Size and albedo of Kuiper belt object 55636 from a stellar occultation

A second look at KBO 55636 Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), small icy bodies orbiting in the Solar System beyond Neptune, are difficult observational targets. Occasionally one is spotted causing a stellar occultation, when data relevant to its structure can be obtained and a few properties deduced. But t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature (London) 2010-06, Vol.465 (7300), p.897-900
Hauptverfasser:	Elliot, J. L., Person, M. J., Zuluaga, C. A., Bosh, A. S., Adams, E. R., Brothers, T. C., Gulbis, A. A. S., Levine, S. E., Lockhart, M., Zangari, A. M., Babcock, B. A., DuPré, K., Pasachoff, J. M., Souza, S. P., Rosing, W., Secrest, N., Bright, L., Dunham, E. W., Sheppard, S. S., Kakkala, M., Tilleman, T., Berger, B., Briggs, J. W., Jacobson, G., Valleli, P., Volz, B., Rapoport, S., Hart, R., Brucker, M., Michel, R., Mattingly, A., Zambrano-Marin, L., Meyer, A. W., Wolf, J., Ryan, E. V., Ryan, W. H., Morzinski, K., Grigsby, B., Brimacombe, J., Ragozzine, D., Montano, H. G., Gilmore, A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	639/33 Albedo Astronomy Collection Earth Earth, ocean, space Exact sciences and technology Freshwater ice Humanities and Social Sciences Interplanetary space Kuiper Belt Kuiper Belt Objects letter Light Mathematical analysis Moons multidisciplinary Neptune Neptune (Planet) Observations Occultations Orbits Parents Science Solar system Stellar occultation Telescopes
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