Size and albedo of Kuiper belt object 55636 from a stellar occultation

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7300, 2010, Pages 897-900

  Elliot, J L ^a,b   Person, M J ^a   Zuluaga, C A ^a   Bosh, A S ^a   Adams, E R ^a   Brothers, T C ^a   Gulbis, A A S ^a,c   Levine, S E ^a,d,e   Lockhart, M ^a   Zangari, A M ^a   Babcock, B A ^f   Dupre K ^f   Pasachoff, J M ^f   Souza, S P ^f   Rosing, W ^g   Secrest, N ^h   Bright, L ^b   Dunham, E W ^b   Sheppard, S S ⁱ   Kakkala, M ^j   Tilleman, T ^d   Berger, B ^k   Briggs, J W ^k,l   Jacobson, G ^k   Valleli, P ^k   Volz, B ^k   Rapoport, S ^m   Hart, R ⁿ   Brucker, M ^o   Michel, R ^p   Mattingly, A ^q   Zambrano Marin, L ^r   Meyer, A W ^s   Wolf, J ^t   Ryan, E V ^u   Ryan, W H ^v   Morzinski, K ^v   Grigsby, B ^v   Brimacombe, J ^w   Ragozzine, D ^x   Montano, H G ^y   Gilmore, A ^z   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

^d US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS   (United States)

^f WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^g LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

ⁱ GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j University of Hawaii Leeward Community College   (United States)

^k Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston   (United States)

^l Dexter Southfield Schools   (United States)

^m AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^p UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^q IBM Australia   (Australia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^t SOFIA   (United States)

^u NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^w JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^y UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

^z UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; COLLISION; NEPTUNE; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIMESCALE;

ALBEDO; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; ORBIT; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS;

HAUMEA;

EID: 77953703615     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09109     Document Type: Article

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