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MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt, C. Trujillo, M. Brown, and M. Ashley, "A Wide-Field CCD Survey for Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects" 2000, AJ, 120, 2687
W. Brandner, S. Sheppard, H. Zinnecker, L. Close, F. Iwamuro, A. Krabbe, T. Maihara, K. Motohara, D. Padgett, and A. Tokunaga "VLT-Detection of Two Edge-On Circumstellar Disks in the rho Oph Dark Cloud" 2000, AA, 364, L13
Y. Fernandez, D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard "Low Albedos Among Extinct Comet Candidates" 2001, ApJ, 553, 197L
W. Brandner, D. Potter, S. Sheppard, A. Moneti, and H. Zinnecker "The Evolution of Circumstellar Disks: Lessons from the VLT and ISO" 2001, in "The Origin of Stars and Planets: The VLT View" (ESO Publication), Eds. J. Alves and M. McCaughrean, Springer Verlag, Heidelberg.
D. Jewitt and S. Sheppard "Physical Properties of the Trans-Neptunian Object (20000) Varuna" 2002, AJ, 123, 2110
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Time-Resolved Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects: Rotations, Shapes and Phase Functions" 2002, AJ, 124, 1757
Y. Fernandez, D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard "Thermal Properties of Centaurs Asbolus and Chiron" 2002, AJ, 123, 1050
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "The Shapes, Densities, and Phase Functions of Trans-Neptunian Objects" 2002, in "Proceedings of Asteroids, Comets and Meteors" Ed. B. Warmbein, ESA Special Publication Series
N. McBride, S. Green, J. Davies, D. Tholen, S. Sheppard, R. Whiteley, and J. Hillier "Visible and Infrared Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects: Searching for Evidence of Trends" 2003, Icarus, 161, 501-510
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "An Abundant Population of Small Irregular Satellites Around Jupiter" 2003, Nature, 423, 261-263
D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard, and Y. Fernandez "143P/Kowal-Mrkos and the Shapes of Cometary Nuclei" 2003, AJ, 125, 3366-3377
Y. Fernandez, S. Sheppard, and D. Jewitt "The Albedo Distribution of Jovian Trojan Asteroids" 2003, AJ, 126, 1563
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Hawaii Kuiper Belt Variability Project: An Update" 2003, Earth, Moon and Planets, 92, 207-219
D. Jewitt and S. Sheppard "The Nucleus of Comet 48P/Johnson" 2004, AJ, 127, 1784
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Extreme Kuiper Belt Object 2001 QG298 and the Fraction of Contact Binaries" 2004, AJ, 127, 3023
D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard, and C. Porco "Jupiter's Outer Satellites and Trojans" 2004, in "Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere" ed. F. Bagenal, T. Dowling and W. McKinnon, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), Chap. 12
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "The Abundant Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets" in "Highlights of Astronomy" Vol. 13, International Astronomical Union, Ed. O. Engvold
S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt and J. Kleyna "A Survey for Outer Satellites of Mars: Limits to Completeness" 2004, AJ, 128, 2542
D. Jewitt and S. Sheppard "Irregular Satellites in the Context of Planet Formation" 2005, Space Sci. Rev., 116, 441
S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt and J. Kleyna "Ultra Deep Survey for Irregular Satellites of Uranus: Limits to Completeness" 2005, AJ, 129, 518
Y. Fernandez, D. Jewitt and S. Sheppard "Albedos of Asteroids in Comet-Like Orbits" 2005, AJ, 130, 308
P. Abell, Y. Fernandez, P. Pravec, L. French, T. Farnham, M. M. Gaffey, P. Hardersen, P. Kusnirak, L. Sarounnova, S. Sheppard and G. Narayan "Physical Characteristics of Comet Nucleus C/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)" 2005, Icarus, 179, 174
S. Sheppard "A planet more, a planet less" 2006, Nature, 439, 541
S. Sheppard "Outer Irregular Satellites of the Planets and Their Relationship with Asteroids, Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects" 2006, invited review in "Asteroids, Comets and Meteors: IAU Symposium 229" ed. D. Lazzaro, S. Ferraz-Mello and J. Fernandez, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 319-334
S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt and J. Kleyna "A Survey for "Normal" Irregular Satellites Around Neptune: Limits to Completeness" 2006, Astron. J., 132, 171
S. Sheppard and C. Trujillo "A Thick Cloud of Neptune Trojans and Their Colors" 2006, Science, 313, 511-514
S. Sheppard "Small Bodies in the Outer Solar System" 2006, invited review for New Horizons in Astronomy, ASP Conference Series, 352, 3
S. Sheppard "Dwarf Plutonian Planets and other Large Kuiper Belt Objects: Their Rotations, Phase Functions and Absolute Magnitudes" 2007, Astron. J., 134, 787
E. Berger, D. Fox, P. Price et al. "A New Population of High Redshift Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts" 2007, ApJ, in press
P. Nicholson, M. Cuk, S. Sheppard, D. Nesvorny, T. Johnson "Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets" chapter in "The Solar System Beyond Neptune" ed. A. Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. Cruikshank and A. Morbidelli, (Tucson: Univ. of Arizona Press), Chapter in press
S. Sheppard, P. Lacerda, J. Ortiz "Photometric Light Curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs: Rotations, Shapes and Densities" chapter in "The Solar System Beyond Neptune" ed. A Barucci, H. Boehnhardt, D. Cruikshank and A. Morbidelli, (Tuscson: Univ. of Arizona Press), Chapter in press
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ADS Link for Scott S. Sheppard
Astro-ph link for Scott S. Sheppard
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Other Selected Publications
S. Sheppard "Synchronous Rotation of Moons" 2002, Astronomy Magazine, March
S. Sheppard "Jupiter Satellites: 39 and Counting" 2002, Mercury, 31, 10
S. Sheppard "Outer Jovian Satellites" 2002, IAU Comm 16 Triennial Report
S. Sheppard "Decision Time for Space Exploration: Where in the Heavens Do We Go Next" 2005, San Francisco Chronicle, October 10
S. Sheppard "Small Satellites of the Giant Planets" 2005, IAU Comm 16 Triennial Report
S. Sheppard "What is a Planet?" 2006, Sky and Telescope, Letter to the Editor, January
D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard and J. Kleyna "The Strangest Satellites in the Solar System" 2006, Scientific American (August 2006), 295, 23-29
S. Sheppard "Pluto and the Kuiper Belt" 2007, essay in "The Universe" by R. Freedman and W. Kaufmann III, (New York: W.H. Freeman and Company), 401-402
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Meeting Abstracts
S. Sheppard and D. Lien "The Dust Tail of P/Halley: Constraints on the Rotation of the Nucleus" AAS DPS, #28, #08.10, (1996).
