Thermal Observations of Centaur 1997 CU26

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May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...499l.103j&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal Letters v.499, p.L103

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

43

Comets: General, Infrared: Solar System, Minor Planets, Asteroids

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We combine new measurements of the thermal emission from the Centaur
1997 CU26 with published optical photometry to determine the geometric
albedo ( 0.045+/-0.010 ) and effective diameter ( 302+/-30 km). While
these values are model dependent, they clearly show that 1997 CU26 is
the largest of the known Centaurs and that its surface is very dark.

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