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David Polishook - Publication List

Updated: July 2017

 

 

Work in progress

 

Polishook, D. and 7 coauthors, 2017. The fast spin of near-Earth asteroid (455213) 2001 OE84, revisited after 14 years: constraints on internal structure. Accepted for publication in Icarus.

Polishook, D. and Aharonson, O. Surface slopes of asteroid pairs as indicators of mechanical properties. In preparation, 2017.

 

 

Peer-reviewed papers

 

1.     Polishook, D., Jacobson, S., Morbidelli, A. and Aharonson, O., 2017. A Martian Origin for the Mars Trojans Asteroids. Nature Astronomy 1, 179.

2.     Moskovitz, N., Polishook, D. DeMeo, F.E., Binzel, R.P., Endicott, T., Yang, B., Howell, E.S., Vervack, R.J. & Fern‡ndez, Y.R., 2017. Near-infrared thermal emission from near-Earth asteroids: Aspect-dependent variability. Icarus 284, 97-105.

3.     Polishook, D. Moskovitz, N., Binzel, R.P., Burt, B., DeMeo, F.E., Hinkle, M.L., Lockhart, M., Mommert, M., Person, M., Thirouin, A., Thomas, C.A., Trilling, D., Willman, M. & Aharonson, O., 2016. A 2km-size asteroid beyond the rubble-pile spin barrier - a case for cohesion. Icarus 267, 243-254.

4.     Thirouin, A. Moskovitz, N., Binzel, R.P., Christensen, E., DeMeo, F.E., Person, M.J., Polishook, D., Thomas, C.A., Trilling, D., Willman, M., Hinkle, M., Burt, B., Avner, D., & Aceituno, F.J., 2016. The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS): first photometric results. AJ 152, 163-193.

5.     Binzel, R.P., DeMeo, F.E., Burt, B., Cloutis, E.A., Rozitis, B., Burbine, T.H., Campins, H., Clark, B.E., Emery, J.P., Hergenrother, C.W., Howell, E.S., Lauretta, D.S., Nolan, M.C.; Mansfield, M., Pietrasz, V., Polishook, D., & Scheeres, D.J., 2015. Spectral slope variations for OSIRIS-REx target Asteroid (101955) Bennu: Possible evidence for a fine-grained regolith equatorial ridge. Icarus 256, 22-29.

6.     Scheirich, P., Pravec, P., Jacobson, S.A., Durech, J., Kusnirak, P., Hornoch, K., Mottola, S., Mommert, M., Hellmich, S., Pray, D., Polishook, D., Krugly, Y.N., Inasaridze, R.Y., Kvaratskhelia, O.I., Ayvazian, V., Slyusarev, I., Pittichova, J., Jehin, E., Manfroid, J., Gillon, M., Galad, A., Pollock, J., Licandro, J., Ali-Lagoa, V., Brinsfield, J., & Molotov, I.E., 2015. The binary near-Earth Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 - An observational constraint on its orbital evolution. Icarus 245, 56-63.

7.     Polishook, D., Moskovitz, N., DeMeo, F.E. & Binzel, R.P., 2014. Rotationally Resolved Spectroscopy of Asteroid Pairs: No Spectral Variation Suggests Fission is followed by Settling of Dust. Icarus 243, 222-235.

8.     Polishook, D. 2014. Spin axes and shape models of asteroid pairs: fingerprints of YORP and a path to the density of rubble piles. Icarus 241, 79-96.

9.     Polishook, D., Moskovitz, N., Binzel, R.P., DeMeo, F.E., Vokrouhlicky, D., zizka, J. & Oszkiewicz, D., 2014. Observations of 'Fresh' and Weathered Surfaces on Asteroid Pairs and their Implications on the Rotational-Fission Mechanism. Icarus 233, 9-26.

10.  DeMeo, F.E., Binzel, R.P., Carry, B., Polishook, D. & Moskovitz, N.A., 2014. Unexpected D-type interlopers in the inner main belt. Icarus 229, 392-399.

11.  Waszczak, A., Ofek, E. O., Aharonson, O., Kulkarni, S., Polishook, D. Bauer, J.M., Levitan, D., Sesar, B., Laher, R. & Surace, J., 2013. Main-Belt Comets in the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: 1. The Search for Extendedness. MNRAS 433, 3115-3132.

