TTT-based research
This page presents a selection of scientific publications based on data obtained with the Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT).
Publications using observations obtained with TTT should include the following acknowledgement:
“This article [is based on / includes observations made in] the Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT) at the Teide Observatory of the IAC, that Light Bridges operates on the Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain). The Observing Time Rights (DTO) used for this research were provided by [type of funding / donor / provider]. ”
2026
| Title | Authors | Month | Link to paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| SN 2024abvb: a Type Ibn/Icn supernova with evidence of helium and an extreme offset from its host galaxy | Aster, Callum, Inserra, Cosimo, Pastorello, Andrea, Anderson, Joseph P., Bauer, Franz Erik, Bostroem, K. Azale… | April | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| A gem system with a lava world and a habitable zone sub-Neptune orbiting TOI-1752 | Peláez-Torres, A., Pozuelos, F. J., Morello, G., Dévora-Pajares, M., Barkaoui, K., Gkouvelis, L., Pallé, E., C… | April | arXiv |
| A dedicated survey of fast-rotating near-Earth asteroids with the Two-meter Twin Telescope: I. Observational strategy and first results | Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J., Serra-Ricart, M. | March | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| A High-Throughput AES-GCM Implementation on GPUs for Secure, Policy-Based Access to Massive Astronomical Catalogs | Lemes-Perera, Samuel, Alarcon, Miguel R., Caballero-Gil, Pino, Serra-Ricart, Miquel | February | arXiv |
| Pre-perihelion detection of a wobbling high-latitude jet in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS | Serra-Ricart, M., Licandro, J., Alarcon, M. R. | January | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Spin Parameters and Shape Models of Near-Earth Asteroids (4660) Nereus, (21088) Chelyabinsk, (66146) 1998 TU3, and (297418) 2000 SP43 | Rodríguez Rodríguez, Javier, Díez Alonso, Enrique, Iglesias Álvarez, Santiago, Pérez Fernández, Saúl, Buendia… | January | The Planetary Science Journal |
| Minutes-long soft X-ray prompt emission from a compact object merger | Li, An, Wang, Chen-Wei, Passaleva, Niccolò, An, Jie, Zhang, Bin-Bin, Troja, Eleonora, Yin, Yi-Han Iris, Liu, Y… | January | arXiv |
2025
| Title | Authors | Month | Link to paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOI-7166 b: a habitable zone mini-Neptune planet around a nearby low-mass star | Barkaoui, Khalid, Pozuelos, Francisco J., Rackham, Benjamin V., Burgasser, Adam J., Triaud, Amaury H. M. J., S… | December | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Discovery of Isolated, Quenched, and Likely Backsplash Dwarf Galaxies near M101 | Shapiro, Julian | December | arXiv |
| ZTF25abjmnps (AT2025ulz) and S250818k: A Candidate Superkilonova from a Subthreshold Subsolar Gravitational-wave Trigger | Kasliwal, Mansi M., Ahumada, Tomás, Stein, Robert, Karambelkar, Viraj, Hall, Xander J., Singh, Avinash, Fremli… | December | The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Deep Imaging of the Very Isolated Dwarf Galaxy NGC 6789 | Trujillo, Ignacio, Guerra Arencibia, Sergio, Ruiz Cejudo, Ignacio, Montes, Mireia, Alarcon, Miguel R., Serra-R… | November | RNAAS |
| SN 2024bfu, SN 2025qe, and the early light curves of type Iax supernovae | Magee, M. R., Killestein, T. L., Pursiainen, M., Godson, B., Jarvis, D., Jiménez-Palau, C., Lyman, J. D., Stee… | November | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Deep imaging of the galaxy Malin 2 shows new faint structures and a candidate satellite dwarf galaxy | Junais, Ruiz Cejudo, Ignacio, Guerra Arencibia, Sergio, Trujillo, Ignacio, Alarcon, Miguel R., Serra-Ricart, M… | October | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | de la Fuente Marcos, R., Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J., Serra-Ricart, M., de León, J., de la Fuente Marcos, C.,… | August | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| GOTO065054+593624: An 8.5 mag amplitude dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers | Killestein, T. L., Ramsay, G., Kennedy, M., Kelsey, L., Steeghs, D., Littlefair, S., Godson, B., Lyman, J., Pu… | July | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Shape and spin-state model of tumbling asteroid (319) Leona | Ďurech, J., Ortiz, J. L., Ferrais, M., Jehin, E., Pilcher, F., Delgado, J., Hanuš, J., Marchis, F., Rizos, J.… | April | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Astronomical Seeing Prediction with Machine Learning | Abárzuza, Fernando, Steele, Iain A., Jermak, Helen, Bento, Joao, Copley, David, Heffernan, David | February | RNAAS |
