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Research

My research deals with physical properties of small bodies of the solar system, mainly Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) and comets. I also collaborate with medievalists to link medieval records of comet sightings to current theories of the evolution of the solar system.

Publications

News, Results and Publications

PAPER Secular brightness curves of 272 comets (Lacerda et al. 2025, accepted for publication at A&A)
PAPER How much earlier would LSST have discovered currently known long-period comets?. (Inno et al. 2025, Icarus 429, 116443)
PAPER Implications of the small spin changes measured for large Jupiter-family comet nuclei (PDF)
VIDEO “How medieval monks are revealing our universe’s secrets” in BBC Ideas
EXHIBITION “Before and After Halley: Medieval Visions of Modern Science” at the British Academy Summer Showcase 2018 (website)
EXHIBITION “Marvelling at the skies: comets through the eyes of the Anglo-Saxons” at the Ulster Museum (link)
PAPER The tumbling rotational state of 1I/`Oumuamua (PDF)
PAPER Dynamics of Dust Particles of Different Structures […] (abstract)
AWARD Marilina Cesario and myself were awarded a Royal Society APEX Award for our project “Before and After Halley: Medieval Visions of Modern Science”
PAPER A Dwarf Planet Class Object in the 21:5 Resonance with Neptune (PDF)
PAPER Growth of cometary building blocks in the solar nebula (abstract)
PAPER Rotation of Cometary Nuclei (PDF)
PAPER All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries (PDF)
PAPER A laboratory study of water ice erosion by low energy ions (PDF)
PAPER Acceleration of cometary dust near the nucleus […] (PDF)
PAPER Discovery of a New Retrograde Transneptunian Object […] (PDF)
PAPER Comet formation in collapsing pebble clouds […] (PDF)
EXHIBITION Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition - A Comet Revealed

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