12.  Polishook, D., Binzel, R. P., Lockhart, M., DeMeo, F. E., Golisch, W., Bus, S. J., Gulbis, A. A. S., 2012. Spectral and Spin Measurement of Two Small and Fast-Rotating Near-Earth Asteroids. Icarus 221, 1187-1189.

13.  Dilday, B., Howell, D.A., Cenko, S.B., Silverman, J.M., Nugent, P.E.; Sullivan, M., Ben-Ami, S., Bildsten, L., Bolte, M., Endl, M., Filippenko, A.V., Gnat, O., Horesh, A., Hsiao, E., Kasliwal, M.M., Kirkman, D., Maguire, K., Marcy, G.W., Moore, K., Pan, Y., Parrent, J.T., Podsiadlowski, P., Quimby, R.M., Sternberg, A., Suzuki, N., Tytler, D.R., Xu, D., Bloom, J.S., Gal-Yam, A., Hook, I.M., Kulkarni, S.R., Law, N.M., Ofek, E.O., Polishook, D. & Poznanski, D., 2012. PTF11kx: A Type-Ia Supernova with a Symbiotic Nova Progenitor. Science 337, 942.

14.  Polishook, D., Ofek, E., Waszczak, A., Kulkarni, S.R., Gal-Yam, A., Aharonson, O., Laher, R., Surace, J., Klein, C., Bloom, J., Brosch, N., Prialnik, D., Grillmair, C., Cenko, S. B., Kasliwal, M., Law, N., Levitan, D., Nugent, P., Poznanski, D. & Quimby, R., 2012. Asteroid Rotation Periods from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey. MNRAS 421, 2094-2108.

15.  Durech, J., Vokrouhlicky, D., Baransky, A.R., Breiter, S., Burkhonov, O.A., Cooney, W., Fuller, V., Gaftonyuk, N.M., Gross, J., Inasaridze, R.Y., Kaasalainen, M., Krugly, Y.N., Kvaratshelia, O.I., Litvinenko, E.A., Macomber, B. Marchis, F., Molotov, I.E., Oey, J., Polishook, D., Pollock, J., Pravec, P., Sarneczky, K., Shevchenko, V.G., Slyusarev, I., Stephens, R., Szabo, G., Terrell, D., Vachier, F., Vanderplate, Z., Viikinkoski, M. & Warner, B.D., 2012. Analysis of the rotation period of asteroids (1865) Cerberus, (2100) Ra-Shalom, and (3103) Eger - search for the YORP effect. A&A 547, A10, 1-9.

16.  Polishook, D., Brosch, N., and Prialnik, D., 2011. Rotation Periods of Binary Asteroids with Large Separations - Confronting the Escaping Ejecta Binaries Model with Observations. Icarus 212, 167-174.

17.  Vokrouhlicky, D., Durech, J., Polishook, D., Krugly, Y.N., Gaftonyuk, N.N., Burkhonov, O.A., Ehgamberdiev, S.A.; Karimov, R., Molotov, I.E.; Pravec, P., Hornoch, K., Kusnirak, P., Oey, J., Galad, A. & zizka, J., 2011. Spin Vector and Shape of (6070) Rheinland and Their Implications. AJ 142, 159.

18.  Pravec, P., Vokrouhlicky, D., Polishook, D., Scheeres, D.J., Harris, A.W., Galad, A., Vaduvescu, O., Pozo, F., Barr, A., Longa, P., Vachier, F., Colas, F., Pray, D.P., Pollock, J., Reichart, D., Ivarsen, K., Haislip, J., Lacluyze, A., Kusnirak, P., Henych, T., Marchis, F., Macomber, B., Jacobson, S.A. Krugly, Y.N., Sergeev, A.V. & Leroy, A., 2010. Formation of Asteroid Pairs by Rotational Fission. Nature 466, 1085-1088.

19.  Polishook, D., Brosch, N., Prialnik, D., and Kaspi, S., 2009. Simultaneous Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of Binary Asteroids. Meteoritics & Planetary Sci. 44, 1955-1966.

20.  Polishook, D. and Brosch, N., 2009. Photometry and Spin Rate Distribution of Small-Sized Main Belt Asteroids. Icarus 199, 319-332.

