Observations of distant solar system bodies

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Jul 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998an....319..251m&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 319, no. 4, p. 251.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Multicolour VRI photometry and astrometry of one Centaur and seven Edgeworth-Kuiper objects were obtained. One object, 1994 JQ_1, may be as red as 5145 Pholus, the reddest minor planet previously known. The Centaur 1995 DW_2 has more moderate colour indices, similar to main-belt asteroids. Seven R-magnitudes were obtained for 1994 JS, 1995 FB21, and 1995 GY_7 . No light variation above the expected noise is evident, apart from a few outliers. A total of 47 astrometric positions were obtained for the eight objects. The four nights of observations with the ESO New Technology Telescope covered 0.52 square degrees. Two previously unknown object, 1995 FB21 and 1995 GY_7, were discovered. We estimate the density of Edgeworth-Kuiper objects brighter than R=24 to 5.3 per square degree of sky near the ecliptic.

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