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Dr Michele Bannister

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Department: School of Physical & Chemical Sciences

Email: michele.bannister@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690336

Office: Julius von Haast 624

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • outer Solar System, asteroids, interstellar objects
  • Mapping & characterising minor planet populations throughout the Solar System
  • Interstellar objects and their Galactic population
  • Formation and evolution of planetary systems
  • Spacecraft missions for planetary exploration
  • Planetary defence and the Pacific
  • Science communication and public awareness of science

Researcher Summary

The small worlds of the Solar System provide insights into its early history. As a planetary astronomer, I am interested in understanding how they formed, evolved and reached their present orbits. I use wide-field imaging surveys to discover minor planets, and large telescopes to understand their surfaces.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Earth Sciences: Geomorphology
  • Physics: Astronomy

Resources

  • Personal page
  • The Outer Solar System Origins Survey
  • Comet Interceptor
  • Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey
  • The Solar System Origins Legacy Survey
  • Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time
  • Double Asteroid Redirection Mission (DART)

Prizes and Awards

  • Sir Arthur Clarke Award for Space Achievement in Academic Study/Research ( 2019 - present )
  • Winton Award ( 2020 )
  • Zel’dovich Medal for COSPAR Scientific Commission B ( 2020 - present )

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Brown T., Bannister M. and Revell L. (2023) Envisioning a sustainable future for space launches: a review of current research and policy. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2022.2152467. (Journal Articles)
  • Abedin AY., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Gladman B., Bannister M., Alexandersen M., Chen YT., Gwyn S. and Volk K. (2022) OSSOS. XXVI. On the Lack of Catastrophic Collisions in the Present Kuiper Belt. Astronomical Journal 164(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac9cdb. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister M., Esterling S., Grant W. and Paul A. (2022) Dark Skies as Heritage. University of Canterbury: Towards Tino Rangatiratanga and the Law Speaker Series, 30 Aug 2022. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Buchanan L., Schwamb M., Fraser W., Bannister M., Marsset M., Pike R., Kavelaars J., Benecchi S., Lehner M. and Wang S-Y. (2022) Exploring Variability within the Col-OSSOS Sample. In Copernicus GmbH http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-936. (Other)
  • Buchanan LE., Schwamb ME., Fraser WC., Bannister MT., Marsset M., Pike RE., Nesvorný D., Kavelaars JJ., Benecchi SD. and Lehner MJ. (2022) Col-OSSOS: Probing Ice Line/Color Transitions within the Kuiper Belt’s Progenitor Populations. Planetary Science Journal 3(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac42c9. (Journal Articles)
  • Cordwell AJ., Rattenbury NJ., Bannister MT., Cowan P., Abe F., Barry R., Bennett DP., Bhattacharya A., Bond IA. and Fujii H. (2022) Asteroid Lightcurves from the MOA-II Survey: A pilot study. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514(2): 3098-3112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac674. (Journal Articles)
  • Crompvoets BL., Lawler SM., Volk K., Chen YT., Gladman B., Peltier L., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Gwyn S. and Kavelaars JJ. (2022) OSSOS XXV: Large Populations and Scattering–Sticking in the Distant Trans-Neptunian Resonances. Planetary Science Journal 3(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac67e0. (Journal Articles)
  • De Pra M., Pinilla-Alonso N., Souza Feliciano AC., Schambeau C., Harvison B., Emery J., Cruikshank D., Pendleton Y., Holler B. and Stansberry J. (2022) Discovering the Surface Composition of TNOs (DiSCo-TNOs) with the James Webb Space Telescope. In Copernicus GmbH http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1196. (Other)
  • Fletcher LN., Helled R., Roussos E., Jones G., Charnoz S., André N., Andrews D., Bannister M., Bunce E. and Cavalié T. (2022) Ice giant system exploration within ESA’s Voyage 2050. Experimental Astronomy 54(2-3): 1015-1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09759-z. (Journal Articles)
  • Kokotanekova R., Kelley MSP., Holt CE., Opitom C., Protopapa S., Knight MM., Lister T., Bannister MT., Snodgrass C. and Fitzsimmons A. (2022) Observations during a 20-au outburst of the largest observed Oort-cloud comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein). In Copernicus GmbH http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-989. (Other)