21.  Polishook, D. and Brosch, N., 2008. Photometry of Atens - More than a Handful of Binaries. Icarus 194, 111-124.

22.  Brosch, N., Polishook, D., Shporer, A., Kaspi, S., Berwald, A. and Manulis, I., 2008. The Centurion 18 Telescope of the Wise Observatory. Astroph. Space Sci., 314, 163-176.

23.  Brosch, N., Helled, R, Polishook, D., Almoznino, E. and David, N., 2004. Meteor light curves: the relevant parameters. MNRAS 355, 111-119.

 

 

Other contribution to peer-reviewed papers

 

24.  Bachelet, E. and 105 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2015. Red Noise Versus Planetary Interpretations in the Microlensing Event Ogle-2013-BLG-446. ApJ 812, 136.

25.  Reddy, V., and 13 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2015. The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid. ApJ 811, 65.

26.  Cenko, S., B., and 28 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2013. Discovery of a Cosmological, Relativistic Outburst via its Rapidly Fading Optical Emission. AJ 769, 130.

27.  Hanus, J., and 119 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2013. Asteroids' physical models from combined dense and sparse photometry and scaling of the YORP effect by the observed obliquity distribution. A&A 551, A67.

28.  Horesh, A., and 26 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2013. An Early & Comprehensive Millimeter and Centimeter Wave and X-ray Study of Supernova 2011dh: A Non-Equipartition Blastwave Expanding into A Massive Stellar Wind. MNRAS 436, 1258-1267.

29.  Yee, J.C., and 131 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2013. MOA-2010-BLG-311: A Planetary Candidate below the Threshold of Reliable Detection. AJ 769, 77.

30.  Bachelet, E. and 122 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. A brown dwarf orbiting an M-dwarf: MOA 2009-BLG-411L. A&A 547, A55.

31.  Bachelet, E. and 146 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. MOA 2010-BLG-477Lb: Constraining the Mass of a Microlensing Planet from Microlensing Parallax, Orbital Motion, and Detection of Blended Light. ApJ 754, 73.

32.  Kasliwal, M., and 27 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Calcium-rich gap transients in the remote outskirts of galaxies. ApJ 755, 161.

33.  Parrent, J.T., and 37 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Analysis of the Early-time Optical Spectra of SN 2011fe in M101. Apj 752, L26.

34.  Shin, I. -G., and 157 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Microlensing binaries with brown dwarf companions. AJ 760, 116.

35.  Shin, I. -G., and 128 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Microlensing Binaries Discovered through High-Magnification Channel. ApJ 746, 127.

36.  Smith, N., and 20 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. SN2010jp (PTF10aaxi): A jet in a Type II supernova. MNRAS 420, 1135.

37.  Arcavi, I., and 42 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. SN2011dh: Discovery of a Type IIb supernova from a compact progenitor in the nearby Galaxy M51. ApJL 742, L18.

38.  Van Dyk, S.D., and 14 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. The Progenitor of Supernova 2011dh/PTF11eon in Messier 51. ApJL 741, L28.

39.  Batista, V. and 139 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf. A&A 529, A102.

40.  Belton, M. and 70 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1. Icarus 213, 345-368.

41.  Hanus, J. and 14 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. A study of asteroid pole-latitude distribution based on an extended set of shape models derived by the lightcurve inversion method. A&A 530, A134.

42.  Meech, K.J. and 55 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. Deep Impact, Stardust-NExT and the Behavior of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 From 1997-2010. Icarus 213, 323-344.

43.  Miyake, N., and 122 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. A sub-Saturn Mass Planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb. ApJ 728, 120.

44.  Muraki, Y., and 135 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. Discovery and Mass Measurements of a Cold, 10-Earth Mass Planet and Its Host Star. ApJ 741, 22.

45.  Bennett, D.P. and 78 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2010. Masses and orbital constraints for the OGLE-2006-BLG109Lb,c Jupiter/Saturn analog planetary system. ApJ 713, 837-855.

46.  Gould, A. and 153 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2010. Frequency of Solar-Like Systems and of Ice and Gas Giants Beyond the Snow Line from High-Magnification Microlensing Events in 2005-2008. ApJ 720, 1073-1089.

47.  Ryu, Y.-H., and 114 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2010. OGLE-2009-BLG-092/MOA-2009-BLG-137: A Dramatic Repeating Event with the Second Perturbation Predicted by Real-time Analysis. ApJ 723, 81-88.

48.  Batista, V. and 99 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2009. Mass measurement of a single unseen star and planetary detection efficiency for OGLE 2007-BLG-050. A&A 508, 467-478.

