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$\bullet$ ORTIZ, J. L., SANTOS-SANZ, P., SICARDY, B., BENEDETTI-ROSSI, G., BERARD, D. et al. (2017). The size, shape, density and ring of the dwarf planet Haumea from a stellar occultation. Nature 550, 219, doi:10.1038/nature24051 and see also the Nature News and Views and the Press Release of Paris Observatory. Pdf of the preprint available HERE .

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., TALBOT, J., MEZA, E., CAMARGO, J. I. B., DESMARS, J. et al. (2016). Pluto's atmosphere from the 29 June 2015 ground-based stellar occultation. at the time of the New Horizons flyby Astrophys. J. letters 819, L38, DOI 10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/L38, arXiv link and arXiv preprint

$\bullet$ DIAS-OLIVEIRA, A., SICARDY, B., LELLOUCH, E., VIEIRA-MARTINS, R., ASSAFIN, M. et al. (2015). Pluto's atmosphere from stellar occultations in 2012 and 2013. Astrophys. J. 811, 53, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/811/1/53 arXiv link and arXiv preprint

$\bullet$ BRAGA-RIBAS, F., SICARDY, B., ORTIZ, J.L., SNODGRASS, C., ROQUES, F. et al. (2014). A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo. Nature, 26 March 2013, doi:10.1038/nature13155, link to the Nature page and preprint

$\bullet$ EL-MOUTAMID, M., SICARDY, B. ET RENNER, S. (2014). Coupling between corotation and Lindblad resonances in the elliptic planar three-body problem. Celest. Mech. & Dyn. Astr. 118 , 235-252, DOI 10.1007/s10569-014-9533-z, preprint

$\bullet$ RENNER, S., SICARDY, B., SOUAMI, D., CARRY, B. ET DUMAS, C. (2014). Neptune's ring arcs: VLT/NACO near-infrared observations and a model to explain their stability. Astron. Astrophys. 563, A133, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321910, reprint

$\bullet$ BOISSEL, Y., SICARDY, B., ROQUES, F., GAULME, P., DORESSOUNDIRAM,, A. WIDEMANN, T. et al. (2014). An exploration of Pluto's environment through stellar occultations. Astron. Astrophys. 561, A144, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321836, reprint

$\bullet$ BRAGA-RIBAS, F., SICARDY, B., ORTIZ, J.L., LELLOUCH, E., TANCREDI, G., et al. (2013). The size, shape, albedo, density, and atmospheric limit of transneptunian object (50000) Quaoar from multi-chord stellar occultations. Astrophys. J. 773, 26, DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/773/1/26, reprint

$\bullet$ ORTIZ, J.L., SICARDY, B., BRAGA-RIBAS, F., ALVAREZ-CANDAL, A., LELLOUCH, E., et al. (2012). Albedo and atmospheric constraints of dwarf planet Makemake from a stellar occultation. Nature 491, 566-569, doi:10.1038/nature11597, preprint , Supplementary Information

$\bullet$ ASSAFIN, M., CAMARGO, J. I. B., VIEIRA MARTINS, R., BRAGA-RIBAS, F., SICARDY, B., ANDREI, A. H., ET D. N. DA SILVA NETO (2012). Candidate stellar occultations by large trans-Neptunian objects up to 2015. Astron. Astrophys. 541, A142, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201118349, preprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., ORTIZ, J.L., ASSAFIN, M., JEHIN, E., MAURY, A., LELLOUCH, E., et al. (2011). A Pluto-like radius and a high albedo for the dwarf planet Eris from an occultation. Nature 478, 493-496. preprint , Supplementary Information , New and Views, all pdf

