Stellar occultations: Chariklo and its ring system
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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Rodrigo Leiva. Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Observatoire de Paris, LESIA.
- When
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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