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Photometric observations of 9 Transneptunian objects and Centaurs

Authors :
D. Perna
Alessandro Rossi
E. Dotto
Tetiana Hromakina
F. Bisi
Irina Belskaya
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU)
Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109))
Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma (OAR)
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)
PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P-Oxford Open Option A, 2017, ⟨10.1093/mnras/stx2904⟩
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2017.

Abstract

We present the results of photometric observations of six Transneptunian objects and three Centaurs, estimations of their rotational periods and corresponding amplitudes. For six of them we present also lower limits of density values. All observations were made using 3.6-m TNG telescope (La Palma, Spain). For four objects -- (148975) 2001 XA255, (281371) 2008 FC76, (315898) 2008 QD4, and 2008 CT190 -- the estimation of short-term variability was made for the first time. We confirm rotation period values for two objects: (55636) 2002 TX300 and (202421) 2005 UQ513, and improve the precision of previously reported rotational period values for other three -- (120178) 2003 OP32, (145452) 2005 RN43, (444030) 2004 NT33 -- by using both our and literature data. We also discuss here that small distant bodies, similarly to asteroids in the Main belt, tend to have double-peaked rotational periods caused by the elongated shape rather than surface albedo variations.

Details

ISSN :
13652966 and 00358711
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c548f1c28ae4ecbdff11c6106be5140a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx2904