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B, BOLT, G. BROUGHTON, J., DOBOSZ, T., GAULT, D., KERR, S. et al. (2011). Constraints on Charon's orbital elements from the double stellar occultation of 2008 June 22. Astron. J. 141, 67-82, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/2/67 reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. (2010). Stability of the triangular Lagrange points beyond Gascheau's value. Celest. Mech. & Dyn. Astr. doi 10.1007/s10569-010-9259-5 preprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ LELLOUCH, E., DE BERGH, C., SICARDY, B., FERRON, S. ET H.-U. KÄUFL (2010). Detection of CO in Triton's atmosphere and the nature of surface-atmosphere interactions. Astron. Astrophys. 512, L8-L13. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ ASSAFIN, M., CAMARGO, J. I. B., VIEIRA MARTINS, R., ANDREI, A. H., SICARDY, B., YOUNG, L., DA SILVA NETO, D. N. ET F. BRAGA-RIBAS (2010). Precise predictions of stellar occultations by Pluto, Charon, Nix, and Hydra for 2008-2015. Astron. Astrophys. 515, A32, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913690 preprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ TOIGO, A.D., GIERASCH, P.J., SICARDY, B. ET E. LELLOUCH (2010). Thermal tides on Pluto. Icarus 208, 402-411. preprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ LELLOUCH, E., SICARDY, B. ET C. DEBERGH (2009). Pluto's lower atmosphere structure and methane abundance from high-resolution spectroscopy and stellar occultations. Astron. Astrophys. 495 L17-L21. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ BELLUCCI, A., B. SICARDY, P. DROSSART, P. RANNOU, P.D. NICHOLSON, M. HEDMAN et al. (2009). Titan solar occultation observed by Cassini/VIMS: Gas absorption and constraints on aerosol composition. Icarus 201, 198-216. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ WIDEMANN, T., B. SICARDY, R. DUSSER et al. (2009). Titania's radius and an upper limit on its atmosphere from the September 8, 2001stellar occultation. Icarus 199, 458-476. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ ARLOT, J.-E., DUMAS, C. ET B. SICARDY et al. (2008). Observation of an eclipse of U-3 Titania by U-2 Umbriel on December 8, 2007 with ESO-VLT Astron. Astrophys. 492, 599-602. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ ARLOT, J.-E. ET B. SICARDY et al. (2008). Predictions and observations of events and configurations occurring during the Uranian equinox Plan. Space Science 56, 1778-1784. reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. et al. (2006). The two Titan stellar occultations of 14 November 2003. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E11S91, doi:10.1029/2005JE002624 reprint, pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. et al. (2006). Observing two Pluto stellar approaches in 2006: results on Pluto's atmosphere and detection of Hydra . Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 38, 542. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. et al. (2006). Charon's size and upper limit on its atmosphere from a stellar occultation. Nature 439, 52-54 (5 janvier 2006). article, pdf version + author page, pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. (2006). Dynamics of planetary rings, dans Dynamics of finite size celestial bodies and rings (A. Souchay Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Lect. Notes Phys. 682, pp. 183-200. pdf version

$\bullet$ RENNER S. ET B. SICARDY (2006). Use of the geometric elements in numerical simulations. Celes. Mech. & Dyn. Astron. 94, 237-248. pdf version

$\bullet$ SOTIN C. et al. (2005). Release of volatiles from a possible cryovolcano from near-infrared imaging of Titan. Nature 435, 486-489. pdf version

$\bullet$ CLARK R.N. et al. (2005). Compositional maps of Saturn's moon Phoebe from imaging spectroscopy. Nature 435, 66-69. pdf version

$\bullet$ S. RENNER, B. SICARDY ET R.G. FRENCH (2004). Prometheus and Pandora: masses and orbital positions during the Cassini tour. Icarus 174, 230-240. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. (2004). Dynamics and composition of rings. In it A Comparative Study of the Outer Planets before the Exploration of Saturn by Cassini-Huygens , T. Encrenaz, R. Kallenbach, T. C. Owen and C. Sotin Eds., Kluwer, in pp. 457-470. pdf version

$\bullet$ BROWN R.H. et al. (2004). The Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer investigation. Sp. Sc. Review 115, 111-168, Cassini Issue (C.T. Russell, Ed.).

$\bullet$ MCCORD et al. (2004). Cassini VIMS observations of the Galilean satellites including the VIMS calibration procedure. Icarus 172, 104-126. ps version

$\bullet$ S. RENNER ET B. SICARDY (2004). Stationary configurations for co-orbital satellites with small arbitrary masses. Celes. Mech. & Dyn. Astron. 88, 397-414. pdf version

$\bullet$ E. RAYNAUD et al., (2004). A reanalysis of the 1971 $\beta$-Scorpii occultation by Jupiter: study of temperature fluctuations and detection of wave activity. Icarus 168, 324-335. pdf version

$\bullet$ V. FORMISANO et al. (2003). Cassini-VIMS at Jupiter: Solar Occultations Measurements using Io. Icarus 166, 75-84.

$\bullet$ BROWN et al. (2003). Observations with the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) during Cassini's flyby of Jupiter. Icarus 174, 461-470.

