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Selected Papers

• Lacerda, P. 2009.
  Time-Resolved Near-Infrared Photometry of Extreme Kuiper Belt Object Haumea.
  The Astronomical Journal, 137, 3404 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P., Jewitt, D., & Peixinho, N. 2008.
  High Precision Photometry of Extreme KBO 2003 EL61.
  The Astronomical Journal, 135, 1749 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P. 2008.
  Detection of Contact Binaries Using Sparse High Phase Angle Light Curves.
  The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 672, L57 (PDF)
• Sheppard, S. S., Lacerda, P., & Ortiz, J.-L. 2007.
  Photometric Light Curves of Trans-Neptunian Objects and Centaurs: Rotations and Shapes.
  In: The Solar System Beyond Neptune (M. A. Barucci et al. Eds.) U. Arizona Press 2008 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P. & Jewitt, D. 2007.
  Densities of solar system objects from their rotational lightcurves.
  The Astronomical Journal, 133, 1393 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P., Dominik, C., Luu, J., & Kenyon, S. 2006.
  The origin of the spins of Kuiper Belt objects.
  Past Meets Present in Astronomy and Astrophysics, p. 9 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P. & Luu, J. 2006.
  Analysis of the rotational properties of Kuiper belt objects.
  The Astronomical Journal, 131, 2314 (PDF)
• Luu, J. & Lacerda, P. 2003.
  The shape distribution of Kuiper Belt objects.
  Earth Moon and Planets, 92, 221 (PDF)
• Lacerda, P. & Luu, J. 2003.
  On the detectability of lightcurves of Kuiper belt objects.
  Icarus, 161, 174. (PDF)

Other Publications

• Lacerda, P. 2005.
  The Shapes and Spins of Kuiper Belt Objects
  Ph. D. Thesis, Leiden University, advisors: Dr. Jane Luu and Prof. Harm Habing. (PDF, cover PDF)