  • Lintott C., Bannister MT. and Mackereth JT. (2022) Predicting the Water Content of Interstellar Objects from Galactic Star Formation Histories. Astrophysical Journal Letters 924(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac41d5. (Journal Articles)
  • Lister T., Kelley MSP., Holt CE., Hsieh HH., Bannister MT., Verma AA., Dobson MM., Knight MM., Moulane Y. and Schwamb ME. (2022) The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status. Planetary Science Journal 3(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac7a31. (Journal Articles)
  • Robinson J., Fitzsimmons A., Young D., Denneau L., Smith K., Bannister M., Heinze A. and Tonry J. (2022) Investigation of Asteroid Phase Curves Extracted from the ATLAS Survey. In Copernicus GmbH http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1144. (Other)
  • Abedin AY., Kavelaars JJ., Greenstreet S., Petit JM., Gladman B., Lawler S., Bannister M., Alexandersen M., Chen YT. and Gwyn S. (2021) OSSOS. XXI. Collision Probabilities in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt. Astronomical Journal 161(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abe418. (Journal Articles)
  • Alexandersen M., Greenstreet S., Gladman BJ., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gwyn SDJ., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Volk K. and Lehner MJ. (2021) OSSOS. XXIII. 2013 VZ70 and the Temporary Coorbitals of the Giant Planets. Planetary Science Journal 2(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac1c6b. (Journal Articles)
  • Ashton E., Gladman B., Kavelaars JJ., Jones RL., Krughoff KS., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gwyn S. and Petit JM. (2021) OSSOS. XVII. An upper limit on the number of distant planetary objects in the Solar System. Icarus 356 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113793. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister M. (2021) SATCON2 Community Engagement Working Group. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5608920. (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Collaboration VCROLSSTSSS., Jones RL., Bannister MT., Bolin BT., Chandler CO., Chesley SR., Eggl S., Greenstreet S., Holt TR. and Hsieh HH. (2021) The Scientific Impact of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) for Solar System Science. Bulletin of the AAS 53(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.d8909f28. (Journal Articles)
  • Fraser WC., Benecchi SD., Kavelaars JJ., Marsset M., Pike RE., Bannister MT., Schwamb ME., Volk K., Nesvorny D. and Alexandersen M. (2021) Col-ossos: The distinct color distribution of single and binary cold classical kbos. Planetary Science Journal 2(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/abf04a. (Journal Articles)
  • Holler B., Bannister MT., Singer KN., Stern SA., Benecchi SD., Ore CMD., Fletcher LN., Guilbert-Lepoutre A., Kiss C. and Lacerda P. (2021) Prospects for Future Exploration of the Trans-Neptunian Region. Bulletin of the AAS 53(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.5950ca1c. (Journal Articles)
  • Holler B., Milam SN., Bauer JM., Kruk JW., Alcock C., Bannister MT., Bjoraker GL., Bodewits D., Bosh AS. and Buie MW. (2021) Minor Body Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Bulletin of the AAS 53(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.2f65b7e9. (Journal Articles)
  • Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Gladman B., Bannister MT., Alexandersen M., Chen YT., Gwyn SDJ. and Volk K. (2021) OSSOS Finds an Exponential Cutoff in the Size Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper Belt. Astrophysical Journal Letters 920(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac2c72. (Journal Articles)
  • Kavelaars JJ., Petit J-M., Gladman B., Bannister MT., Alexandersen M., Chen Y-T., Gwyn SDJ. and Volk K. (2021) OSSOS finds an Exponential Cutoff in the Size Distribution of the Cold Classical Kuiper belt. . (Journal Articles)
  • Lin HW., Chen YT., Volk K., Gladman B., Murray-Clay R., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Lawler SM., Ip WH. and Lykawka PS. (2021) OSSOS: The eccentricity and inclination distributions of the stable Neptunian Trojans. Icarus 361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114391. (Journal Articles)
  • Mainzer A., Abell P., Bannister MT., Barbee B., Barnes J., III JFB., Benner L., Betts B., Bose M. and Bottke W. (2021) The Future of Planetary Defense in the Era of Advanced Surveys. Bulletin of the AAS 53(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.ba7af878. (Journal Articles)
  • Pfalzner S., Paterson D., Bannister MT. and Zwart SP. (2021) Interstellar objects follow the collapse of molecular clouds. . (Journal Articles)
