The trans-neptunian object UB313 is larger than Pluto

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7076, 2006, Pages 563-564

  Bertoldi, F ^a,b   Altenhoff, W ^b   Weiss, A ^b   Menten, K M ^b   Thum, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c IRAM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; METHANE; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ORBITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ECCENTRICITY; REFLECTIVE ICY SURFACES; SCATTERED DISKS; TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS;

PLANETS;

METHANE;

PLANET;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BRIGHTNESS; ERROR; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

NEPTUNIA;

EID: 31844438344     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04494     Document Type: Article

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