Visible spectroscopy of the new ESO large programme on trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs: Final results

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 457-465

  Fornasier, S ^a,b   Barucci, M A ^a   De Bergh, C ^a   Alvarez Candal, A ^a,c   Demeo, F ^a   Merlin, F ^a,d   Perna, D ^a,e,f   Guilbert, A ^a   Delsanti, A ^a   Dotto, E ^f   Doressoundiram, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kuiper Belt; Methods: observational; Methods: statistical; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ANTICORRELATION; DATA SETS; HIGH QUALITY; HYDRATED SILICATE; KUIPER BELT; METHODS:OBSERVATIONAL; ORBITAL ECCENTRICITY; ORBITAL INCLINATION; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; PARANAL; SCATTERED DISK; SLOPE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL GRADIENTS; SPECTRAL SLOPES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRONG CORRELATION; TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS; VISIBLE RANGE; VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WEAK ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; HYDRATES; ORBITAL LABORATORIES; SILICATES;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 71849100281     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912582     Document Type: Article

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