Pedro Lacerda
Pedro Lacerda https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/04071114/PEDRO_LACERDA_thumb.jpg 480 270 Asteroid Day https://asteroidday-uploads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/04071114/PEDRO_LACERDA_thumb.jpgAsteroid Day Affiliation:
I am an astrophysicist at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research and I am interested in planetary systems.
My specific expertise deals with physical properties of small solar system objects, mainly Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), Centaurs, comets and Trojan asteroids.
At the MPS, I am setting up a Max Planck Research Group to interpret the results of the Rosetta mission to comet 67P in the context of the formation and evolution of planetesimals.
Short CV
Max Planck Research Group Leader, 2013
Michael West Research Fellow, 2010
Royal Society Newton Fellow, 2008
PhD, 2005, Leiden University
Graduated in Physics, 2000, University of Lisbon
Recent News, Results and Publications
NEW / PAPER Sputtering of oxygen ice by low energy ions (PDF)
UPDATE New page with plots on resolved KBO binaries.
NEW / PAPER Growth of planets, KBOs and asteroids by chondrule accretion (PDF)
NEW / PAPER Review: The formation of the solar system (PDF)
PAPER The albedo-color diversity of transneptunian objects (paper, PDF)
INFO The nucleus of comet 67P as seen by Rosetta
PAPER The Unusual Kuiper Belt Object 2003 SQ317 (paper, PDF)
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