characterized binary objects and other distant TNOs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cThe main DiSCo paper addressed the main characteristics of the three groups of TNOs,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cThis paper goes into detail about one of them, known as the cliff group, which is the nickname for the spectral group where the reflectance did not increase after approximately 3.3 microns./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
Not only are these cliff group TNOs time capsules for our solar system, but the group houses cold-classical TNOs which have largely stayed in place since their formation, de Souza-Feliciano says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cOne of the reasons why this group is a key for the outer solar system understanding is [because] it contains all the cold-classical TNOs,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cThe cold-classical TNOs are the only dynamic group that probably stayed in the place where they formed from the formation of the solar system to today./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
International Collaboration/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/nRosario Brunetto, an astronomer at the Universit/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00e9 Paris-Saclay, led the research with fellow scientists Elsa H/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00e9nault and Sasha Cryan./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
He says he believes this collaborative discovery will provide foundational knowledge of our solar system and ignite interest in planetary science./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cThis discovery not only reshapes our understanding of TNOs but also provides a crucial reference for interpreting JWST/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u2019s observations of other distant objects, such as Neptune Trojans, Centaurs and asteroids, as well as for future missions exploring the outer solar system,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d Brunetto says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201cBeyond its scientific significance, the search for methanol in the solar system also fuels curiosity and inspires new generations to explore the cosmos and understand the chemical evolutions in space./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
麻豆原创 FSI Assistant Scientist Charles Schambeau and 麻豆原创 physics graduate student Brittany Harvison also contributed to the research./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
The findings were made possible through an international collaboration with researchers from Northern Arizona University, the Laboratoire de G/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00e9ologie de Lyon in France, NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u2019s Space Telescope Science Institute, the Max-Planck-Institut f/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00fcr extraterrestrische Physik in Germany, the Lowell Observatory, the Universidade de Coimbra in Portugal, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania in Italy, the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, the Instituto de Astrof/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00edsica de Canarias in Spain, the Universidad de La Laguna in Spain, Fundaci/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00f3n Galileo Galilei-INAF in Spain and Observat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00f3rio Nacional do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
Researchers/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u2019 Credentials:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/nDe Souza-Feliciano is an associate professor at FSI. She received a doctoral degree in astronomy from Observat/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u00f3rio Nacional de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her main scientific interest is the characterization of the surface properties of small bodies in the solar system through an observational perspective. She/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u2019s been deeply involved in the study of the surface composition of TNOS to better understand the variety of the entire population using both ground-based and space-based facilities. Because of this, de Souza-Felicano is involved in several projects using the JWST./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
Pinilla-Alonso is a former FSI professor who joined 麻豆原创 in 2015. Most of her work on this project was conducted while she was at 麻豆原创. Pinilla-Alonso also holds a joint appointment as a research professor in 麻豆原创/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/u2019s Department of Physics, and has led numerous international observational campaigns supporting NASA missions such as New Horizons, OSIRIS-REx and Lucy. Pinilla-Alonso is a distinguished researcher at the Institute for Space Sciences and Technologies in Asturias, within the Universidad de Oviedo. She received a doctoral degree in astrophysics and planetary sciences from the Universidad de La Laguna in Spain./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newly published study shows varying levels of methanol, a molecule that is an important component of pre-biotic chemistry, in a spectral analysis of small celestial objects beyond Neptune./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n","protected":false},"author":8698,"featured_media":146544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,23,24],"tags":[54385,10899,1775,3729,14916,4361,54644],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-146530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-research","category-science-technology","tag-ana-carolina-de-souza-feliciano","tag-department-of-physics","tag-florida-space-instit","tag-planetary-sciences","tag-research","tag-space","tag-space-research"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/146530/n
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