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Pedro Lacerda |
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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.
- 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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