Publications

All of these publications (and more) can be found via a search of ADS hosted at Harvard.edu

2008 

PAPERs

Detection of the YORP Effect on Asteroid (1620) Geographos
Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Conference (ACM) 2008
July 13–18, 2008 • Baltimore, Maryland
Durech J. Vokrouchlicky D. Higgins D. Krugly Yu. Gaftonyuk N. Chiorny V.
Shevchenko V. Kaasalainen M.


A Shape and Spin Model for 1600 Vyssotsky
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 35-01
Brian Warner, David Higgins, Don Pray, Ron Dyvig, Vishnu Reddy, Josef Durech


Uncovering the Binary Nature of Minor Planet (6265) 1985 TW3
NACAA 2008
March 2008
David Higgins
Delivered by Dr Tom Richards


Lightcurve Analysis of 654 Zelinda
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 35-01
Brian Warner, David Higgins


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – November 2007 - March 2008
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume xx-x
David Higgins, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Kamil Hornoch, Jim Brinsfield, Bill Allen and Brian Warner


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – July 2007 – October 2007
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume xx-xx
David Higgins, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak and Kamil Hornoch, Adrian Galad, Stefan Gajdos, and Leos Kornos, Donald Pray, Marek Husarik


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – April 2007 – June 2007
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 35-01
David Higgins


 
MPECs
     
IAUCs/CBETs
     
     
     
Invited Talks

 

2007 

PAPERs

Detecting YORP Effect with Photometry (1862) Apollo
DPS, American Astronomical Society
10/2007
Mikko Kaasalainen, Joseph Durech, Brian Warner, Y Krugly, N Gaftonyuk, David Higgins


Lightcurve Analysis of (12735) 1991 VV1
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-3
Brian Warner, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, David Higgins, et al


Photometry of Aten Asteroid (66146) 1998 TU3
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-3
Tom Richards, Greg Bolt, David Higgins, Colin Bembrick


Lightcurve analysis of Asteroids 2006 BQ6, 2942, 2943, 3402, 3533, 6497, 6815, 7033, 12336 and 14211
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-2
Don Pray, Peter Kusnirak, Adrian Galad et al, Michal Pikler et al, Julian Oey, Walt Cooney et al, Robert Stephens, David Higgins


Rotation Period and Amplitude change of Minor Planet 3868 Mendoza
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-2
Julian Oey, G. Masi, F. Mallia, U. Tagliaferri, David Higgins, Russell Durkee, Richard Miles


The Lightcurve of 2131 Mayall in 2006
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-2
Brian Warner, Robert Stephens, David Higgins, Petr Pravec


Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis of 554 Peraga
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-2
David Higgins, Brian D Warner, Roger Dymock, Martin Crow


Photometry of comet 9P/Temple 1 during the 2004/2005 approach and the Deep Impact module impact
Icarus
Volume 187, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 276-284

G.A. Milani, Gy.M. Szabo, G. Sostero, R. Trabatti, R. Ligustri, M. Nicolini, M. Facchini, D. Tirelli, D. Carosati, C. Vinante, D. Higgins


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – December 2006 - April 2007
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-3
David Higgins, Julian Oey


 
MPECs
     
IAUCs/CBETs
CBET 1147 (32039) 2000 JO23    
CBET 1015 (6265) 1985 TW3 CBET 1078 (32008) 2000 HM53 CBET 1127 (8116) Jeanperrin
CBET 957 (1830) POGSON CBET 824 (2478) TOKAI CBET 910 (1338) DUPONTIA
Invited Talks
CWAS Astrofest 2007
 

2006 

PAPERs

Lightcurve Analysis for Hungaria Asteroids 3854 George, 4440 Tchantches, and 4674 Pauling
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-2
Brian Warner,  Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Cindy Foote, Jerry Foote, Adrian Galad, Stepfan Gajdos, Leos Kornos, Jozef Vilagi, David Higgins, Shannon Nudds, Yurij N Kugly and Ninel M. Gatonyuk


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – Summer 2005/6
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-3
David Higgins, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Vishnu Reddy, Ron Dyving


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – Autumn 2006
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-4
David Higgins, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Alan Galad et al, Don Pray, Bob Koff


LIGHTCURVE ANALYSIS OF ASTEROIDS 53, 698, 1016, 1523, 1950, 4608, 5080, 6170, 7760, 8213, 11271, 14257, 15350 and 17509
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-4
Don Pray, Adrian Galad, Stefan Gajdos, Walt Cooney, David Higgins, Marek Husarik, Peter Kusnirak


The Lightcurve of Main Best Asteroid 774 Armor
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-4
Brian Warner, David Higgins, Thomas Bennett, Michael Fauerbach


The Lightcurves of 1043 Beate and 1186 Turnera
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-4
Brian Warner and David Higgins


Analysis of GSC 5802-00929 and GSC 5740-02196, 2 new variable stars found during asteroid lightcurve observations
Undecided
Undecided (Click on title/link to access a local version of the paper - 350kb PDF)
David Higgins