  • Pfalzner S., Paterson D., Bannister MT. and Zwart SP. (2021) Interstellar Objects Follow the Collapse of Molecular Clouds. Astrophysical Journal 921(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0c10. (Journal Articles)
  • Ridden-Harper R., Bannister MT. and Kokotanekova R. (2021) No Rotational Variability in C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) at 23.8 au and 21.1 au as Seen by TESS. Research Notes of the AAS 5(7): 161-161. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ac1512. (Journal Articles)
  • Runyon K., Ahrens CJ., Beddingfield CB., Cahill JTS., Cartwright R., Cohen I., Holler B., Stryk T., Kollmann P. and Kite E. (2021) Comparative Planetology of Kuiper Belt Dwarf Planets Enabled by the Near-Term Interstellar Probe. Bulletin of the AAS 53(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.4873908b. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Opitom C., Fitzsimmons A., Moulane Y., Jehin E., Seligman D., Rousselot P., Knight MM., Marsset M. and Schwamb ME. (2020) Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov as seen by MUSE: C$_2$, NH$_2$ and red CN detections. . (Journal Articles)
  • Bodewits D., Noonan JW., Feldman PD., Bannister MT., Farnocchia D., Harris WM., Li JY., Mandt KE., Parker JW. and Xing ZX. (2020) The carbon monoxide-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. Nature Astronomy 4(9): 867-871. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-1095-2. (Journal Articles)
  • Fletcher LN., Helled R., Roussos E., Jones G., Charnoz S., André N., Andrews D., Bannister M., Bunce E. and Cavalié T. (2020) Ice Giant Systems: The scientific potential of orbital missions to Uranus and Neptune. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.105030. (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Marsset M., Fraser WC., Bannister MT., Schwamb ME., Pike RE., Benecchi S., Kavelaars JJ., Alexandersen M., Chen YT. and Gladman BJ. (2020) Col-OSSOS: Compositional homogeneity of three kuiper belt binaries. Planetary Science Journal 1(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ab8cc0. (Journal Articles)
  • Nesvorný D., Vokrouhlický D., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Buchanan LE., Chen YT., Gladman BJ., Gwyn SDJ., Kavelaars JJ. and Petit JM. (2020) OSSOS XX: The Meaning of Kuiper Belt Colors. Astronomical Journal 160(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab98fb. (Journal Articles)
  • Pfalzner S., Davies MB., Kokaia G. and Bannister MT. (2020) Oumuamuas Passing through Molecular Clouds. Astrophysical Journal 903(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abb9ae. (Journal Articles)
  • Pike RE., Proudfoot BCN., Ragozzine D., Alexandersen M., Maggard S., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gladman BJ., Kavelaars JJ. and Gwyn S. (2020) A dearth of small members in the Haumea family revealed by OSSOS. Nature Astronomy 4(1): 89-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0867-z. (Journal Articles)
  • Xing Z., Bodewits D., Noonan J. and Bannister MT. (2020) Water production rates and activity of interstellar comet 2i/borisov. Astrophysical Journal Letters 893(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab86be. (Journal Articles)
  • Xing Z-X., Bodewits D., Noonan JW., Feldman PD., Bannister MT., Farnocchia D., Harris WM., Li J-Y., Mandt KE. and Parker JW. (2020) Activities and origins of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-993. (Journal Articles)
  • Alexandersen M., Benecchi SD., Chen Y-T., Eduardo MR., Thirouin A., Schwamb ME., Lehner MJ., Wang S-Y., Bannister MT. and Gladman BJ. (2019) OSSOS. XII. Variability Studies of 65 Trans-Neptunian Objects Using the Hyper Suprime-Cam. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 244(1): 19-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab2fe4. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT. (2019) A darkness full of worlds: Prospects for discovery surveys in the outer solar system. The Trans-Neptunian Solar System: 439-453. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816490-7.00020-5. (Chapters)
  • Bannister MT., Bhandare A., Dybczyński PA., Fitzsimmons A., Guilbert-Lepoutre A., Jedicke R., Knight MM., Meech KJ., McNeill A. and Pfalzner S. (2019) The natural history of ‘Oumuamua. Nature Astronomy 3(7): 594-602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0816-x. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Nobes D., Sletten RS., Godfrey MJ. and Cottrell P. (2019) Conductive layer detection in periglacial Antarctic environment with time-domain electromagnetics. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 4795-4799. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3216273.1. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Bannister MT., Nobes DC., Godfrey MJ. and Sletten RS. (2019) Imaging Buried Massive Ice in Victoria Valley, Antarctica, with Multi-electrode Electrical Resistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 2828-2832. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3206017.1. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Cabral N., Guilbert-Lepoutre A., Fraser WC., Marsset M., Volk K., Petit JM., Rousselot P., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT. and Chen YT. (2019) OSSOS: XI. No active centaurs in the Outer Solar System Origins Survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics 621 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834021. (Journal Articles)
