The TNOs-are-Cool project, auxiliary observations, modelling and related publications.

The "TNOs-are-Cool"-related abstracts & publications in ADS.

Key publications (up to Feb 2020):

  • 2020tnss.book..153M, 2020:
    Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs at thermal wavelengths.
    Müller, Thomas; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Fornasier, Sonia
  • 2019Icar..334...39M, 2019/12:
    Haumea's thermal emission revisited in the light of the occultation results.
    Müller, T.; Kiss, Cs.; Alí-Lagoa, V. and 9 more
  • 2019Icar..334....3K, 2019/12:
    The mass and density of the dwarf planet (225088) 2007 OR10.
    Kiss, Csaba; Marton, Gábor; Parker, Alex H. and 10 more
  • 2018A&A...618A.136V, 2018/10:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. XIV. Size/albedo characterization of the Haumea family observed with Herschel and Spitzer.
    Vilenius, E.; Stansberry, J.; Müller, T. and 14 more
  • 2017A&A...608A..45L, 2017/12:
    The thermal emission of Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects at millimeter wavelengths from ALMA observations.
    Lellouch, E.; Moreno, R.; Müller, T. and 9 more
  • 2017A&A...608A..19K, 2017/11:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. XIII. Statistical analysis of multiple trans-Neptunian objects observed with Herschel Space Observatory.
    Kovalenko, I. D.; Doressoundiram, A.; Lellouch, E. and 3 more
  • 2017Nature.550..219O, 2017/10:
    The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation.
    Ortiz, J. L.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Sicardy, B. and 90 more
  • 2017AJ....154..119F, 2017/09:
    Properties of the Irregular Satellite System around Uranus Inferred from K2, Herschel, and Spitzer Observations.
    Farkas-Takács, A.; Kiss, Cs.; Pál, A. and 10 more
  • 2017A&A...604A..95S, 2017/08:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. XII. Thermal light curves of Haumea, 2003 VS2 and 2003 AZ84 with Herschel/PACS.
    Santos-Sanz, P.; Lellouch, E.; Groussin, O. and 10 more
  • 2017A&A...600A..12S, 2017/04:
    Results from a triple chord stellar occultation and far-infrared photometry of the trans-Neptunian object (229762) 2007 UK126.
    Schindler, K.; Wolf, J.; Bardecker, J. and 8 more
  • 2017ApJ...838L...1K, 2017/03:
    Discovery of a Satellite of the Large Trans-Neptunian Object (225088) 2007 OR10.
    Kiss, Csaba; Marton, Gábor; Farkas-Takács, Anikó and 6 more
  • 2016AJ....151..117P, 2016/05:
    Large Size and Slow Rotation of the Trans-Neptunian Object (225088) 2007 OR10 Discovered from Herschel and K2 Observations.
    Pál, András; Kiss, Csaba; Müller, Thomas G. and 5 more
  • 2016MNRAS.457.2908K, 2016/04:
    Nereid from space: rotation, size and shape analysis from K2, Herschel and Spitzer observations.
    Kiss, C.; Pál, A.; Farkas-Takács, A. I. and 8 more
  • 2016A&A...588A...2L, 2016/04:
    The long-wavelength thermal emission of the Pluto-Charon system from Herschel observations. Evidence for emissivity effects.
    Lellouch, E.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Fornasier, S. and 9 more
  • 2015A&A...583A..93P, 2015/11:
    Physical properties of the extreme Centaur and super-comet candidate 2013 AZ60.
    Pál, A.; Kiss, Cs.; Horner, J. and 12 more
  • 2014EM&P..114...35B, 2014/11:
    Photometry of Transneptunian Objects for the Herschel Key Program `TNOs are Cool'.
    Boehnhardt, H.; Schulz, D.; Protopapa, S. and 1 more
  • 2014ApJ...793L...2L, 2014/09:
    The Albedo-Color Diversity of Transneptunian Objects.
    Lacerda, Pedro; Fornasier, Sonia; Lellouch, Emmanuel and 9 more
  • 2014ExA....37..347M, 2014/07:
    First results with the boloSource() algorithm: photometry of faint standard stars observed by Herschel/PACS.
    Marton, G.; Vavrek, R.; Kiss, C. and 1 more
  • 2014ExA....37..161K, 2014/07:
    Optimized Herschel/PACS photometer observing and data reduction strategies for moving solar system targets.
    Kiss, C.; Müller, T. G.; Vilenius, E. and 10 more
