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石垣島天文台『むりかぶし』望遠鏡を用いて世界で初めて観測に成功した、太陽系外縁天体(55565)アヤによる恒星掩蔽の論文がAstronomy & Astrophysics誌に受理され、arXivで公開されました!
arxiv.org/abs/2610.17889
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Size, atmospheric, and ring constraints on the large Kuiper belt object (55565) Aya from a stellar occultation
We aim to constrain the projected size, geometric albedo, possible atmosphere, and possible ring material of the mid-sized trans-Neptunian object (55565) Aya from the stellar occultation of 2024 May 1...