Surface materials on unusual planetary object Chiron

Details Surface materials on unusual planetary object Chiron Surface materials on unusual planetary object Chiron

Sep 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981icar...47..333h&link_type=abstract

(International Astronomical Union and American Astronomical Society, Colloquium on Comets: Gases, Ices, Grains, and Plasma, 61st

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Asteroids, Chiron, Planetary Composition, Planetary Surfaces, Albedo, Infrared Spectra, Solar Orbits, Jupiter, Saturn, Satellites, Io, Callisto, Uranus, Asteroids, Comets, Chiron 2060 Asteroid, Surface, Infrared, Wavelengths, Colorimetry, Ice, Particles, Colors, Albedo, Spectrum, Size, Grains, Diameter, Distribution, Observations, Data, Comparisons, Composition, Procedure, Classification, Techniques

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JHK near-infrared colorimetry of the surface of the planetary object 2060 Chiron has yielded colors consistent with those of outer solar system asteroids, which have: (1) albedos of only a few percent, (2) C-, RD-, or DM-type spectra, and (3) no known H2O ice absorption features. The colors are also in keeping with theoretical colors for certain size distributions of dirty ice grains. Along with VJHK colorimetric data, results suggest that the spectrally dominant surface is probably dark, carbonaceous-like silicate dust with a possible, microscale admixture of ice grains. It is concluded that, if Chiron has the low albedo common to such materials on known interplanetary bodies, its diameter may lie in the 310-400 km range and therefore place it among the eight largest asteroids.

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