  • 2014ExA....37..129B, 2014/07:
    The Herschel-PACS photometer calibration. Point-source flux calibration for scan maps.
    Balog, Zoltan; Müller, Thomas; Nielbock, Markus and 9 more
  • 2014ExA....37..127N, 2014/07:
    Publisher's Erratum to: The Herschel PACS photometer calibration. A time dependent flux calibration for the PACS chopped point-source photometry AOT mode.
    Nielbock, Markus; Müller, Thomas; Klaas, Ulrich and 7 more
  • 2014A&A...564A..92D, 2014/04:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. XI. A Herschel-PACS view of 16 Centaurs.
    Duffard, R.; Pinilla-Alonso, N.; Santos-Sanz, P. and 13 more
  • 2014A&A...564A..35V, 2014/04:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. X. Analysis of classical Kuiper belt objects from Herschel and Spitzer observations.
    Vilenius, E.; Kiss, C.; Müller, T. and 14 more
  • 2013ExA....36..631N, 2013/12:
    The Herschel PACS photometer calibration. A time dependent flux calibration for the PACS chopped point-source photometry AOT mode.
    Nielbock, Markus; Müller, Thomas; Klaas, Ulrich and 7 more
  • 2013A&A...557A..60L, 2013/09:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. IX. Thermal properties of Kuiper belt objects and Centaurs from combined Herschel and Spitzer observations.
    Lellouch, E.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Lacerda, P. and 14 more
  • 2013A&A...555A..15F, 2013/07:
    TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VIII. Combined Herschel PACS and SPIRE observations of nine bright targets at 70-500 μm.
    Fornasier, S.; Lellouch, E.; Müller, T. and 17 more
  • 2013A&A...555A...3K, 2013/07:
    A portrait of the extreme solar system object 2012 DR30.
    Kiss, Cs.; Szabó, Gy.; Horner, J. and 15 more
  • 2013A&A...554A..49P, 2013/06:
    Photometry and taxonomy of trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs in support of a Herschel key program.
    Perna, D.; Dotto, E.; Barucci, M. A. and 5 more
  • 2012Nature.491..566O, 2012/11:
    Albedo and atmospheric constraints of dwarf planet Makemake from a stellar occultation.
    Ortiz, J. L.; Sicardy, B.; Braga-Ribas, F. and 53 more
  • 2012A&A...541L...6P, 2012/05:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VII. Size and surface characteristics of (90377) Sedna and 2010 EK139.
    Pál, A.; Kiss, C.; Müller, T. G. and 14 more
  • 2012A&A...541A..94V, 2012/05:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. VI. Herschel/PACS observations and thermal modeling of 19 classical Kuiper belt objects.
    Vilenius, E.; Kiss, C.; Mommert, M. and 20 more
  • 2012A&A...541A..93M, 2012/05:
    TNOs are cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel-PACS observations.
    Mommert, M.; Harris, A. W.; Kiss, C. and 18 more
  • 2012A&A...541A..92S, 2012/05:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel-PACS.
    Santos-Sanz, P.; Lellouch, E.; Fornasier, S. and 20 more
  • 2012A&A...539A.152B, 2012/03:
    The extra red plutino (55638) 2002 VE95.
    Barucci, M. A.; Merlin, F.; Perna, D. and 7 more
  • 2011A&A...534A.115C, 2011/10:
    Integral-field spectroscopy of (90482) Orcus-Vanth.
    Carry, B.; Hestroffer, D.; DeMeo, F. E. and 8 more
  • 2010A&A...518L.148L, 2010/07:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region . III. Thermophysical properties of 90482 Orcus and 136472 Makemake.
    Lim, T. L.; Stansberry, J.; Müller, T. G. and 32 more
  • 2010A&A...518L.147L, 2010/07:
    "TNOs are cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. II. The thermal lightcurve of (136108) Haumea.
    Lellouch, E.; Kiss, C.; Santos-Sanz, P. and 33 more
  • 2010A&A...518L.146M, 2010/07:
    "TNOs are Cool": A survey of the trans-Neptunian region. I. Results from the Herschel science demonstration phase (SDP).
    Müller, T. G.; Lellouch, E.; Stansberry, J. and 32 more
  • 2009EM&P..105..209M, 2009/09:
    TNOs are Cool: A Survey of the Transneptunian Region.
    Müller, Thomas G.; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Böhnhardt, Hermann and 30 more