| Ground-based Characterization of (98943) Torifune 2001 CC<SUB>21</SUB>, the Target of the Hayabusa2# Space Mission | Popescu, Marcel M., Tatsumi, Eri, Licandro, Javier, Alarcon, Miguel R., Rodríguez Rodríguez, Javier, Serra-Ric… | February | The Planetary Science Journal |
| Basaltic quasi-mini-moon: Characterizing 2024 PT<SUB>5</SUB> with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | de la Fuente Marcos, R., de León, J., Serra-Ricart, M., de la Fuente Marcos, C., Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J.,… | February | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
2024
| Title | Authors | Month | Link to paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light-curve analysis and shape models of NEAs 7335, 7822, 154244, and 159402 | Rodríguez Rodríguez, Javier, Díez Alonso, Enrique, Iglesias Álvarez, Santiago, Pérez Fernández, Saúl, Buendia… | October | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| TOI-1135 b: A young hot Saturn-size planet orbiting a solar-type star | Mallorquín, M., Lodieu, N., Béjar, V. J. S., Zapatero Osorio, M. R., Sanz-Forcada, J., Alarcon, M. R., Taberne… | May | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Dynamics of 2023 FW<SUB>14</SUB>, the second L<SUB>4</SUB> Mars trojan, and a physical characterization using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias | de la Fuente Marcos, R., de León, J., de la Fuente Marcos, C., Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J., Serra-Ricart, M.,… | March | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| The stellar occultation by (319) Leona on 2023 September 13 in preparation for the occultation of Betelgeuse | Ortiz, J. L., Kretlow, M., Schnabel, C., Morales, N., Flores-Martín, J., Sánchez González, M., Casarramona, F.… | February | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY<SUB>3</SUB> with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | de la Fuente Marcos, R., de la Fuente Marcos, C., de León, J., Alarcon, M. R., Licandro, J., Serra-Ricart, M.,… | January | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
2023
| Title | Authors | Month | Link to paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery and physical characterization as the first response to a potential asteroid collision: The case of 2023 DZ<SUB>2</SUB> | Popescu, Marcel M., Văduvescu, O., de León, J., de la Fuente Marcos, C., de la Fuente Marcos, R., Stănescu, M.… | August | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Scientific CMOS Sensors in Astronomy: IMX455 and IMX411 | Alarcon, Miguel R., Licandro, Javier, Serra-Ricart, Miquel, Joven, Enrique, Gaitan, Vicens, de Sousa, Rebeca | May | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| TITLE | AUTHORS | DATE | DOI |
| Deep imaging of the galaxy Malin 2 shows new faint structures and a candidate satellite dwarf galaxy | Junais ; Ruiz Cejudo, Ignacio ; Guerra Arencibia, Sergio ; Trujillo, Ignacio ; Alarcon, Miguel R. ; Serra-Ricart, Miquel ; Knapen, Johan H. ; Duc, Pierre-Alain Abstract | 08/2025 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | R. de la Fuente Marcos, M. R. Alarcon, J. Licandro, M Serra-Ricart, J. de León, C. de la Fuente Marcos, G. Lombardi, A. Tejero, A. Cabrera-Lavers, S. Guerra Arencibia, and I. Ruiz Cejudo | 08/2025 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Deep g’-band Imaging of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from the Two-meter Twin Telescope (TTT) | Alarcon, Miguel R. ; Serra-Ricart, Miquel ; Licandro, Javier ; Arencibia, Sergio Guerra ; Ruiz Cejudo, Ignacio ; Trujillo, Ignacio | 07/2025 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Ground-based Characterization of (98943) Torifune 2001 CC21, the Target of the Hayabusa2# Space Mission | Marcel M. Popescu, Eri Tatsumi, Javier Licandro, Miguel R. Alarcon, Javier Rodríguez Rodríguez, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Julia de León, Joaquín Fernandez Martin, David Morate, Gabriel N. Simion | 02/2025 | LINK TO PAPER |
