Scott S. Sheppard

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Scott S. Sheppard

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Bachelors Physics University of Arizona

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According to Wikipedia, Scott Sander Sheppard is an American astronomer and a discoverer of numerous moons, comets and minor planets in the outer Solar System. He is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. He attended Oberlin College as an undergraduate, and received his bachelor in physics with honors in 1998. Starting as a graduate student at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, he was credited with the discovery of many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. He has also discovered the first known trailing Neptune trojan, , the first named leading Neptune trojan, 385571 Otrera, and the first high inclination Neptune trojan, . These discoveries showed that the Neptune trojan objects are mostly on highly inclined orbits and thus likely captured small bodies from elsewhere in the Solar System.

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A Sedna-like body with a perihelion of 80 astronomical units (2014) (224)
A New Population of High-Redshift Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts (2006) (136)
Time-resolved Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects: Rotations, Shapes, and Phase Functions (2002) (133)
The Albedo Distribution of Jovian Trojan Asteroids (2003) (121)
High albedos of low inclination Classical Kuiper belt objects (2008) (109)
A Thick Cloud of Neptune Trojans and Their Colors (2006) (108)
A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE T DWARF POPULATION REVEALED BY WISE (2013) (102)
An abundant population of small irregular satellites around Jupiter (2003) (87)
Extreme Kuiper Belt Object 2001 QG298 and the Fraction of Contact Binaries (2004) (86)
Albedos of Asteroids in Comet-Like Orbits (2005) (85)
Physical Properties of Trans-Neptunian Object (20000) Varuna (2002) (83)
Low Albedos Among Extinct Comet Candidates (2001) (82)
Size and albedo of Kuiper belt object 55636 from a stellar occultation (2010) (71)
Thermal Properties of Centaurs Asbolus and Chiron (2001) (69)
THE ALLWISE MOTION SURVEY, PART 2 (2016) (64)
NEW EXTREME TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS: TOWARD A SUPER-EARTH IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM (2016) (61)
DISCOVERY OF THE YOUNG L DWARF WISE J174102.78−464225.5 (2013) (61)
The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (2020) (59)
A Wide-Field CCD Survey for Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects (2000) (59)
Correction: Corrigendum: All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries (2017) (58)
THE COLORS OF EXTREME OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS (2010) (58)
RESOLVED NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF WISE J104915.57−531906.1AB: A FLUX-REVERSAL BINARY AT THE L DWARF/T DWARF TRANSITION (2013) (58)
THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEPTUNE TROJANS AND THE MISSING INTERMEDIATE-SIZED PLANETESIMALS (2010) (52)
AN INFRARED HIGH PROPER MOTION SURVEY USING THE 2MASS AND SDSS : DISCOVERY OF M, L, AND T DWARFS (2008) (52)
An Ultradeep Survey for Irregular Satellites of Uranus: Limits to Completeness (2004) (49)
143P/Kowal-Mrkos and the Shapes of Cometary Nuclei (2003) (48)
Physical characteristics of Comet Nucleus C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS) (2005) (48)
Visible and infrared photometry of Kuiper Belt objects: searching for evidence of trends (2003) (47)
Light Curves of Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions, and Absolute Magnitudes (2007) (46)
The Excited Spin State of 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua (2018) (46)
Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets (2008) (44)
Spectroscopic Discovery of the Broad-Lined Type Ic Supernova 2010bh Associated with the Low-Redshift GRB 100316D (2010) (43)
Hawaii Kuiper Belt Variability Project: An Update (2003) (42)
THE COLOR DIFFERENCES OF KUIPER BELT OBJECTS IN RESONANCE WITH NEPTUNE (2012) (41)
A New High Perihelion Trans-Plutonian Inner Oort Cloud Object: 2015 TG387 (2018) (40)
A Survey for “Normal” Irregular Satellites around Neptune: Limits to Completeness (2006) (39)
TRACKING NEPTUNE’S MIGRATION HISTORY THROUGH HIGH-PERIHELION RESONANT TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS (2016) (37)
A SOUTHERN SKY AND GALACTIC PLANE SURVEY FOR BRIGHT KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (2010) (36)
Irregular Satellites in the Context of Planet Formation (2004) (36)
Photometric Lightcurves of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs: Rotations, Shapes, and Densities (2008) (35)
