• Scott Sander Sheppard (born 1977) is an American astronomer and a discoverer of numerous moons, comets and minor planets in the outer Solar System. He...
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    trans-Neptunian objects discovered by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Scott S. Sheppard include: 2013 FT28, Longitude of perihelion aligned with Planet Nine...
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    Commons has media related to Moons of Jupiter. Scott S. Sheppard: Moons of Jupiter Scott S. Sheppard: The Jupiter Satellite and Moon Page Jupiter Moons...
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    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003. S/2003 J 9 is about 1 kilometre in diameter, and orbits Jupiter...
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    hours before perihelion. In March 2014, astronomers Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard published a paper in Nature arguing that the apparent clustering of...
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    2012 VP113 (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    System. It was first observed on 5 November 2012 by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in...
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    (532037) 2013 FY27 (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    Texas. Using Hubble Space Telescope observations taken in January 2018, Scott Sheppard found a satellite around 2013 FY27, that was 0.17 arcseconds away and...
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    most distant known trans-Neptunian object 2018 AG37 was discovered by Scott Sheppard in January 2018 but was announced three years later in February 2021...
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    Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 2014-04-17. Sheppard, Scott S. "Scott Sheppard Small Body Discoveries". Earth and Planets Laboratory. Carnegie...
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  • Philophrosyne (moon) (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard, et al. in 2003, but then lost. It was recovered in 2017 and given...
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    2018 AG37 (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    object was announced in a press release in February 2021 by astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo. The object was nicknamed "FarFarOut"...
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    disc, whose orbit extends into the inner Oort cloud. Discovered by Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo, the object's existence was revealed on 29 August...
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  • discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003 but was then lost. It was recovered in 2017 and given its...
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  • 2018 VG18 (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    between the Sun and Pluto. It was discovered on 10 November 2018 by Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo during their search for TNOs whose...
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    Observatory (T09), by American astronomers David Tholen, Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard during their astronomical survey for objects located beyond the Kuiper...
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    September 2010. S/2003 J 16 was also identified in observations by Scott Sheppard from March 2017 to May 2018, cumulating a long observation arc of 5...
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    Praxidike (moon) (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2000, and given the temporary designation S/2000 J 7. It was named...
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    brightest being about Eris's magnitude (−1.0). In 2014, Chad Trujillo and Scott Sheppard announced the discovery of 2012 VP113, an object half the size of Sedna...
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    trojans have been discovered since. A study by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo from the Carnegie Institution suggests that Neptune...
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    arXiv:2402.03680. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad3829. ISSN 0035-8711. Sheppard, Scott. "Scott S. Sheppard - Jupiter Moons". Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Carnegie...
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    Bibcode:1991AJ....102.1213L. doi:10.1086/115949. ISSN 0004-6256. Sheppard, Scott. "Scott S. Sheppard - Jupiter Moons". Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. Carnegie...
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    detailing their arguments. In 2014, astronomers Chad Trujillo and Scott S. Sheppard noted the similarities in the orbits of Sedna and 2012 VP113 and several...
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    471143 Dziewanna (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    Dziewanna was discovered on 13 March 2010 by astronomers Andrzej Udalski, Scott Sheppard, Marcin Kubiak and Chad Trujillo at the Las Campanas Observatory in...
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  • Jupiter LXXII (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    S/2011 J 1, is a natural satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Scott Sheppard in 2011. It belongs to the Carme group. This moon was lost after its...
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  • Hegemone (moon) (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and given the temporary designation S/2003 J 8. Hegemone...
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    Eukelade (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003, and received the temporary designation S/2003 J 1. Eukelade...
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    Telescope in 2003. No other discoveries were made until 2021 and 2023, when Scott Sheppard and colleagues discovered one more irregular moon of Uranus (and five...
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    rocky", based on the 2013 radiometric measurement of 1,290 km (800 mi). Scott Sheppard and colleagues think that it is likely to be a dwarf planet, based on...
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    Kore (moon) (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    discovered by a team of astronomers from the University of Hawaii led by Scott S. Sheppard in 2003 and given the provisional designation S/2003 J 14 until its...
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  • 2019 EU5 (category Discoveries by Scott S. Sheppard)
    System. It was discovered on 5 March 2019, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, and Chad Trujillo at Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii...
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