S. Sheppard, D. Jewitt, C. Trujillo, M. Brown, and M. Ashley "The Centaur Population" AAS DPS, #32, #19.04, (2000)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Mauna Kea Physical Observations of Kuiper Belt Objects" Physical Properties of Kuiper Belt Objects Workshop, Meudon, France, (2001)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Jupiter's Irregular Satellite System" The Jupiter Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, (2001)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Lightcurves of 13 Kuiper Belt Objects" AAS DPS, (2001)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "The Shape Distribution and Phase Functions of Trans-Neptunian Objects" ACM, Berlin, Germany, (2002)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "The Irregular Satellites of Jupiter" AAS DPS, (2002)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Light Variations of Kuiper Belt Objects" First Decadal Review of the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt, Chile, (2003)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "The Abundant Irregular Satellites of the Giant Planets" IAU General Assembly, Sydney, Australia, (2003)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "Recent Results From The Hawaii Trans-Neptunian Variability Project" AAS DPS, (2003)
S. Sheppard and D. Jewitt "A Contact Binary in the Kuiper Belt?" AAS DPS, (2004)
S. Sheppard and C. Trujillo "The Discovery of 2004 UP10: The Second Known Neptune Trojan" ACM, Buzios, Brazil, (2005)
S. Sheppard "Outer Irregular Satellites of the Planets and their Relationship with Asteroids, Comets and Kuiper Belt Objects" Invited Review ACM 2005
S. Sheppard and C. Trujillo "A Deep Survey for Trojan Asteroids of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune" AAS DPS, (2005)
S. Sheppard "Asteroids, Kuiper Belt Objects, Comets, Satellites and the Formation of Our Solar System" Invited talk for the New Horizons Bash Symposium 2005, Austin, Texas
S. Sheppard and C. Trujillo "The Neptune Trojans: Their Colors, Population and Inclination Distribution" Trans-Neptunian Objects Workshop, Catania, Italy, (2006)
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Observations
Too many (>150 and counting) Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (MPECs) to keep track of.
IAUC 7525 "Lost Moon of Jupiter Found: S/1975 J1 = S/2000 J1"
IAUC 7555 "10 New Satellites of Jupiter Discovered: S/2000 J2 - S/2000 J11"
IAUC 7619 "Lightcurve of Kuiper Belt Object 2000 GN171"
IAUC 7900 "11 New Satellites of Jupiter: S/2001 J1 - S/2001 J11"
IAUC 7935 "Fragmentation of comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte"
IAUC 7966 "Discovery of components to comet C/2002 Q3 (Linear)"
IAUC 8035 "New Jupiter Satellite S/2002 J1"
IAUC 8087 "7 New Satellites of Jupiter"
IAUC 8088 "2003 J8, New Satellite of Jupiter"
IAUC 8089 "4 New Satellites of Jupiter"
IAUC 8116 "6 New Satellites of Jupiter and 1 New Satellite of Saturn"
IAUC 8125 "S/2003 J19 and S/2003 J20 New Satellites of Jupiter"
IAUC 8138 "S/2003 J21 New Satellite of Jupiter"
IAUC 8193 "S/2003 N1 New Satellite of Neptune" (September 2003)
IAUC 8213 "S/2001 U2 New Satellite of Uranus" (October 2003)
IAUC 8217 "S/2003 U3 New Satellite of Uranus" (October 2003)
IAUC 8276 "New Satellite of Jupiter S/2003 J22" (January 2004)
IAUC 8281 "New Satellite of Jupiter S/2003 J23" (February 2004)
IAUC 8305 "Comet P/2004 DO29 (SPACEWATCH-LINEAR)" (March 2004)
IAUC 8321 "Comet P/2004 DZ61 (CATALINA-LINEAR)" (April 2004)
IAUC 8523 "12 New Satellites of Saturn" (May 2005)
IAUC 8637 "Comet C/2004 YJ35 (LINEAR)" (December 2005)
IAUC 8727 "9 New Satellites of Saturn" (June 2006)
IAUC 8836 "3 New Satellites of Satun: S/2007 S1, S/2007 S2, and S/2007 S3" (May 2007)
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e-mail at sheppard at dtm.ciw.edu (replace "at" with @)
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