$\bullet$ B. SICARDY T. WIDEMANN, E. LELLOUCH, C. VEILLET, J.-C. CUILLANDRE, F. COLAS, F. ROQUES, W. BEISKER, M. KRETLOW et al. (2003). Large changes in Pluto's atmosphere as revealed by recent stellar occultations. Nature 424, 168-170 (10 juillet 2003). pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. ET V. DUBOIS (2003). Co-orbital motion with slowly varying parameters. Celes. Mech. & Dyn. Astron. 86, 321-350. pdf version

$\bullet$ E. RAYNAUD et al. (2003). The 10 October 1999 HIP 9369 Occultation by the northern polar region of Jupiter : Ingress and Egress Lightcurves Analysis. Icarus 162, 344-361. pdf version

$\bullet$ POULET, F. ET B. SICARDY (2001$a$). Dynamical evolution of the Prometheus-Pandora system. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 322, 343-355. pdf version

$\bullet$ POULET, F., B. SICARDY, C. DUMAS, L. JORDA ET D. TIPHÈNE (2000). The crossings of Saturn's ring plane by the Earth in 1995: ring thickness. Icarus 145, 147-165. pdf version

$\bullet$ POULET, F., B. SICARDY, P.D. NICHOLSON, E. KARKOSCHKA ET J. CALDWELL (2000). Saturn's ring-plane crossings of August and November 1995: a model for the new F-ring objects. Icarus 144, 135-148. pdf version

$\bullet$ BAINES et al. (2000). Detection of sub-micron radiation from the surface of Venus by Cassini/VIMS. Icarus 148, 307-311.

$\bullet$ B. SICARDY, F. RODDIER, C. RODDIER, E. PEROZZI, J.E. GRAVES, O. GUYON ET M.J. NORTHCOTT (1999). Images of Neptune's ring arcs obtained by a ground-based telescope. Nature 400, 731-733. pdf version

$\bullet$ F. POULET, B. SICARDY ET E. KARKOSCHKA (1999). Spectrophotometry of Saturn's small satellites and rings from HST images. J. Geophys. Res. 104, 24,095-24,110.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. et al. (1999). The structure of Titan's stratosphere from the 28 Sgr occultation. Icarus 142, 357-390. pdf version

$\bullet$ FRENCH, R.G., MCGHEE, C.A., B. SICARDY (1998). ``Neptune's stratospheric winds from three central flash occultations. Icarus 136, 27-49. pdf version

$\bullet$ LECAVELIER DES ETANGS, A., SCHOLL, H., ROQUES, F., SICARDY, B. ET A. VIDAL-MADJAR (1996). Perturbations of a planet on the $\beta$ Pictoris circumstellar dust disk. III. Time scale of collisional destruction versus resonance time scale. Icarus 123, 168-179. pdf version

$\bullet$ FORYTA, D. ET B. SICARDY (1996). The dynamics of the Neptunian Adams ring's arcs. Icarus 123, 129-167.

$\bullet$ NICHOLSON et al. (1996). Observations of Saturn's ring plane crossings in August and November 1995. Science 272, 509-515.

$\bullet$ GOLDREICH, P., RAPPAPORT, N. ET B. SICARDY (1995). Single-sided shepherding. Icarus 118, 414-417.

$\bullet$ ELLIOT et al. (1995). Jet-like features near the nucleus of 2060 Chiron. Nature 373, 46-49. pdf version

$\bullet$ ROQUES, F., SICARDY, B., FRENCH, R.G., HUBBARD, W.B., BARUCCI, A. et al. (1994). Neptune's upper atmosphere, 1983-1990: ground-based stellar occultation observations. III. Temperature profiles. Astron. Astrophys. 288, 985-1011.

$\bullet$ LAZZARO, D., SICARDY, B., ROQUES, F. ET R. GREENBERG (1994). Is there a planet around $\beta$-Pictoris ? Perturbation of a planet on a circumstellar dust disk. II. The analytical model. Icarus 108, 59-80. pdf version

$\bullet$ ROQUES, F., SCHOLL, H., SICARDY, B. ET B.A. SMITH (1994). Is there a planet around $\beta$-Pictoris ? Perturbation of a planet on a circumstellar dust disk. I. The numerical model. Icarus 108, 37-58. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., BEAUGÉ, C., FERRAZ-MELLO, S., LAZZARO, D. ET F. ROQUES (1993). Capture of grains into resonances through Poynting-Robertson drag. Celest. Mech. 57, 373-390.

