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Gliese 710 will pass the Sun even closer. Close approach parameters recalculated based on the first Gaia data release
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201629835 Bibcode: 2016A&A...595L..10B

Dybczyński, Piotr A.; Berski, Filip

Context. First results based on Gaia data show that the well-known star Gliese 710 will be the closest flyby star in the next several Myrs and its minimum distance from the Sun will be almost five times smaller than that suggested by pre-Gaia solution.
Aims: The aim of this work is to investigate the proximity parameters and the influence of …

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 29
Do siblings always form and evolve simultaneously? Testing the coevality of multiple protostellar systems through SEDs
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628247 Bibcode: 2016A&A...592A..56M

Fedele, D.; van Dishoeck, E. F.; Murillo, N. M. +1 more

Context. Multiplicity is common in field stars and among protostellar systems. Models suggest two paths of formation: turbulent fragmentation and protostellar disk fragmentation.
Aims: We attempt to find whether or not the coevality frequency of multiple protostellar systems can help to better understand their formation mechanism. The coevali…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 29
Young, Star-forming Galaxies and Their Local Counterparts: The Evolving Relationship of Mass-SFR-Metallicity Since z ∼ 2.1
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/817/1/10 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...817...10G

Trump, Jonathan R.; Schneider, Donald P.; Gronwall, Caryl +5 more

We explore the evolution of the Stellar Mass-Star Formation Rate (SFR)-Metallicity relation using a set of 256 COSMOS and GOODS galaxies in the redshift range 1.90 < z < 2.35. We present the galaxies’ rest-frame optical emission-line fluxes derived from IR-grism spectroscopy with the Hubble Space Telescope and combine these data with SFRs an…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 29
HDO and SO2 thermal mapping on Venus. III. Short-term and long-term variations between 2012 and 2016
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628999 Bibcode: 2016A&A...595A..74E

Encrenaz, T.; Atreya, S. K.; Bézard, B. +6 more

We present the analysis of a four-year observational campaign using the TEXES high-resolution imaging spectrometer at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility to map sulfur dioxide and deuterated water over the disk of Venus. Data have been recorded in two spectral ranges around 1345 cm-1 (7.4 µm) and 530 cm-1 (19 µm)…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
VenusExpress 29
Charged particle signatures of the diamagnetic cavity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3028 Bibcode: 2016MNRAS.462S.415N

Szego, K.; Goetz, C.; Henri, P. +9 more

One of the scientific objectives of the Rosetta mission is to investigate the diamagnetic cavity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. We employed combined data of several instruments of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium to identify and study diamagnetic cavity crossing events. Using electron data from the Ion Electron Sensor to complement the Magnetome…

2016 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rosetta 29
Properties of planetward ion flows in Venus' magnetotail
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.02.053 Bibcode: 2016Icar..274...73K

Futaana, Y.; Zhang, T. L.; Rong, Z. J. +3 more

Venus is gradually losing some of its atmosphere in the form of ions through its induced magnetotail. Some of these ions have been reported previously to flow back to the planet. Proposed drivers are magnetic reconnection and deflection of pickup ions in the magnetic field. We analyze protons and oxygen ions with eV to keV energies acquired by the…

2016 Icarus
VenusExpress 29
Radial velocities of K-M dwarfs and local stellar kinematics
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527850 Bibcode: 2016A&A...596A.116S

Sperauskas, J.; Bartašiūtė, S.; Deveikis, V. +3 more


Aims: The goal of this paper is to present complete radial-velocity data for the spectroscopically selected McCormick sample of nearby K-M dwarfs and, based on these and supplementary data, to determine the space-velocity distributions of late-type stars in the solar neighborhood.
Methods: We analyzed nearly 3300 measurements of radial v…

2016 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hipparcos 29
Angular Momentum Loss in the Envelope-Disk Transition Region of the HH 111 Protostellar System: Evidence for Magnetic Braking?
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/213 Bibcode: 2016ApJ...826..213L

Lee, Chin-Fei; Li, Zhi-Yun; Hwang, Hsiang-Chih

HH 111 is a Class I protostellar system at a distance of ∼400 pc, with the central source VLA 1 associated with a rotating disk deeply embedded in a flattened envelope. Here we present the observations of this system at ∼0.″6 (240 au) resolution in C18O (J = 2 — 1) and a 230 GHz continuum obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submi…

2016 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 28
Variation of Jupiter's aurora observed by Hisaki/EXCEED: 2. Estimations of auroral parameters and magnetospheric dynamics
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021272 Bibcode: 2016JGRA..121.4055T

Tsuchiya, Fuminori; André, Nicolas; Fujimoto, Masaki +7 more

Jupiter's auroral parameters are estimated from observations by a spectrometer EXCEED (Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscope for Exospheric Dynamics) on board Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's Earth-orbiting planetary space telescope Hisaki. EXCEED provides continuous auroral spectra covering the wavelength range over 80-148 nm from the whole nor…

2016 Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics)
eHST 28
Proper Motion of the Leo II Dwarf Galaxy Based On Hubble Space Telescope Imaging
DOI: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/166 Bibcode: 2016AJ....152..166P

Piatek, Slawomir; Pryor, Carlton; Olszewski, Edward W.

This article reports a measurement of the proper motion of Leo II, a dwarf galaxy that is a likely satellite of the Milky Way, based on imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope and Wide Field Camera 3. The measurement uses compact background galaxies as standards of rest in both channels of the camera for two distinct pointings of the telescope, as…

2016 The Astronomical Journal
eHST 28