NICMOS Photometry of the Unusual Dwarf Planet Haumea and its Satellites

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2009-03-04

arxiv.org/abs/0903.0860v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

7 Pages, 2 Figures, Accepted in Apj Letters

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/695/1/L1

We present here HST NICMOS F110W and F160W observations of Haumea, and its two satellites Hi'iaka and Namaka. From the measured (F110W-F160W) colours of -1.209 +/-0.004, -1.48 +/- 0.06, and -1.4 +/- 0.2 mag for each object, respectively, we infer that the 1.6 imcron water-ice absorption feature depths on Hi'iaka and Namaka are at least as deep as that of Haumea. The light-curve of Haumea is detected in both filters, and we find that the infrared colour is bluer by approximately 2-3% at the phase of the red spot. These observations suggest that the satellites of Haumea were formed from the collision that produced the Haumea collisional family.

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