| GOTO065054+593624: a peculiar dwarf nova identified in real time via Kilonova Seekers | Killestein, T. L. ; Ramsay, G. ; Kennedy, M. ; Kelsey, L. ; Steeghs, D. ; Littlefair, S. ; Godson, B. search by orcid ; Lyman, J. ; Pursiainen, M. ; Warwick, B. ; Krawczyk, C. ; Nuttall, L. K. ; Wickens, E. ; Alexandrov, S. D. search by orcid ; da Silva, C. M. search by orcid ; Leadbeater, R. ; Ackley, K. ; Dyer, M. J. ; Jiménez-Ibarra, F. ; Ulaczyk, K. ; … | 01/2025 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Basaltic mini-moon: Characterizing 2024 PT5 with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. de León, M. Serra-Ricart, C. de la Fuente Marcos, M. R. Alarcon, J. Licandro, S. Geier, A. Tejero, A. Perez Romero, F. Perez-Toledo, A. Cabrera-Lavers | 11/2024 | LINK TO PAPER |
| TOI-1135 b: A young hot Saturn-size planet orbiting a solar-type star | Mallorquín, M. ; Lodieu, N. ; Béjar, V. J. S. ; Zapatero Osorio, M. R. ; Sanz-Forcada, J. ; Alarcon, M. R. ; Tabernero, H. M. ; Nagel, E. ; Collins, K. A. ; Ciardi, D. R. ; Serra-Ricart, M. ; Orell-Miquel, J. ; Barkaoui, K. ; Burdanov, A. ; de Wit, J. ; Everett, M. E. ; Gillon, M. ; Jensen, E. L. N. ; Murphy, L. G. ; Reed, P. A. ; Safonov, B. ; Strakhov, I. A. ; Ziegler, C. | 02/2024 | LINK TO PAPER |
| When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY3 with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope | R. de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la Fuente Marcos, J. de León, M. R. Alarcon, J. Licandro, M. Serra-Ricart3, D. García-Álvarez, and A. Cabrera-Lavers | 01/2024 | LINK TO PAPER |
| The stellar occultation by (319) Leona on 13 September 2023 in preparation for the occultation of Betelgeuse | J L Ortiz, M Kretlow, C Schnabel, N Morales, J Flores-Martín, M Sánchez González, F Casarramona, A Selva, C Perelló, A Román-Reche, S Alonso, J L Rizos, R Gonçalves, A Castillo, J M Madiedo, P Martínez Sánchez, J M Fernández Andújar, J L Maestre, E Smith, M Gil, V Pelenjow, S Moral Soriano, J Martí, P L Luque-Escamilla, R Casas, J Delgado Casal, J Rovira, F J Aceituno, V Dekert, R G Farfan, V de Ory Guimerá, J Serrano Estepa, E Jehin, M Ferrais, M R Alarcon, J Licandro, M Serra-Ricart, P J Gutiérrez, Y Kilic, R Leiva, P Santos-Sanz, R Duffard, E Fernández-Valenzuela, M Vara-Lubiano, A Alvarez-Candal, F L Rommel | 11/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Discovery and physical characterization as the first response to a potential asteroid collision: The case of 2023DZ | Marcel M. Popescu, O. Văduvescu, Julia de León, C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, M. O. Stănescu, M. R. Alarcon, M. Serra Ricart, J. Licandro, D. Berteşteanu, M. Predatu, L. Curelaru, F. Barwell, K. Jhass, C. Boldea, A. Aznar Macías, L. Hudin, B. A. Dumitru | 08/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Scientific CMOS Sensors in Astronomy: IMX455 and IMX411 | Miguel R. Alarcon, Javier Licandro, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Enrique Joven, Vicens Gaitan, Rebeca de Sousa | 05/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Constraining MeV-scale axion-like particles with Fermi-LAT observations of SN 2023ixf | Eike Müller, Pierluca Carenza, Christopher Eckner, Ariel Goobar | 06/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Optical observations of SN 2023ixf at Teide Observatory | Villafane, J. ; Nespral, D. ; Zamora, O. ; Clavero, R. ; Jones, D. ; Serra-Ricart, M. ; Alarcon, M. R. | 05/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| Possible Detection of the Progenitor of the Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf | Joanne L Pledger and Michael M Shara | 08/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |
| VizieR Online Data Catalog: NEA 2023 DZ2 spectro-photometry (Popescu+, 2023) | Popescu, M. M. ; Vaduvescu, O. ; de, Leon J. ; de La Fuente Marcos, C. ; de La Fuente Marcos, R. ; Stanescu, M. O. ; Alarcon, M. R. ; Serra Ricart, M. ; Licandro, J. ; Bertesteanu, D. ; Predatu, M. ; Curelaru, L. ; Barwell, F. ; Jhass, K. ; Boldea, C. ; Aznar Macias, A. ; Hudin, L. ; Dumitru, B. A. | 04/2023 | LINK TO PAPER |