THE SURFACE COMPOSITION OF LARGE KUIPER BELT OBJECT 2007 OR10

THE SURFACE COMPOSITION OF LARGE KUIPER BELT OBJECT 2007 OR10

We present photometry and spectra of the large Kuiper belt object 2007 OR10. The data show significant near-infrared absorption features due to water ice. While most objects in the Kuiper belt with water ice absorption this prominent have the optically neutral colors of water ice, 2007 OR10 is among...

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Main Authors: Brown, M. E., Burgasser, Adam J., Fraser, W. C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95722

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