$\bullet$ LAZZARO, D., SICARDY, B., ROQUES, F. ET H. SCHOLL (1993). Orbital resonances and Poynting-Robertson drag confining dust particles in $\beta$-Pic disk. Celest. Mech. 56, 395-386.

$\bullet$ SCHOLL, H., ROQUES, F. ET B. SICARDY (1993). Resonance trapping of circumstellar dust particles by an alleged planet. Celest. Mech. 56, 381-393.

$\bullet$ HUBBARD, W.B., SICARDY, B. et al. (1993). The occultation of 28 Sgr by Titan. Astron. Astrophys. 269, 541-563. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., ROQUES, F. ET A. BRAHIC (1991). Neptune's rings, 1983-1989: ground-based stellar occultations observations. I. Ring-like detections. Icarus 89, 220-243. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. (1991). Numerical exploration of planetary arc dynamics. Icarus 89, 197-219. pdf version

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. et al. (1990). Probing Titan's atmosphere by stellar occultation. Nature 343, 350-353.

$\bullet$ SMITH, B.A. et al. (1989). Voyager 2 at Neptune: Imaging Science results. Science 246, 1422-1449.

$\bullet$ ROQUES, F., MONCUQUET, M. ET B. SICARDY (1987). Stellar occultations by small bodies: diffraction effects. Astron. J. 93, 1549-1558. pdf version

$\bullet$ MEYER-VERNET, N. ET B. SICARDY (1987). On the physics of resonant disk-satellite interaction. Icarus 69, 157-175. pdf version

$\bullet$ HUBBARD, W.B. et al. (1987b). Structure of scintillation in Neptune's accultation shadow. Astrophys. J. 325, 490-502.

$\bullet$ HUBBARD, W.B. et al. (1987$a$). Oblateness, radius, and mean strastospheric temperature of Neptune from the 1985 August 20 occultation. Icarus 72, 635-646. pdf version

$\bullet$ LELLOUCH, E., HUBBARD, W.B., SICARDY, B., VILAS, F., P. BOUCHET (1986). Occultation determination of Neptune's oblateness and stratospheric methane mixing ratio. Nature 324, 227-231.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., ROQUES, F., BRAHIC, A., BOUCHET, P., MAILLARD, J.P., C. PERRIER (1986). More dark matter around Uranus and Neptune? Nature 320, 729-731.

$\bullet$ HUBBARD, W.B., BRAHIC, A., SICARDY, B., ELICER, L.R., ROQUES, F., F. VILAS (1986). Occultation detection of a Neptunian ring-like arc. Nature 319, 636-640.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., et al. (1985). Variations of the stratospheric temperature along the limb of Uranus: results of the 22 April 1982 stellar occultation. Icarus 64, 88-106.

$\bullet$ ELLIOT, J.L., et al. (1983). The rings of Uranus: occultation profiles from three observatories. Icarus 56, 202-208.

$\bullet$ COMBES, M., LECACHEUX, J., ENCRENAZ, T., SICARDY, B., Z´EAU, Y., D. MALAISE (1983). On stellar occultation by comets. Icarus 56, 229-232.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B. GUÉRIN, J., LECACHEUX, J., BAUDRAND, J., COMBES, M., PICAT, J.P., LELIÈVRE, G., LEMONNIER, J.P. (1983). Astrometry and photometry of comet P/Halley in October and November 1982. Astron. Astrophys. 121, L4-L6.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., COMBES, M., BRAHIC, A., BOUCHET, P., PERRIER, C., R. COURTIN (1982b). The 15 August 1980 occultation by the Uranian system: structure of the rings and temperature of the upper atmosphere. Icarus 52, 454-472.

$\bullet$ SICARDY, B., LECACHEUX, J., LAQUES, P., DESPIAU, R., A. AUGÉ (1982a). Apparent thickness and scattering properties of Saturn's rings from March 1980 observations. Astron. Astrophys. 108, 296-305.

$\bullet$ FRENCH, R.G, ELLIOT, J.L., SICARDY, B., NICHOLSON, P.D., K. MATTHEWS (1982). The upper atmosphere of Uranus: a critical test of isotropic turbulence models. Icarus 51, 491-508.

$\bullet$ BRAHIC, A., B. SICARDY (1981). Apparent thickness of Saturn's rings. Nature 289, 447-450.

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