LIGHT CURVES OF 32 LARGE TRANSNEPTUNIAN OBJECTS (2013) (35)
THE 2011 JUNE 23 STELLAR OCCULTATION BY PLUTO: AIRBORNE AND GROUND OBSERVATIONS (2013) (34)
Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST: A Community-Based Study of Needed US Capabilities (2016) (33)
CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH PROPER MOTION OBJECTS FROM THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (2014) (32)
FAST ROTATION AND TRAILING FRAGMENTS OF THE ACTIVE ASTEROID P/2012 F5 (GIBBS) (2015) (29)
Detection of a Trailing (L5) Neptune Trojan (2010) (29)
A PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM FOR DETECTION OF WATER AND METHANE ICES ON KUIPER BELT OBJECTS (2011) (29)
The Nucleus of Comet 48P/Johnson (2004) (25)
BEYOND THE KUIPER BELT EDGE: NEW HIGH PERIHELION TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS WITH MODERATE SEMIMAJOR AXES AND ECCENTRICITIES (2016) (24)
The Plutino Population: An Abundance of Contact Binaries (2018) (23)
DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAPIDLY ROTATING ACTIVE ASTEROID (62412) 2000 SY178 IN THE MAIN BELT (2014) (23)
2007 TY430: A COLD CLASSICAL KUIPER BELT TYPE BINARY IN THE PLUTINO POPULATION (2011) (23)
The reactivation of main-belt Comet 324P/La Sagra (P/2010 R2) (2015) (22)
ROTATIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE HAUMEA FAMILY MEMBERS AND CANDIDATES: SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY (2016) (21)
ASASSN-14ko is a Periodic Nuclear Transient in ESO 253-G003 (2020) (21)
Light Curves and Rotational Properties of the Pristine Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Objects (2019) (19)
2011 HM102: DISCOVERY OF A HIGH-INCLINATION L5 NEPTUNE TROJAN IN THE SEARCH FOR A POST-PLUTO NEW HORIZONS TARGET (2012) (19)
Outer irregular satellites of the planets and their relationship with asteroids, comets and Kuiper Belt objects (2005) (17)
SAFARI: Searching Asteroids for Activity Revealing Indicators (2018) (16)
New Y and T Dwarfs from WISE Identified by Methane Imaging (2018) (15)
The 2016 Reactivations of the Main-belt Comets 238P/Read and 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139 (2018) (14)
Jupiter's outer satellites and Trojans (2004) (14)
A Survey for Outer Satellites of Mars: Limits to Completeness (2004) (14)
2004 TT357: A Potential Contact Binary in the Trans-Neptunian Belt (2017) (12)
A Possible Dynamically Cold Classical Contact Binary: (126719) 2002 CC249 (2017) (12)
A survey for satellites of Venus (2009) (10)
Physical Characterization of Main-belt Comet (248370) 2005 QN173 (2021) (10)
Solar system: A planet more, a planet less? (2006) (9)
Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn (2003) (8)
Measuring the sizes, shapes, surface features and rotations of Solar System objects with interferometry (2011) (8)
The Reactivation and Nucleus Characterization of Main-belt Comet 358P/PANSTARRS (P/2012 T1) (2018) (8)
Satellites of Jupiter (2001) (8)
THE ORBITS OF NEPTUNE'S OUTER SATELLITES (2011) (8)
New Jupiter Satellites and Moon-Moon Collisions (2018) (7)
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ASTEROID-LIKE COMET NUCLEUS C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS). (2003) (7)
Colors of Trans-Neptunian Contact Binaries (2019) (7)
The Albedos, Sizes, Colors, and Satellites of Dwarf Planets Compared with Newly Measured Dwarf Planet 2013 FY27 (2018) (5)
Stability of Neptune’s Distant Resonances in the Presence of Planet Nine (2021) (5)
The strangest satellites in the solar system. (2006) (5)
Photometric Observations of the Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (65803) Didymos in 2015–2021 Prior to DART Impact (2022) (4)
A Northern Ecliptic Survey for Solar System Science (2018) (4)
Observational investigation of the 2013 near-Earth encounter by asteroid (367943) Duende (2019) (4)
The shapes, densities, and phase functions of trans-Neptunian objects (2002) (3)
A Deep and Wide Twilight Survey for Asteroids Interior to Earth and Venus (2022) (3)
S/1975 J 1 = S/2000 J 1 (2000) (3)
A New High Perihelion Inner Oort Cloud Object (2018) (3)
All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries (2017) (2)
Satellites of Saturn (1981) (2)
The Near-Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14 (2013) (2)
Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System (2006) (2)
Lightcurves and Rotations of Trans-Neptunian Objects in the 2:1 Mean Motion Resonance with Neptune (2022) (1)
The MIT Program for Predicting Stellar Occultations by Kuiper Belt Objects (2009) (1)
Searching for Kuiper Belt Object Flyby Targets for the New Horizons Spacecraft. (2012) (1)
Physical Properties of Outer Solar System Objects with SIM (2009) (1)
The Ultra-Red Color of Kuiper Belt Objects in the 5:3 and 7:4 Mean Motion Neptune Resonances (2012) (1)
