Synthetic Detections of Interstellar Objects with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time

D Marčeta, DZ Seligman - The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of two interstellar objects passing through the solar system, 1I/'Oumuamua
and 2I/Borisov, implies that a galactic population exists with a spatial number density of …

Interstellar objects

DZ Seligman, A Moro-Martín - Contemporary Physics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since 2017, two macroscopic interstellar objects have been discovered in the inner Solar
System, both of which are distinct in nature. The first interstellar object, 1I/'Oumuamua …

Predicting Interstellar Object Chemodynamics with Gaia

MJ Hopkins, MT Bannister, C Lintott - The Astronomical Journal, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
The interstellar object (ISO) population of the Milky Way is a product of its stars. However,
what is in fact a complex structure in the solar neighborhood has traditionally in ISO studies …

[HTML][HTML] A study of an interstellar object explorer (IOE) mission

SA Stern, S Protopapa, M Freeman, JW Parker… - Planetary and Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
The first discoveries of Interstellar Objects (ISOs), ie, small bodies moving through our Solar
System on high-speed hyperbolic orbits, occurred in 2017 and 2019, decades after ISOs …

Numerical Simulations of Tidal Deformation and Resulting Light Curves of Small Bodies: Material Constraints of 99942 Apophis and 1I/'Oumuamua

AG Taylor, DZ Seligman, DR MacAyeal… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we present an open-source software (Simulator of Asteroid Malformation
Under Stress, SAMUS) that simulates constant-density, constant-viscosity liquid bodies …

Small-Body and Heliophysics Missions using Hybrid Low-Thrust Propulsion

D Miller - 2024 - dspace.mit.edu
Throughout the history of spaceflight, new missions and capabilities have been enabled by
the development of increasingly efficient and powerful propulsion systems. However, all of …