Veres, Peter
Astronomer
discovery and characterization of Near-Earth asteroids, asteroid impact hazard, planetary defense, asteroid survey simulations
Positions
- Astronomer, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian 2017 -
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Seligman, Darryl Z., Farnocchia, Davide, Micheli, Marco, Vokrouhlický, David, Taylor, Aster G., Chesley, Steven R., Bergner, Jennifer B., Vereš, Peter, Hainaut, Olivier R., Meech, Karen J., Devogele, Maxime, Pravec, Petr, Matson, Rob, Deen, Sam, Tholen, David J., Weryk, Robert, Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G., and Sharkey, Benjamin N. L. 2023. "Dark Comets? Unexpectedly Large Nongravitational Accelerations on a Sample of Small Asteroids." The Planetary Science Journal, 4 35. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acb697. 2023
- Vereš, Peter, Cloete, Richard, Weryk, Robert, Loeb, Abraham, and Payne, Matthew J. 2023. "Improvement of Digest2 NEO Classification Code-utilizing the Astrometry Data Exchange Standard." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 135 104505. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/acff87. 2023
- Bufanda, Erica, Meech, Karen J., Kleyna, Jan T., Hainaut, Olivier R., Bauer, James M., Stephens, Haynes, Veres, Peter, Micheli, Marco, Keane, Jacqueline V., Weryk, Robert, Wainscoat, Richard, Sahu, Devendra K., and Bhatt, Bhuwan C. 2023. "TNO or Comet? The Search for Activity and Characterization of Distant Object 418993 (2009 MS9)." The Planetary Science Journal, 4 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac9dff. 2023
- Negro, Michela, Di Lalla, Niccolò, Omodei, Nicola, Veres, Péter, Silvestri, Stefano, Manfreda, Alberto, Burns, Eric, Baldini, Luca, Costa, Enrico, Ehlert, Steven R., Kennea, Jamie A., Liodakis, Ioannis, Marshall, Herman L., Mereghetti, Sandro, Middei, Riccardo, Muleri, Fabio, O'Dell, Stephen L., Roberts, Oliver J., Romani, Roger W., Sgró, Carmelo, Terashima, Masanobu, Tiengo, Andrea, Viscolo, Domenico, Di Marco, Alessandro, La Monaca, Fabio et al. 2023. "The IXPE View of GRB 221009A." The Astrophysical Journal, 946. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/acba17. 2023
- Reddy, Vishnu, Kelley, Michael S., Dotson, Jessie, Farnocchia, Davide, Erasmus, Nicolas, Polishook, David, Masiero, Joseph, Benner, Lance A. M., Bauer, James, Alarcon, Miguel R., Balam, David, Bamberger, Daniel, Bell, David, Barnardi, Fabrizio, Bressi, Terry H., Brozovic, Marina, Brucker, Melissa J., Buzzi, Luca, Cano, Juan, Cantillo, David, Cennamo, Ramona, Chastel, Serge, Chingis, Omarov, Choi, Young-Jun, Christensen, Eric et al. 2022. "Apophis Planetary Defense Campaign." The Planetary Science Journal, 3 123. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac66eb. 2022
- Wainscoat, Richard, Weryk, Robert, Chesley, Steven, Vereš, Peter, and Micheli, Marco. 2022. "Regions of slow apparent motion of close approaching asteroids: The case of 2019 OK." Icarus, 373 114735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114735. 2022
- Laskar, Tanmoy, Escorial, Alicia Rouco, Schroeder, Genevieve, Fong, Wen-fai, Berger, Edo, Veres, Péter, Bhandari, Shivani, Rastinejad, Jillian, Kilpatrick, Charles D., Tohuvavohu, Aaron, Margutti, Raffaella, Alexander, Kate D., DeLaunay, James, Kennea, Jamie A., Nugent, Anya, Paterson, K., and Williams, Peter K. G. 2022. "The First Short GRB Millimeter Afterglow: The Wide-angled Jet of the Extremely Energetic SGRB 211106A." The Astrophysical Journal, 935 L11. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac8421. 2022
- Baláž, Martin, Tóth, Juraj, Vereš, Peter, and Jedicke, Robert. 2020. "ASMODEUS meteor simulation tool." Planetary and Space Science, 190 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2020.104937. 2020
- Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Hui, C. M., Blackburn, Lindy, Briggs, M. S., Connaughton, V., Hamburg, R., Kocevski, D., Veres, P., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Bissaldi, E., Cleveland, W. H., Giles, M. M., Mailyan, B., Meegan, C. A., Paciesas, W. A., Poolakkil, S., Preece, R. D., Racusin, J. L., Roberts, O. J., von Kienlin, A., Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor, Fermi, Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D. et al. 2019. "A Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Search for Electromagnetic Signals Coincident with Gravitational-wave Candidates in Advanced LIGO's First Observing Run." The Astrophysical Journal, 871 90. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaf726. 2019
