Overview

Our group studies the solar system using a variety of techniques and telescopes. In recent years, we have concentrated our efforts on small bodies in the outer solar system (e.g. Pluto, Triton, and Kuiper Belt objects). One of our specialties is to observe these bodies when they pass in front of stars (stellar occultations), from which we can learn about their sizes, shapes, and atmospheres. We also work with our colleagues at other institutions to survey the sky for Kuiper Belt objects, and from this work we have become interested in the dynamics of the Kuiper Belt, the colors of the objects, and binary objects (our group has discovered three). For more details we invite you to browse the information on the left.