Water Ice on Kuiper Belt Object 1996 TO_66

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Jul 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999apj...519l.101b&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 519, Issue 1, pp. L101-L104.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

60

Minor Planets, Asteroids

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The 1.40-2.45 μm spectrum of Kuiper Belt object 1996 TO_66 was measured at the Keck Observatory in 1998 September. Its spectrum shows the strong absorptions near 1.5 and 2.0 μm that are characteristic of water ice-the first such detection on a Kuiper Belt object. The depth of the absorption bands and the continuum reflectance of 1996 TO_66 suggest the presence of a black- to slightly blue-colored, spectrally featureless particulate material as a minority component mixed with the water ice. In addition, there is evidence that the intensity of the water bands in the spectrum of 1996 TO_66 varies with rotational phase, suggesting a ``patchy'' surface.

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