- Pravec, P., Fatka, P., Vokrouhlicky, D., Scheirich, P., Durech, J., Scheeres, D. J., Kusnirak, P., Hornoch, K., Galad, A., Pray, D. P., Krugly, Yu N., Burkhonovg, O., Ehgamberdiev, Sh A., Pollockh, J., Moskovitz, N., Thirouin, A., Ortiz, J. L., Morales, N., Husarik, M., Inasaridze, R. Ya, Oey, J., Polishook, D., Hanus, J., Kucakova, H., Vratil, J. et al. 2019. "Asteroid pairs: A complex picture." Icarus, 333 429–463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.05.014. 2019
- Keys, Sonia, Vereš, Peter, Payne, Matthew J., Holman, Matthew J., Jedicke, Robert, Williams, Gareth V., Spahr, Tim, Asher, David J., and Hergenrother, Carl. 2019. "The digest2 NEO Classification Code." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 131 064501. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab1157. 2019
- Holman, Matthew J., Payne, Matthew J., Fraser, Wesley, Lacerda, Pedro, Bannister, Michele T., Lackner, Michael, Chen, Ying-Tung, Lin, Hsing Wen, Smith, Kenneth W., Kokotanekova, Rosita, Young, David, Chambers, K., Chastel, S., Denneau, L., Fitzsimmons, A., Flewelling, H., Grav, Tommy, Huber, M., Induni, Nick, Kudritzki, Rolf-Peter, Krolewski, Alex, Jedicke, R., Kaiser, N., Lilly, E., Magnier, E. et al. 2018. "A Dwarf Planet Class Object in the 21:5 Resonance with Neptune." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 855 L6. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaadb3. 2018
- Kocevski, D., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Dal Canton, T., Briggs, M. S., Blackburn, L., Veres, P., Hui, C. M., Hamburg, R., Roberts, O. J., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Connaughton, V., Racusin, J., Littenberg, T., von Kienlin, A., and Bissaldi, E. 2018. "Analysis of Sub-threshold Short Gamma-Ray Bursts in Fermi GBM Data." The Astrophysical Journal, 862 152. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aacb7b. 2018
- Connaughton, V., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Blackburn, L., Briggs, M. S., Christensen, N., Hui, C. M., Kocevski, D., Littenberg, T., McEnery, J. E., Racusin, J., Shawhan, P., Veitch, J., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Bhat, P. N., Bissaldi, E., Cleveland, W., Giles, M. M., Gibby, M. H., von Kienlin, A., Kippen, R. M., McBreen, S., Meegan, C. A., Paciesas, W. S., Preece, R. D. et al. 2018. "On the Interpretation of the Fermi-GBM Transient Observed in Coincidence with LIGO Gravitational-wave Event GW150914." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 853 L9. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aaa4f2. 2018
- Veres, Peter, Payne, Matthew J., Holman, Matthew J., Farnocchia, Davide, Williams, Gareth V., Keys, Sonia, and Boardman, Ian. 2018. "Unconfirmed Near-Earth Objects." The Astronomical Journal, 156 5. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aac37d. 2018
- Goldstein, A., Veres, P., Burns, E., Briggs, M. S., Hamburg, R., Kocevski, D., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Preece, R. D., Poolakkil, S., Roberts, O. J., Hui, C. M., Connaughton, V., Racusin, J., von Kienlin, A., Dal Canton, T., Christensen, N., Littenberg, T., Siellez, K., Blackburn, L., Broida, J., Bissaldi, E., Cleveland, W. H., Gibby, M. H., Giles, M. M., Kippen, R. M. et al. 2017. "An Ordinary Short Gamma-Ray Burst with Extraordinary Implications: Fermi-GBM Detection of GRB 170817A." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848 L14. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa8f41. 2017
- Goldstein, A., Veres, P., Burns, E., Blackburn, L., Briggs, M. S., Christensen, N., Cleveland, W. H., Connaughton, V., Dal Canton, T., Hamburg, R., Hui, C. M., Jenke, P. A., Kocevski, D., Preece, R. D., Siellez, K., Veitch, J., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Bhat, N., Bissaldi, E., Gibby, M. H., Giles, M. M., von Kienlin, A., Mailyan, B., Meegan, C. A., Paciesas, W. S. et al. 2017. "Fermi Observations of the LIGO Event GW170104." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 846 L5. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa8319. 2017
- Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Afrough, M., Agarwal, B., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., Allocca, A., Aloy, M. A., Altin, P. A. et al. 2017. "Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa920c. 2017
- Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Afrough, M., Agarwal, B., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allen, G., Allocca, A., Altin, P. A., Amato, A. et al. 2017. "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848 L12. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9. 2017
- Connaughton, V., Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Blackburn, L., Briggs, M. S., Zhang, B. -B, Camp, J., Christensen, N., Hui, C. M., Jenke, P., Littenberg, T., McEnery, J. E., Racusin, J., Shawhan, P., Singer, L., Veitch, J., Wilson-Hodge, C. A., Bhat, P. N., Bissaldi, E., Cleveland, W., Fitzpatrick, G., Giles, M. M., Gibby, M. H., von Kienlin, A., Kippen, R. M. et al. 2016. "Fermi GBM Observations of LIGO Gravitational-wave Event GW150914." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 826 L6. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L6. 2016
- Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abernathy, M. R., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allocca, A., Altin, P. A., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Arai, K. et al. 2016. "Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 826. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/826/1/L13. 2016
- Bannister, Michele T., Alexandersen, Mike, Benecchi, Susan D., Chen, Ying-Tung, Delsanti, Audrey, Fraser, Wesley C., Gladman, Brett J., Granvik, Mikael, Grundy, Will M., Guilbert-Lepoutre, Aurélie, Gwyn, Stephen D. J., Ip, Wing-Huen, Jakubik, Marian, Jones, R. Lynne, Kaib, Nathan, Kavelaars, J. J., Lacerda, Pedro, Lawler, Samantha, Lehner, Matthew J., Lin, Hsing Wen, Lykawka, Patryk Sofia, Marsset, Michael, Murray-Clay, Ruth, Noll, Keith S., Parker, Alex et al. 2016. "OSSOS. IV. Discovery of a Dwarf Planet Candidate in the 9:2 Resonance with Neptune." The Astronomical Journal, 152 212. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/212. 2016
- Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abernathy, M. R., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., Adams, T., Addesso, P., Adhikari, R. X., Adya, V. B., Affeldt, C., Agathos, M., Agatsuma, K., Aggarwal, N., Aguiar, O. D., Aiello, L., Ain, A., Ajith, P., Allen, B., Allocca, A., Altin, P. A., Anderson, S. B., Anderson, W. G., Arai, K. et al. 2016. "Supplement: “Localization and Broadband Follow-up of the Gravitational-wave Transient GW150914” (2016, ApJL, 826, L13)." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 225, (1) 1–15. https://doi.org/10.3847/0067-0049/225/1/8. 2016
- Denneau, Larry, Jedicke, Robert, Fitzsimmons, Alan, Hsieh, Henry, Kleyna, Jan, Granvik, Mikael, Micheli, Marco, Spahr, T., Vereš, Peter, Wainscoat, Richard, Burgett, W. S., Chambers, K. C., Draper, P. W., Flewelling, H., Huber, M. E., Kaiser, N., Morgan, J. S., and Tonry, J. L. 2015. "Observational constraints on the catastrophic disruption rate of small main belt asteroids." Icarus, 245 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.044. 2015
- Aliu, E., Aune, T., Barnacka, A., Beilicke, M., Benbow, Wystan, Berger, K., Biteau, J., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Connaughton, V., Cui, W., Dickinson, H. J., Eisch, J. D., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P. et al. 2014. "Constraints on Very High Energy Emission from GRB 130427A." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 795 L3. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/795/1/L3. 2014
- Johnson, J. A., Micheli, M., Wainscoat, R. J., Larson, S. M., Christensen, E. J., Boattini, A., Gibbs, A. R., Grauer, A. D., Hill, R. E., Kowalski, R. A., McNaught, R. H., Shelly, F. C., Primak, N., Schultz, A., Watters, S., Goggia, T., Veres, P., and Spahr, T. B. 2013. "2013 HT25." Minor Planet Electronic Circulars, 24. 2013
- de Ugarte Postigo, A., Campana, S., Thöne, C. C., D'Avanzo, P., Sánchez-Ramírez, R., Melandri, A., Gorosabel, J., Ghirlanda, G., Veres, P., Martín, S., Petitpas, Glen R., Covino, S., Fynbo, J. P. U., and Levan, A. J. 2013. "The obscured hyper-energetic GRB 120624B hosted by a luminous compact galaxy at z = 2.20." Astronomy and Astrophysics, 557 L18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322065. 2013
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- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department