  • Chen YT., Gladman B., Volk K., Murray-Clay R., Lehner MJ., Kavelaars JJ., Wang SY., Lin HW., Lykawka PS. and Alexandersen M. (2019) Ossos. XVIII. Constraining migration models with the 2:1 resonance using the Outer Solar System Origins survey. Astrophysical Journal 158(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab480b. (Journal Articles)
  • Godfrey MJ., Nobes DC., Bannister MT. and Sletten RS. (2019) Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity and Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging of Young Polygonal Patterned Ground in Victoria Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts: 4777-4781. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segam2019-3211851.1. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Kaib NA., Pike R., Lawler S., Kovalik M., Brown C., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Gladman BJ. and Petit JM. (2019) OSSOS. XV. Probing the Distant Solar System with Observed Scattering TNOs. Astronomical Journal 158(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab2383. (Journal Articles)
  • Kavelaars JJ., Lawler SM., Bannister MT. and Shankman C. (2019) Perspectives on the distribution of orbits of distant Trans-Neptunian objects. The Trans-Neptunian Solar System: 61-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816490-7.00003-5. (Chapters)
  • Lawler SM., Pike RE., Kaib N., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gladman B., Gwyn S., Kavelaars JJ. and Petit JM. (2019) OSSOS. XIII. Fossilized Resonant Dropouts Tentatively Confirm Neptune's Migration Was Grainy and Slow. Astronomical Journal 157(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab1c4c. (Journal Articles)
  • Marsset M., Fraser WC., Pike RE., Bannister MT., Schwamb ME., Volk K., Kavelaars JJ., Alexandersen M., Chen YT. and Gladman BJ. (2019) Col-OSSOS: Color and Inclination Are Correlated throughout the Kuiper Belt. Astronomical Journal 157(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaf72e. (Journal Articles)
  • Nesvorný D., Vokrouhlický D., Stern AS., Davidsson B., Bannister MT., Volk K., Chen YT., Gladman BJ., Kavelaars JJ. and Petit JM. (2019) OSSOS. XIX. Testing Early Solar System Dynamical Models Using OSSOS Centaur Detections. Astronomical Journal 158(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab3651. (Journal Articles)
  • Pfalzner S. and Bannister MT. (2019) A Hypothesis for the Rapid Formation of Planets. Astrophysical Journal Letters 874(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0fa0. (Journal Articles)
  • Schwamb ME., Fraser WC., Bannister MT., Marsset M., Pike RE., Kavelaars JJ., Benecchi SD., Lehner MJ., Wang SY. and Thirouin A. (2019) Col-OSSOS: The Colors of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 243(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ab2194. (Journal Articles)
  • Schwamb ME., Hsieh H., Bannister MT., Bodewits D., Chesley SR., Fraser WC., Granvik M., Jones RL., Jurić M. and Kelley MSP. (2019) A Software Roadmap for Solar System Science with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. American Astronomical Society. 51-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ab0e10. (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Van Laerhoven C., Gladman B., Volk K., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Bannister MT., Alexandersen M., Chen YT. and Gwyn SDJ. (2019) OSSOS. XIV. The Plane of the Kuiper Belt. Astronomical Journal 158(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab24e1. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Gladman BJ., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Volk K., Chen YT., Alexandersen M., Gwyn SDJ., Schwamb ME. and Ashton E. (2018) OSSOS. VII. 800+ Trans-neptunian objects-The complete data release. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series 236(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aab77a. (Journal Articles)
  • Fitzsimmons A., Snodgrass C., Rozitis B., Yang B., Hyland M., Seccull T., Bannister MT., Fraser WC., Jedicke R. and Lacerda P. (2018) Spectroscopy and thermal modelling of the first interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua. Nature Astronomy 2(2): 133-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0361-4. (Journal Articles)
