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F. Roques

Researcher at Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University

Publications -  6
Citations -  529

F. Roques is an academic researcher from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pluto & Dwarf planet. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 483 citations.

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A ring system detected around the centaur (10199) chariklo

Felipe Braga-Ribas, +71 more
- 03 Apr 2014 - 
TL;DR: Observations of a multichord stellar occultation revealed the presence of a ring system around (10199) Chariklo, which is a Centaur—that is, one of a class of small objects orbiting primarily between Jupiter and Neptune—with an equivalent radius of 124 9 kilometres.
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A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation

TL;DR: The observation of a multi-chord stellar occultation by Eris on 6 November 2010 is reported, consistent with a spherical shape for Eris, and it is anticipated that this atmosphere may periodically sublimate as Eris approaches its perihelion, at 37.8 astronomical units from the Sun.
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Pluto’s Atmosphere from Stellar Occultations in 2012 and 2013

TL;DR: Gil-hutton et al. as discussed by the authors presented a paper on the "Complejo Astronomico "El Leoncito", which was published by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cienti-ficas y Tecnicas (CICTE).