Detection of two binary trans-Neptunian objects, 1997 CQ29 and 2000 CF105 with the Hubble Space Telescope

Keith S. Noll; Denise C. Stephens; Will M. Grundy; Robert L. Millis; John Spencer; Marc W. Buie; Stephen C. Tegler; William Romanishin; Dale P. Cruikshank

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Detection of two binary trans-Neptunian objects, 1997 CQ₂₉ and 2000 CF₁₀₅ with the Hubble Space Telescope

Keith S. Noll, Denise C. Stephens, Will M. Grundy, Robert L. Millis, John Spencer, Marc W. Buie, Stephen C. Tegler, William Romanishin, Dale P. Cruikshank

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Abstract

Images of the trans-Neptunian objects 1997 CQ₂₉ and 2000 CF ₁₀₅ obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 camera show them to be binary. The two components of 1997 CQ₂₉ were separated in our images by 0″.20 ± 0″.03 in 2001 November and by 0″.33 ± 0″.01 in 2002 June/July. The corresponding minimum physical distances are 6100 and 10, 200 km. The companion to 2000 CF₁₀₅ was 0″.78 ± 0″.03 from the primary, at least 23, 400 km. Six other objects in the trans-Neptunian region, including Pluto and its moon Charon, are known to be binaries; 1997 CQ₂₉ and 2000 CF ₁₀₅ are the seventh and eighth known pair. Binarity appears to be a not uncommon characteristic in this region of the solar system, with detectable companions present in 4% ± 2% of the objects we have examined.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3424-3429
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astronomical Journal
Volume	124
Issue number	6 1764
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/344762
State	Published - Dec 2002

Keywords

Kuiper belt
Oort cloud

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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