  • Fraser WC., Pravec P., Fitzsimmons A., Lacerda P., Bannister MT., Snodgrass C. and Smolić I. (2018) The tumbling rotational state of 1I/'Oumuamua. Nature Astronomy 2(5): 383-386. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0398-z. (Journal Articles)
  • Holler BJ., Milam SN., Bauer JM., Alcock C., Bannister MT., Bjoraker GL., Bodewits D., Bosh AS., Buie MW. and Farnham TL. (2018) Solar system science with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 4(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.3.034003. (Journal Articles)
  • Holman MJ., Payne MJ., Fraser W., Lacerda P., Bannister MT., Lackner M., Chen YT., Lin HW., Smith KW. and Kokotanekova R. (2018) A Dwarf Planet Class Object in the 21:5 Resonance with Neptune. Astrophysical Journal Letters 855(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaadb3. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawler SM., Kavelaars JJ., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Gladman B., Petit JM. and Shankman C. (2018) OSSOS: X. How to Use a Survey Simulator: Statistical Testing of Dynamical Models Against the Real Kuiper Belt. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 5 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2018.00014. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawler SM., Shankman C., Kavelaars JJ., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gladman B., Fraser WC., Gwyn S. and Kaib N. (2018) OSSOS. VIII. the Transition between Two Size Distribution Slopes in the Scattering Disk. Astronomical Journal 155(5) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aab8ff. (Journal Articles)
  • Nobes DC., Sletten RS., Bannister MT. and Godfrey MJ. (2018) GPR Profile of Beacon Valley, Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Analysis of the GPR Response from Rocky Permafrost. In 2018 17th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441595. (Conference Contributions - Published)
  • Schwamb ME., Jones RL., Chesley SR., Fitzsimmons A., Fraser WC., Holman MJ., Hsieh H., Ragozzine D., Thomas CA. and Trilling DE. (2018) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Solar System Science Roadmap. . (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Schwamb ME., Volk K., Wen H., Lin., Kelley MSP., Bannister MT., Hsieh HH., Jones RL., Mommert M. and Snodgrass C. (2018) A Northern Ecliptic Survey for Solar System Science. . (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Trilling DE., Bannister M., Fuentes C., Gerdes D., Mommert M., Schwamb ME. and Trujillo C. (2018) Deep Drilling Fields for Solar System Science. . (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Volk K., Murray-Clay RA., Gladman BJ., Lawler SM., Yu TYM., Alexandersen M., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Dawson RI. and Greenstreet S. (2018) OSSOS. IX. Two Objects in Neptune's 9:1 Resonance - Implications for Resonance Sticking in the Scattering Population. Astronomical Journal 155(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aac268. (Journal Articles)
  • Volk K., Schwamb ME., Fraser W., Kelley MSP., Wen H., Lin., Ragozzine D., Jones RL., Snodgrass C. and Bannister MT. (2018) The Effects of Filter Choice on Outer Solar System Science with LSST. . (Discussion/Working Papers)
  • Bannister MT., Schwamb ME., Fraser WC., Marsset M., Fitzsimmons A., Benecchi SD., Lacerda P., Pike RE., Kavelaars JJ. and Smith AB. (2017) Col-OSSOS: Colors of the Interstellar Planetesimal 1I/'Oumuamua. Astrophysical Journal Letters 851(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa07c. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Shankman C., Volk K., Chen YT., Kaib N., Gladman BJ., Jakubik M., Kavelaars JJ., Fraser WC. and Schwamb ME. (2017) OSSOS. V. Diffusion in the Orbit of a High-perihelion Distant Solar System Object. Astronomical Journal 153(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa6db5. (Journal Articles)
  • Fraser WC., Bannister MT., Pike RE., Marsset M., Schwamb ME., Kavelaars JJ., Lacerda P., Nesvorný D., Volk K. and Delsanti A. (2017) All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries. Nature Astronomy 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0088. (Journal Articles)
  • Fraser WC., Bannister MT., Pike RE., Marsset M., Schwamb ME., Kavelaars JJ., Lacerda P., Nesvorný D., Volk K. and Delsanti A. (2017) Correction: Corrigendum: All planetesimals born near the Kuiper belt formed as binaries. Nature Astronomy 1(5) 0138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0138. (Journal Articles)
  • Lawler SM., Shankman C., Kaib N., Bannister MT., Gladman B. and Kavelaars JJ. (2017) OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES of A MASSIVE DISTANT PLANET on the SCATTERING DISK. Astronomical Journal 153(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/33. (Journal Articles)