New Satellites of Saturn (2005) (1)
Precise Astrometry for Predicting Kuiper Belt Object Occultations (2010) (1)
S/2007 S 1, S/2007 S 2, and S/2007 S 3 (2007) (1)
Observational Characterization of Main-belt Comet and Candidate Main-belt Comet Nuclei (2023) (1)
S/2003 J 19 and S/2003 J 20 (2003) (1)
Small bodies in the outer solar system: from Kuiper Belt objects to centaurs to satellites (2004) (1)
S/2003 J 8 (2003) (1)
The Near-Earth Encounter of Asteroid 2005 YU55: Visible and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (2012) (1)
Contact binaries in the Trans-neptunian Belt (2017) (1)
The Reactivation of Main-belt Comet 259P/Garradd (P/2008 R1) (2021) (1)
Searching for KBO Flyby Targets for the New Horizons Mission (2012) (1)
The Abundant Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets (2005) (1)
The Reactivations of Main-Belt Comets 238P/READ, 259P/Garradd, and 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139 (2017) (1)
A New Inner Oort Cloud Object (2018) (1)
S/2003 J 21 (2003) (1)
A Deep Search for Stable Venus Co-orbital Asteroids: Limits on the Population (2020) (1)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: New extreme trans-Neptunian objects (Sheppard+, 2016) (2017) (0)
Minor Planet Observations [304 Las Campanas Observatory] (2011) (0)
Natural Satellite Observations [304 Las Campanas Observatory] (2012) (0)
The Deep Ecliptic Exploration Project (DEEP): A new NOAO survey of the faint outer Solar System (2019) (0)
S/2003 J 22 (2004) (0)
Comet Observations [304 Las Campanas Observatory] (2012) (0)
A Satellite Search of a Newly Discovered Dwarf Planet (2017) (0)
Eight New Satellites of Saturn (2006) (0)
2007 TU431, 2007 TV431 (2008) (0)
Contact binaries in the trans-Neptunian population: location, physical and rotational properties. (2019) (0)
S/2003 J 15 (2017) (0)
What Is a Planet? - IV (2006) (0)
GRB 160927A: Magellan imaging. (2016) (0)
S/2007 S 2, S/2007 S 3 (2007) (0)
S/2011 J 1 and S/2011 J 2 (2012) (0)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: T dwarf population revealed by WISE (Mace+, 2013) (2013) (0)
S/2000 J 6 (2002) (0)
Deep Surveys for Inner Oort Cloud Objects (2015) (0)
2014 GE45 = 2011 GY61 (2016) (0)
Beyond the Kuiper Belt (2015) (0)
Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge (2012) (0)
Completing the Inventory of the Outer Solar System (2006) (0)
Discovery of the Fast Spinning Main Belt Comet (62412) 2000 SY178 (2014) (0)
S/2003 J 18 (2017) (0)
S/2004 S 8, S/2004 S 14 (2006) (0)
S/2003 S 1 (2003) (0)
Discovery and Characterization of an L5 Neptune Trojan in the Search for a New Horizons Encounter Candidate (2012) (0)
2015 TK363 = 2016 SM57 (2019) (0)
Giant Kuiper Belt Object (20000) Varuna (2002) (0)
ASAS-SN Discovery of A Possible Supernova in ESO 253-G003 (2014) (0)
S/2003 U 3 (2003) (0)
S/2004 S9, S/2004 S16 (2006) (0)
Physical Characteristics of the Asteroid-Like Nucleus of Comet LONEOS C/2001 OG108 (2003) (0)
The Inner Oort Cloud Population (2014) (0)
A Survey for Neptune Trojans (2007) (0)
Minor Planet Observations [568 Mauna Kea] (2004) (0)
S/2017 J 1 (2017) (0)
Minor Planet Observations [I11 Gemini South Observatory, Cerro Pachon] (2010) (0)
S/2003 J 1 (2003) (0)
S/2001 J 6 (2003) (0)
Photometric Variability of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects: Evidence for Uniform Surfaces (2007) (0)
FIVE YEARS AGO TWO OF US WHILED AWAY A CLOUDY NIGHT ON THE SUMMIT OF MAUNA KEA IN HAWAII (2009) (0)
The Colors of Kuiper Belt Objects in Resonance with Neptune (2012) (0)
In the glare of the Sun (2022) (0)
Searching for Extreme Kuiper Belt Objects and Inner Oort Cloud Objects (2015) (0)
The Colors of Inner Oort Cloud, Extended/Detached Disk and Retrograde Outer Solar System Objects (2009) (0)
S/2003 J 2 (2003) (0)
VLT-detection of two edge-on Circumstellar Disks in the rho Oph dark cloud (2000) (0)
S/2003 J 9 (2003) (0)
S/2004 S 19 (2006) (0)
S/2006 S 7 (2006) (0)
Lightcurves of Large Southern Hemisphere Kuiper Belt Objects (2013) (0)
Primordial Solar System Ices (2008) (0)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: The AllWISE motion survey (AllWISE2) (Kirkpatrick+, 2016) (2016) (0)
The Irregular Satellites of Jupiter (2002) (0)
Sedna, 2012 VP113 and the Inner Oort Cloud Population (2014) (0)
Dwarf Planets: Their Diameters, Albedos, Colors and Satellites Compared (2018) (0)
2 0 N ov 2 00 1 Thermal Properties of Centaurs Asbolus and Chiron (2001) (0)
news in brief (2002) (0)
S/2003 J 23 (2004) (0)
Natural Satellite Observations [568 Mauna Kea] (2004) (0)
Beyond the Kuiper Belt Edge: Sednoids and the Inner Oort Cloud (2013) (0)
Ephemerides of the Irregular Saturnian Satellites from Earth-based Astrometry and Cassini Imaging (2022) (0)

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