Abstract
Accurate absolute optical magnitude values (HV and HR) for Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) and Centaurs are becoming increasingly important as observations in other wavelengths, particularly SIRTF thermal infrared measurements, become available for large samples of objects. We present accurate HV and HR values for 90 KBOs and Centaurs, based on our published optical photometry. We find that our HV values are in good agreement with those available from the European photometric survey of minor bodies in the outer Solar System. Comparison with HV values from the JPL Horizons database and the Minor Planet Center database shows that these sources are systematically brighter than ours by about 0.3 mag.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 523-526 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Icarus |
Volume | 179 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 15 2005 |
Keywords
- Centaurs
- Kuiper belt objects
- Trans-neptunian objects
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science
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KBO and Centaur Absolute Magnitudes Bundle V1.0
Romanishin, W. (Creator) & Tegler, S. C. (Creator), Small Bodies Node SBN of NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS)- Archives, Aug 14 2020
DOI: 10.26033/dysm-hd52, https://sbn.psi.edu/pds/resource/kbomags.html
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