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – Winter 2006
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-4
David Higgins, Rui Gonclaves


Asteriod lightcurve analysis at Hunters Hill observatory and collaborating stations – September-November 2006
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 34-1
David Higgins, Adrian Galad, Leos Kornos, Stefan Gajdos, Jozef Vilagi, Brian Warner, Marek Husarik


 
MPECs
     
IAUCs/CBETs
CBET 389 (6084) BASCOM CBET 431 (17260) 2000 JQ58 CBET 507 (4029) Bridges
CBET 617 (2754) EFIMOV CBET 681 (6244) OKAMOTO
IMAGEs/MAGAZINEs

 

2005 

PAPERs

Lightcurve for Hungaria Asteroid 4232 Aparicio
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-1
Brian Warner, Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Zuzana Kanuchova, Marek Husarik, David Higgins
 


Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Hunters Hill Observatory and Collaborating Stations - Autumn/Winter 2005
Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 33-1
David Higgins, Dr Petr Pravec, Peter Kusnirak, Gianluca Masi, Adrian Galad et al, Donald Pray
 


Photometric Survery of Binary Near-Earth Asteroids
Icarus
Dr Petr Pravec et al.
 


Lightcurve and Period Determination for 479 Caprera, 2351 O'Higgins, (36378) 2000 OL19, (52750) 1998 KK17, (87684) 2000 SY2
The Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 32, pp36-38
David J Higgins


MPECs

2005-Q23 2005 QL

2005-Q34 2000 QV7

2005-Q35 2005 QS10

2005-Q40 Observation of Comets

2005-U52 2005 UL1 (Discovery)

 
     

IAUCs/CBETs

CBET 288  (5477) 1989 UH_2

   
 

IMAGEs/MAGAZINEs

"Aussie amateur astronomer wins a grant": Sky and Space magazine, Sept/Oct 2005, pp19

"NEO Monitoring": Australian Sky and Telescope Magazine, Nov 2005
 


2004 

PAPERs

Photometric Observations 2001-2004 and Modelling of (25143) Itokawa
Hayabusa Symposium 2004
Dr Mikko Kassalainen et al.
 


Photometric Survery of Binary Near-Earth Asteroids
36th DPS Meeting, 8-12 November 2004
Session 28 Asteroid Physical Properties
Dr Petr Pravec et al.
 


Lightcurve and Period Determination for 1701 (Okavango), 689 (Zita), 981 (Martina) and 14653 (1998 YV11)
The Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 32, pp 13-14
David J Higgins
 


172 Baucis - A Slow Rotator
The Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 31, Number 3, A.D. 2004 July-September
C.S. Bembrick, T. Richards, G. Bolt, B. Pereghy, D. Higgins, W.H. Allen
 


Lightcurve & Period Determination for 582 Olympia
The Minor Planet Bulletin
Volume 31, Number 1, A.D. 2004 January-March
David Higgins, John Menke, Valentino Pozzoli, Edwin Sheridan and Roger Dymock


MPECs

2004-S26 2004 SY4

2004-T18 P/2004 T1 (Linear-Neat)

 

2004-O09 2004 NN8

2004-P21 2004 PJ

2004-R24 C/2004 R1(McNaught)

2004-G41 Observation of Comets

2004-H48 2004 HK12

2004-H58 C/2004 H1 (LINEAR)

IAUCs

IAUC 8416 P/2004 T1 (Linear-Neat)

IMAGEs

C/2003 T3 (Tabur): Sky and Space magazine, Feb 04, pp 34


2003

MPECs

2003-Y14 Observation of Comets

2003-Y05 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-X38 Observation of Comets

2003-X36 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-X16 Observation of Comets

2003 W55 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-W15 Observation of Comets

2003-W11 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-V47 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-V12 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-S55 Observation of Comets

2003-S36 2003 SM84

2003-S08 Observation of Comets

2003-R40 Comet C/2003 T3(Tabur)

2003-P48 Observation of Comets

2003-P26 Observation of Comets

2003-P20 Comet P/2003 KV2(Linear)

2003-P17 Comet C/2003 H2 (Linear)

2003-P13 Comet C/2002 L9 (Neat)

2003-O41 Observation of Comets

2003-M08 Comet P/2003 H4 (Linear)

2003-L30 Observation of Comets

2003-K67 Observation of Comets

2003-K56 2003 KQ18

2003-K50 2003 KW16

2003-K14 Observation of Comets

2003-K09 Comet C/2003 G1 (Linear)

2003-J50 2003 JP14

2003-J49 2003 JO14

2003-J33 Comet P/2003 H4

2003-J14 Comet P/2003 H4

2003-H21 Observation of Comets

2003-G15 Observation of Comets

2003-F54 Observation of Comets

2003-A87 Observation of Comets

IAUCs

IAUC 8233 1937 ub (Hermes)

IAUC 8223 Comet 2003 T3

IMAGEs

Centaurus A: 2003-2004 Meade Catalogue pp 34

In the media:

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