The orbit, mass, size, albedo, and density of (65489) Ceto/Phorcys: A tidally-evolved binary Centaur

Icarus

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 286-297

  Grundy, W M ^a   Stansberry, J A ^b   Noll, K S ^c   Stephens, D C ^d   Trilling, D E ^b   Kern, S D ^c   Spencer, J R ^e   Cruikshank, D P ^f   Levison, H F ^e  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Kuiper belt; Satellites; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248854912     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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