Pedro Lacerda

I am a postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii.

I study physical properties of small solar system objects, namely Kuiper belt objects, Centaurs, comets, and Trojan and main-belt asteroids. In particular I am interested in the rotational properties of these bodies and what can be learned from them.

Curriculum Vitae (in PDF)

Publications (selected PDFs)

Bookmarks and Pictures


Research Topics

  A dark, red spot on 2003EL61

  Comet 17P/Holmes (from David Jewitt's website)

Reactivation of main-belt comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro

Densities from Lightcurves

The Rotational Properties of Kuiper Belt objects

The Shapes of Kuiper Belt objects

Lightcurves of Small Solar System Objects



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