49.  Yee, J.C. and 88 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2009. Extreme Magnification Microlensing Event OGLE-2008-BLG-279: Strong Limits on Planetary Companions to the Lens Star. ApJ 703, 2082-2090.

50.  Lipkin, Y. M., Ofek, E. O., Gal-Yam, A., Leibowitz, E. M., Poznanski, D., Kaspi, S., Polishook, D., Kulkarni, S. R. and 17 coauthors, 2004. The Detailed Optical Light Curve of GRB 030329. AJ 606, 381-394.

 

 

Selected papers in bulletins and observational reports

 

51.  Polishook, D., 2014. Spins, Lightcurves, and Binarity of Eight Asteroid Pairs: 4905, 7745, 8306, 16815, 17288, 26416, 42946 and 74096. Minor Planet Bull. 41-1, 49-53.

52.  Polishook, D., 2013. Fast rotation of the NEA 2012TC4 indicates a monolithic structure. Minor Planet Bull. 40-1, 42-43.

53.  Binzel, R.P., Polishook, D., Bowens-Rubin, R., 2013. 2013 UQ4. IAUC 9262, 3.

54.  Polishook, D., 2012. Lightcurves for Shape Modeling: 852 Wladilena, 1089 Tama, and 1180 Rita. Minor Planet Bulletin 39-4, 242-244.

55.  Polishook, D., 2012. Lightcurves and Spin Periods of Near-Earth Asteroids, The Wise Observatory, 2005 - 2010. Minor Planet Bull. 39-3, 187-192.

56.  Polishook, D., 2012. Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory - October 2011. Minor Planet Bull. 39-2, 88-89.

57.  Polishook, D., 2011. Rotation Period of the ''Asteroid Pair'' (25884) 2000 SQ4. Minor Planet Bull. 38-2, 94-95.

58.  Polishook, D., 2011. Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory - 2011. Minor Planet Bull. 38-4, 198-199.

59.  Waszczak, A., Ofek, E. O. and Polishook, D., 2011. 2011 CR42. CBET 2823.

60.  Polishook, D., 2011. Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory - 2010. Minor Planet Bull. 38-1, 18-21.

61.  Arcavi, I., and 18 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. PTF11eon/SN2011dh is Possibly a Type IIb Event. ATEL 3413, 1.

62.  Polishook, D., 2010. Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory - 2009. Minor Planet Bull. 37-2, 65-69.

63.  Warner, B.D., and 29 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2010. A Trio of Hungaria Binary Asteroids. Minor Planet Bulletin 37-2, 70-73.

64.  Polishook, D., 2009. Lightcurves for Shape Modeling Obtained at the Wise Observatory. Minor Planet Bull. 36-3, 119-120.

65.  Polishook, D., 2009. Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory: 2008 August - 2009 March. Minor Planet Bull. 36-3, 104-107.

66.  Polishook, D. and Brosch, N., 2008. Photometry of Atens - More than a Handful of Binaries. Icarus 194, 111-124.

67.  Choi, Y.-J., Weissman, P.R. and Polishook, D., 2006. (60558) 2000EC_98. IAUC 8656.

68.  Polishook, D., Lipkin, Y. and Williams, G.V., 2004. 2004 MN4. MPEC 2004-Y68.

 

 

Selected Proceedings

 

Polishook, D. & Aharonson, O. 2017. Surface Slopes of Asteroids in Pairs as Indicators of Mechanical Properties. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 48, 1322

Polishook, D., Moskovitz, N., Thirouin, A., et al. 2017. The Fast Spin of Near-Earth Asteroid (455213) 2001 OE84, Revisited After 14 Years - Arguments for a Highly Cohesive Internal StructureLunar and Planetary Science Conference, 48, 1323

Polishook, D., Jacobson, S.A., Aharonson, O. 2016. Shared origin for seven of Mars Trojans - impact ejecta from Mars? AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 48, 522.09.

DeMeo, F.E., Carry, B., Polishook, D., Binzel, R., Burt, B., Moskovitz, N. 2016. A search for differentiated fragments within asteroid families. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 48, 510.04.

Binzel, R., DeMeo, F., Burbine, T., Polishook, D., Birlan, M. 2016. Origins and Asteroid Main-Belt Stratigraphy for H-, L-, LL-Chondrite Meteorites. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 48, 522.02.