  • Moreno F., Pozuelos FJ., Novaković B., Licandro J., Cabrera-Lavers A., Bolin B., Jedicke R., Gladman BJ., Bannister MT. and Gwyn SDJ. (2017) The Splitting of Double-component Active Asteroid P/2016 J1 (PANSTARRS). Astrophysical Journal Letters 837(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa6036. (Journal Articles)
  • Pike RE., Fraser WC., Schwamb ME., Kavelaars JJ., Marsset M., Bannister MT., Lehner MJ., Wang SY., Alexandersen M. and Chen YT. (2017) Col-OSSOS: Z-Band Photometry Reveals Three Distinct TNO Surface Types. Astronomical Journal 154(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa83b1. (Journal Articles)
  • Shankman C., Kavelaars JJ., Bannister MT., Gladman BJ., Lawler SM., Chen YT., Jakubik M., Kaib N., Alexandersen M. and Gwyn SDJ. (2017) OSSOS. VI. Striking biases in the detection of large semimajor axis trans-neptunian objects. Astronomical Journal 154(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa7aed. (Journal Articles)
  • Shankman C., Kavelaars JJ., Lawler SM., Gladman BJ. and Bannister MT. (2017) CONSEQUENCES of A DISTANT MASSIVE PLANET on the LARGE SEMIMAJOR AXIS TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS. Astronomical Journal 153(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/63. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Alexandersen M., Benecchi SD., Chen YT., Delsanti A., Fraser WC., Gladman BJ., Granvik M., Grundy WM. and Guilbert-Lepoutre A. (2016) OSSOS. IV. DISCOVERY of A DWARF PLANET CANDIDATE in the 9:2 RESONANCE with NEPTUNE. Astronomical Journal 152(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/212. (Journal Articles)
  • Bannister MT., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Gladman BJ., Gwyn SDJ., Chen YT., Volk K., Alexandersen M., Benecchi SD. and Delsanti A. (2016) THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGINS SURVEY. I. DESIGN and FIRST-QUARTER DISCOVERIES. Astronomical Journal 152(3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/70. (Journal Articles)
  • Fraser W., Alexandersen M., Schwamb ME., Marsset M., Pike RE., Kavelaars JJ., Bannister MT., Benecchi S. and Delsanti A. (2016) TRIPPy: TRAILED IMAGE PHOTOMETRY in PYTHON. Astronomical Journal 151(6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/6/158. (Journal Articles)
  • Parker A., Pinilla-Alonso N., Santos-Sanz P., Stansberry J., Alvarez-Candal A., Bannister M., Benecchi S., Cook J., Fraser W. and Grundy W. (2016) Physical characterization of TNOs with the James Webb Space Telescope. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 128(959): 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/959/018010. (Journal Articles)
  • Shankman C., Kavelaars JJ., Gladman BJ., Alexandersen M., Kaib N., Petit JM., Bannister MT., Chen YT., Gwyn S. and Jakubik M. (2016) OSSOS. II. A sharp transition in the absolute magnitude distribution of the Kuiper Belt's scattering population. Astronomical Journal 151(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/151/2/31. (Journal Articles)
  • Volk K., Murray-Clay R., Gladman B., Lawler S., Bannister MT., Kavelaars JJ., Petit JM., Gwyn S., Alexandersen M. and Chen YT. (2016) OSSOS III - RESONANT TRANS-NEPTUNIAN POPULATIONS: CONSTRAINTS from the FIRST QUARTER of the OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM ORIGINS SURVEY. Astronomical Journal 152(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/1/23. (Journal Articles)
  • Brown ME., Bannister MT., Schmidt BP., Drake AJ., Djorgovski SG., Graham MJ., Mahabal A., Donalek C., Larson S. and Christensen E. (2015) A serendipitous all sky survey for bright objects in the outer solar system. Astronomical Journal 149(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/149/2/69. (Journal Articles)
  • Parker A., Pinilla-Alonso N., Santos-Sanz P., Stansberry J., Alvarez-Candal A., Bannister M., Benecchi S., Cook J., Fraser W. and Grundy W. (2015) Physical Characterization of TNOs with JWST. . (Journal Articles)
  • Kiss C., Szabó G., Horner J., Conn BC., Müller TG., Vilenius E., Sárneczky K., Kiss LL., Bannister M. and Bayliss D. (2013) A portrait of the extreme solar system object 2012 DR30. Astronomy and Astrophysics 555 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321147. (Journal Articles)
  • Horner J., Lykawka PS., Bannister MT. and Francis P. (2012) 2008 LC18: A potentially unstable Neptune Trojan. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 422(3): 2145-2151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20757.x. (Journal Articles)

Affiliations

  • Queen's University Belfast (Teaching/Research Organisation): Visiting Scholar, Belfast, UK

Key Methodologies

  • observational and dynamical astronomy
  • planetary space missions
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