsinki, Finland, abstract #EPSC-DPS2025-968.

James Webb observations examine infrared signatures on Makemake's methane-rich surface. Hydrocarbons and ice composition provide clues to how irradiation and temperature changes alter this distant world. Source

Szakáts, R., Kiss, C., Ortiz, J. L., Morales, N., Pál, A., Müller, T., Greiner, J., Santos-Sanz, P., Marton, G., Duffard, R., Sági, P., & Forgácsné Dajka, E. (2024). Tidally locked rotation and spin phase dependent J - H color of the dwarf planet (136199) Eris. EPSC, abstract #EPSC2024-1046.

Ground-based and space-telescope observations are used to study Eris's brightness variations. The results suggest rotation synchronized with its moon Dysnomia's orbit; modeling this process also constrains the moon's mass and the system's evolution. Source

Santos-Sanz, P., Ortiz, J. L., Sicardy, B., Rossi, G., Berard, D., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Braga-Ribas, F., Hopp, U., Ries, C., Nascimbeni, V., Marzari, F., Granata, V., Pál, A., Kiss, C., Pribulla, T., Milan, K. R., Hornoch, K., Pravec, P., …, Campo, B. A. (2017). The stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea. DPS, abstract #504.08.

Kiss, C., Horner, J., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Vilenius, E., Acosta-Pulido, J., Sárneczky, K., Szabó M., G., & Duffard, R. (2014). The extreme Centaur 2013 AZ_{60}. ACM, abstract #291.

Duffard, R., Pinilla-Alonso, N., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Ortiz, J., Mueller, T., Fornasier, S., Lellouch, E., Mommert, M., Pál, A., Kiss, C., Mueller, M., Stansberry, J., Delsanti, A., & Peixinho, N. (2013). A Herschel-PACS view of 16 Centaurs. DPS, abstract #508.04.

Müller, T., Lellouch, E., Kiss, C., Lim, T., Fornasier, S., Santos-Sanz, P., Vilenius, E., Delsanti, A., Duffard, R., Hartogh, P., Henry, F., Mommert, M., Müller, M., Szalai, N., Stansberry, J., & Ortiz, J. L. (2011). Makemake: A truly exotic TNO!. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting, abstract #EPSC-DPS2011-1416-1.