Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    The Dust Environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 R2 (La Sagra)
    We present a model of the dust environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 R2 (La Sagra) from images acquired during the period 2010 October-2011 January. The tails...
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    The Dust Environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS)
    The Main-Belt Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) has been imaged using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope at six epochs in...
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    The Inhomogeneous Surface of Centaur 32522 Thereus (2001 PT13)
    Eight low-resolution near-infrared spectra (0.8-2.4 μm) of 32522 Thereus were obtained on 2002 August 28 from 0:30 to 5:30 UT, covering more than half of its...
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    The last pieces of the primitive inner belt puzzle: Klio, Chaldaea, Chimaera, and Svea
    Aims: Several primitive families in the inner region of the main asteroid belt were identified as potential sources for two near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), (101955...
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    The MASCOT landing area on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Stereo-photogrammetric analysis using images of the ONC onboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft
    A high-resolution 3D surface model, map-projected to a digital terrain model (DTM), and precisely ortho-rectified context images (orthoimages) of MASCOT landing...
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    The nature of comet-asteroid transition object (3200) Phaethon
    Context: The study of asteroids that present sporadic cometary activity is of fundamental importance to address several astronomical problems including the end...
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    The Origin of Asteroid 101955 (1999 RQ36)
    Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 101955 (1999 RQ36; henceforth RQ36) is especially accessible to spacecraft and is the primary target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample...
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    The Origin of Asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3)
    Near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 (henceforth JU3) is a potentially hazardous asteroid and the target of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's...
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    The size distribution of asteroids in cometary orbits and related populations
    Aims.In this work we study the cumulative size distribution of the population of asteroids in cometary orbits (ACOs), aiming to discriminate its cometary or...