Stellar occultations: Chariklo and its ring system

DIPC Seminars

Speaker

Rodrigo Leiva. Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Observatoire de Paris, LESIA.

When

2015/11/11
13:00

Place

Donostia International Physics Center. Pº Manuel Lardizabal 4, Donostia - San Sebastián

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A ring system was discovered by our team around the centaur (10199) Chariklo in June 2013 [1]. This system was discovered observing stellar occultations with data collected in several observatories in South America. I will show how the stellar occultation technique allow to study small objects in the Solar System, its satellites, atmospheres and rings. [1] Braga-Ribas et al. A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo: Nature 508, 72 (2014). doi:10.1038/nature13155