J/AJ/134/787 Light curves of dwarf plutonian planets (Sheppard, 2007)
Light curves of dwarf plutonian planets and other large Kuiper belt objects:
their rotations, phase functions, and absolute magnitudes.
Sheppard S.S.
<Astron. J., 134, 787-798 (2007)>
=2007AJ....134..787S 2007AJ....134..787S
ADC_Keywords: Minor planets ; Photometry
Keywords: Kuiper Belt - minor planets, asteroids - Oort Cloud -
planets and satellites: individual ((148780) 2001 UQ18,
(126154) 2001 YH140, (55565) 2002 AW197, (119979) 2002 WC19,
(120132) 2003 FY128, (136199) Eris 2003 UB313, (84922) 2003 VS2,
(90482) Orcus 2004 DW, (90568) 2004 GV9, and (120348) 2004 TY364) -
solar system: general
Abstract:
I report new time-resolved light curves and determine the rotations
and phase functions of several large Kuiper Belt objects, which
includes the dwarf planet Eris (2003 UB313). Three of the new sample
of 10 trans-Neptunian objects display obvious short-term periodic
light curves.
Description:
Observations at the Dupont 2.5m telescope were performed on the
nights of 2005 February 14, 15, and 16, March 9 and 10, October 25,
26, and 27, November 28, 29, and 30, and December 1 UT.
Observations at the University of Hawaii 2.2m telescope were obtained
on the nights of 2003 December 19, 21, 23, and 24, UT.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
objects.dat 58 10 Minor planets fundamental parameters
table1.dat 76 542 Observations of Kuiper Belt Objects
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See also:
B/astorb : Orbits of Minor Planets (Bowell+ 2009)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: objects.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 6 I6 --- Number Minor-planet number
8- 19 A12 --- PName Minor-planet name
21- 25 F5.2 mag H Absolute magnitude H parameter (1)
27- 35 F9.6 deg i Inclination (1)
37- 46 F10.8 --- e Eccentricity (1)
48- 58 F11.8 AU a Semimajor axis (1)
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Note (1): Data from The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database, Cat. B/astorb.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 6 I6 --- Number Minor-planet number
8- 12 A5 --- Name Official name
14- 25 A12 --- PName Provisional designation
27- 37 A11 --- Image Image identification
39- 42 F4.2 --- Air Airmass
44- 46 I3 s Exp Exposure time
48- 51 I4 yr Obs.Y UT year of integration start
53- 54 I2 month Obs.M UT month integration start
56- 63 F8.5 d Obs.D UT day of integration start
65- 70 F6.3 mag Rmag Apparent red magnitude (Kron-Cousins)
72- 76 F5.3 mag e_Rmag Uncertainty on Rmag
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Vannier [CDS] 30-Sep-2009