Rivkin, A.S., and 13 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2016. The Observing Working Group for the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA). Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 47, 2386.

Polishook, D. and Moskovitz, N., 2016. Searching for color variation on fast rotating asteroids with simultaneous V-J observations. IAU Symposium 318, 193-200.

Polishook, D., and 10 colleagues 2015. Challenging the wall of fast rotating asteroids - constraining internal cohesive strength for MBAs and NEAs. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 47, 402.02.

Hinkle, M.L., and 13 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2015. The Bias-Corrected Taxonomic Distribution of Mission-Accessible Small Near-Earth Objects. IAU General Assembly 22, 2257980.

DeMeo, F.E and 5 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2014. The distribution of mantle material among main-belt asteroids. AAS Meeting Abstracts 224, #321.09.

Polishook, D., Moskovitz, N., Binzel, R. P., DeMeo, F., Vokrouhlicky, D. 2013. In Search of Fresh Material on Asteroid Pairs. AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 45, #304.06.

Abell, P., and 13 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2013. The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey (MANOS). AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 45, #208.30.

Moskovitz, N., and 19 colleagues including Polishook, D., 2013. The Near-Earth Flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA14. AAS/Division  for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts 45, #101.03.

Polishook, D., Binzel, R. P., DeMeo, F., Rivkin, A., 2012. Constraining the Timescale of Space Weathering by Spectral Classification of Asteroid Pairs. LPI Contributions 1667, 6335, In ACM 2012, Niigata.

Polishook, D., 2012. Studying Spin Axis of Primary Components of Binary Asteroids and Asteroid Pairs. LPI Contributions 1667, 6487, In ACM 2012, Niigata.

Polishook, D., Ofek, O. E., Waszczak, A., Kulkarni, S. R., 2012. Asteroid Rotation Periods from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey. LPI Contributions 1667, 6347, In ACM 2012, Niigata.

Binzel, R.P., and 10 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Compositional Distribution of the Near-Earth Object Population. LPI Contributions 1667, 6433, In ACM 2012, Niigata.

Binzel, R.P., Polishook, D., et al., 2012. Marco Polo-R Target Asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3: Possible Evidence for an Annual Thermal Wave. LPI, 43, 2222.

Scheirich, P., and 21 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2012. Zero Drift in Mean Anomaly of the Satellite of 1996 FG3 and its Implication for the BYORP Theory. LPI Contributions 1667, 6123, In ACM 2012, Niigata.

Polishook, D. and Ofek, E.O., 2011. Asteroid Science with the Palomar Transient Factory Survey. In ESPC-DPS 2011 joint meeting.

Hanus, J. and 14 coauthors including Polishook, D., 2011. Spin-vector distribution of asteroids - the role of the YORP thermal effect. In ESPC-DPS 2011 joint meeting.

Waszczak, A., Ofek, E.O., Kulkarni, S. and Polishook, D., 2011. A search for main-belt comets with the Palomar Transient Factory. In ESPC-DPS 2011 joint meeting.

Polishook, D., Prialnik, D., Rosenberg, E., Brosch, N., 2010. Parameter-Study of the Thermal Yarkovsky Effect Acting on NEAs. In DPS 2010 meeting #42, p. 1055.

Durech, J., Vokrouhlicky, D., Polishook, D., et al., 2009. Detection of the YORP Effect in Asteroid (3103) Eger. In DPS 2009 meeting #41.

Polishook, D., Brosch, N., Kaspi, S. and Prialnik, D., 2008. Simultaneous Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of Binary Asteroids. In ACM 2008, Baltimore.

Polishook, D., et al. 2008. TAU AstroClub - Tel-Aviv University Public Outreach in Astrophysics. First Middle East-Africa regional IAU Meeting, 2008 in Cairo, Egypt.

Polishook, D. and Brosch, N., 2006. Observations of binary NEOs at the Wise Observatory. In "Near Earth Objects, Our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk", IAU Symp. #236, p. 85.

Polishook, D. and Brosch, N., 2006. Many Binaries among NEAs. Invited paper for NASA's "Near-Earth Object Detection, Characterization, and Threat Mitigation" workshop, Colorado, June 2006.

Polishook, D., Brosch, N. and Prialnik, D., 2005. Photometry of Atens. In ACM 2005, IAU Symp. #229.